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most citedA Stress Induced Source of Phonon Bursts and Quasiparticle Poisoning

30 citations · 123 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.ins-det2025★ 5 cited

Spontaneous generation of athermal phonon bursts within bulk silicon causing excess noise, low energy background events and quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting sensors

C. L. Chang, Y. -Y. Chang, M. Garcia-Sciveres +25

Solid state phonon detectors used in the search for dark matter and coherent neutrino nucleus interactions (CENS) require excellent energy resolution (eV-scale or below) and low…

hep-ex2025★ 18 cited

First Limits on Light Dark Matter Interactions in a Low Threshold Two Channel Athermal Phonon Detector from the TESSERACT Collaboration

C. L. Chang, Y. -Y. Chang, L. Chaplinsky +45

We present results of a search for spin-independent dark matter-nucleon interactions in a 1 cm by 1 mm thick (0.233 gram) high-resolution silicon athermal phonon detector opera…

physics.ins-det2025★ 10 cited

Low-Energy Backgrounds in Solid-State Phonon and Charge Detectors

Daniel Baxter, Rouven Essig, Yonit Hochberg +5

Solid-state phonon and charge detectors probe the scattering of weakly interacting particles, such as dark matter and neutrinos, through their low recoil thresholds. Recent advance…

physics.ins-det2024★ 13 cited

Low Energy Backgrounds and Excess Noise in a Two-Channel Low-Threshold Calorimeter

Robin Anthony-Petersen, Clarence L. Chang, Yen-Yung Chang +29

We describe observations of low energy excess (LEE) events, background events observed in all light dark matter direct detection calorimeters, and noise in a Transition Edge Sensor…

physics.ins-det2024★ 9 cited

A Transition Edge Sensor Operated in Coincidence with a High Sensitivity Athermal Phonon Sensor for Photon Coupled Rare Event Searches

Roger K. Romani, Yen-Yung Chang, Rupak Mahapatra +6

Experimental searches for axions or dark photons that couple to the standard model photon require photosensors with low noise, broadband sensitivity, and near zero backgrounds. Her…

physics.ins-det2024★ 11 cited

Aluminum Relaxation as the Source of Excess Low Energy Events in Low Threshold Calorimeters

Roger K. Romani

A previously unexplained background called the Low Energy Excess (LEE) has negatively impacted the reach of a variety of low threshold calorimeters including light dark matter dire…

physics.ins-det2023★ 13 cited

First Demonstration of the HeRALD Superfluid Helium Detector Concept

R. Anthony-Petersen, A. Biekert, C. L. Chang +33

The SPICE/HeRALD collaboration is performing R&D to enable studies of sub-GeV dark matter models using a variety of target materials. Here we report our recent progress on instrume…

physics.ins-det2022★ 30 cited

A Stress Induced Source of Phonon Bursts and Quasiparticle Poisoning

Robin Anthony-Petersen, Andreas Biekert, Raymond Bunker +43

The performance of superconducting qubits is degraded by a poorly characterized set of energy sources breaking the Cooper pairs responsible for superconductivity, creating a condit…

physics.ins-det2021★ 14 cited

Scintillation yield from electronic and nuclear recoils in superfluid He

HeRALD Collaboration, A. Biekert, C. Chang +30

Superfluid He is a promising target material for direct detection of light ( 1 GeV) dark matter. Possible signal channels available for readout in this medium include prompt…