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1. Astronomical Spectroscopy with Skipper CCDs: First Results from a Skipper CCD Focal Plane Prototype at SIFS

Author

Villalpando, Edgar Marrufo, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Roach, Brandon, Bonati, Marco, Bakshi, Abhishek, Campa, Julia, Cancelo, Gustavo, Cancino, Braulio, Chavez, Claudio R., Chierchie, Fernando, Estrada, Juan, Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Fraga, Luciano, Gaido, Manuel E., Holland, Stephen E., Hur, Rachel, Jonas, Michelle, Moore, Peter, Paolini, Eduardo, Malagón, Andrés A. Plazas, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Tiffenberg, Javier, Treptou, Ken, Uemura, Sho, and Wilcer, Neal

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We present the first on-sky results from an ultra-low-readout-noise Skipper CCD focal plane prototype for the SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph (SIFS). The Skipper CCD focal plane consists of four 6k x 1k, 15 $\mu$m pixel, fully-depleted, p-channel devices that have been thinned to ~250 $\mu$m, backside processed, and treated with an anti-reflective coating. These Skipper CCDs were configured for astronomical spectroscopy, i.e., single-sample readout noise < 4.3 e- rms/pixel, the ability to achieve multi-sample readout noise $\ll$ 1 e- rms/pixel, full-well capacities ~40,000-65,000 e-, low dark current and charge transfer inefficiency (~2 x 10$^{-4}$ e-/pixel/s and 3.44 x 10$^{-7}$, respectively), and an absolute quantum efficiency of $\gtrsim$ 80% between 450 nm and 980 nm ($\gtrsim$ 90% between 600 nm and 900 nm). We optimized the readout sequence timing to achieve sub-electron noise (~0.5 e- rms/pixel) in a region of 2k x 4k pixels and photon-counting noise (~0.22 e- rms/pixel) in a region of 220 x 4k pixels, each with a readout time of $\lesssim$ 17 min. We observed two quasars (HB89 1159+123 and QSO J1621-0042) at redshift z ~ 3.5, two high-redshift galaxy clusters (CL J1001+0220 and SPT-CL J2040-4451), an emission line galaxy at z = 0.3239, a candidate member star of the Bo\"{o}tes II ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, and five CALSPEC spectrophotometric standard stars (HD074000, HD60753, HD106252, HD101452, HD200654). We present charge-quantized, photon-counting observations of the quasar HB89 1159+123 and show the detector sensitivity increase for faint spectral features. We demonstrate signal-to-noise performance improvements for SIFS observations in the low-background, readout-noise-dominated regime. We outline scientific studies that will leverage the SIFS-Skipper CCD data and new detector architectures that utilize the Skipper floating gate amplifier with faster readout times., Comment: 20 pages, 13 figures, 1 table; Proc. SPIE

Published
2024
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2. Fast Single-Quantum Measurement with a Multi-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Device

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Botti, Ana M., Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda A., Chavez, Claudio R., Chierchie, Fernando, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Estrada, Juan, Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Holland, Stephen E., Gimenez, Blas J. Irigoyen, Lapi, Agustin J., Villalpando, Edgar Marrufo, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Tiffenberg, Javier, and Uemura, Sho

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

A novel readout architecture that uses multiple non-destructive floating-gate amplifiers to achieve sub-electron readout noise in a thick, fully-depleted silicon detector is presented. This Multi-Amplifier Sensing Charge-Coupled Device (MAS-CCD) can perform multiple independent charge measurements with each amplifier; measurements with multiple amplifiers can then be combined to further reduce the readout noise. The readout speed of this detector scales roughly linearly with the number of amplifiers without requiring segmentation of the active area. The performance of this detector is demonstrated, emphasizing the ability to resolve individual quanta and the ability to combine measurements across amplifiers to reduce readout noise. The unprecedented low noise and fast readout of the MAS-CCD make it a unique technology for astronomical observations, quantum imaging, and low-energy interacting particles.

Published
2023
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3. Dual-sided Charge-Coupled Devices

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Tiffenberg, Javier, Egaña-Ugrinovic, Daniel, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Du, Peizhi, Essig, Rouven, Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo, and Uemura, Sho

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

Existing Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) operate by detecting either the electrons or holes created in an ionization event. We propose a new type of imager, the Dual-Sided CCD, which collects and measures both charge carriers on opposite sides of the device via a novel dual-buried channel architecture. We show that this dual detection strategy provides exceptional dark-count rejection and enhanced timing capabilities. These advancements have wide-ranging implications for dark-matter searches, near-IR/optical spectroscopy, and time-domain X-ray astrophysics., Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures. v2: matches published version. Merged appendices into the main text, added dark matter projected reach plot

Published
2023

4. The Oscura Experiment

Author

Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Bessia, Fabricio Alcalde, Avalos, Nicolas, Baxter, Daniel, Bertou, Xavier, Bonifazi, Carla, Botti, Ana, Cababie, Mariano, Cancelo, Gustavo, Cervantes-Vergara, Brenda Aurea, Castello-Mor, Nuria, Chavarria, Alvaro, Chavez, Claudio R., Chierchie, Fernando, De Egea, Juan Manuel, D`Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dreyer, Cyrus E., Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Essig, Rouven, Estrada, Juan, Estrada, Ezequiel, Etzion, Erez, Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo, Fernandez-Serra, Marivi, Holland, Steve, Barreda, Agustin Lantero, Lathrop, Andrew, Lipovetzky, Jose, Loer, Ben, Villalpando, Edgar Marrufo, Molina, Jorge, Perez, Santiago, Privitera, Paolo, Rodrigues, Dario, Saldanha, Richard, Cruz, Diego Santa, Singal, Aman, Saffold, Nathan, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Sofo-Haro, Miguel, Tiffenberg, Javier, Torres, Christian, Uemura, Sho, and Vilar, Rocio

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The Oscura experiment will lead the search for low-mass dark matter particles using a very large array of novel silicon Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) with a threshold of two electrons and with a total exposure of 30 kg-yr. The R&D effort, which began in FY20, is currently entering the design phase with the goal of being ready to start construction in late 2024. Oscura will have unprecedented sensitivity to sub-GeV dark matter particles that interact with electrons, probing dark matter-electron scattering for masses down to 500 keV and dark matter being absorbed by electrons for masses down to 1 eV. The Oscura R&D effort has made some significant progress on the main technical challenges of the experiment, of which the most significant are engaging new foundries for the fabrication of the CCD sensors, developing a cold readout solution, and understanding the experimental backgrounds.

Published
2022

5. The Skipper CCD for low-energy threshold particle experiments above ground

Author

Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Chierchie, Fernando, Tiffenberg, Javier, Botti, Ana, Cababie, Mariano, Cancelo, Gustavo, Depaoli, Eliana L., Estrada, Juan, Holland, Stephen E., Rodrigues, Dario, Sidelnik, Iván, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Stefanazzi, Leandro, and Uemura, Sho

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

We present experimental results using a single-electron resolution Skipper-CCD running above ground level to demonstrate the potential of this technology for its use in reactor neutrino observations and other low-energy particle interaction experiments. Operating conditions and event-selection criteria are provided to decouple most of the background rate at low energies. Our final results for events with energies as low as $5$ ionized electron-hole pairs show that the exponentially increasing rate of events seen in other technologies is not present in our data. This demonstrates that the Skipper CCD proves to be among the best options to measure low energy and weakly interacting particles at ground level.

Published
2021

6. SENSEI: Characterization of Single-Electron Events Using a Skipper-CCD

Author

Barak, Liron, Bloch, Itay M., Botti, Ana, Cababie, Mariano, Cancelo, Gustavo, Chaplinsky, Luke, Chierchie, Fernando, Crisler, Michael, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Essig, Rouven, Estrada, Juan, Etzion, Erez, Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Gift, Daniel, Holland, Stephen E., Munagavalasa, Sravan, Orly, Aviv, Rodrigues, Dario, Singal, Aman, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Tiffenberg, Javier, Uemura, Sho, Volansky, Tomer, and Yu, Tien-Tien

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We use a science-grade Skipper Charge Coupled Device (Skipper-CCD) operating in a low-radiation background environment to develop a semi-empirical model that characterizes the origin of single-electron events in CCDs. We identify, separate, and quantify three independent contributions to the single-electron events, which were previously bundled together and classified as "dark counts": dark current, amplifier light, and spurious charge. We measure a dark current, which depends on exposure, of (5.89+-0.77)x10^-4 e-/pix/day, and an unprecedentedly low spurious charge contribution of (1.52+-0.07)x10^-4 e-/pix, which is exposure-independent. In addition, we provide a technique to study events produced by light emitted from the amplifier, which allows the detector's operation to be optimized to minimize this effect to a level below the dark-current contribution. Our accurate characterization of the single-electron events allows one to greatly extend the sensitivity of experiments searching for dark matter or coherent neutrino scattering. Moreover, an accurate understanding of the origin of single-electron events is critical to further progress in ongoing R&D efforts of Skipper and conventional CCDs., Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables

Published
2021
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7. Characterization of Skipper CCDs for Cosmological Applications

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Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Villalpando, Edgar Marrufo, O'Neil, Judah, Estrada, Juan, Holland, Stephen, Kurinsky, Noah, Li, Ting S., Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Tiffenberg, Javier, and Uemura, Sho

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

We characterize the response of a novel 250 $\mu$m thick, fully-depleted Skipper Charged-Coupled Device (CCD) to visible/near-infrared light with a focus on potential applications for astronomical observations. We achieve stable, single-electron resolution with readout noise $\sigma \sim 0.18$ e$^{-}$ rms/pix from 400 non-destructive measurements of the charge in each pixel. We verify that the gain derived from photon transfer curve measurements agrees with the gain calculated from the quantized charge of individual electrons to within < 1%. We also perform relative quantum efficiency measurements and demonstrate high relative quantum efficiency at optical/near-infrared wavelengths, as is expected for a thick, fully depleted detector. Finally, we demonstrate the ability to perform multiple non-destructive measurements and achieve sub-electron readout noise over configurable subregions of the detector. This work is the first step toward demonstrating the utility of Skipper CCDs for future astronomical and cosmological applications., Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables

Published
2021
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8. EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra

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Fuss, A., Kaznacheeva, M., Reindl, F., Wagner, F., Adari, Prakruth, Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis A., Amidei, Dante, Angloher, G., Armengaud, Eric, Augier, C., Balogh, Levente, Banik, S., Baxter, David, Beaufort, C., Beaulieu, G., Belov, V., Gal, Y. Ben, Benato, Giovanni, Benoît, Alain, Bento, Antonio, Bergé, Laurent, Bertolini, Andrea, Bhattacharyya, R., Billard, J., Bloch, Itay M., Botti, A., Breier, Robert, Bres, G., Bret, J-.L., Broniatowski, A., Brossard, Alexis, Bucci, Carlo, Bunker, Raymond, Cababie, M., Calvo, M., Camus, P., Cancelo, G., Canonica, Lucia, Cappella, Fabio, Cardani, Laura, Caron, Jean-François, Casali, N., del Castello, G., Cazes, Aurélie, Cerulli, Riccardo, Vergara, B.A. Cervantes, Chaize, D., Chapellier, M., Chaplinsky, L., Charlieux, F., Chaudhuri, M., Chavarria, Alvaro E., Chemin, G., Chen, Ran, Chen, Hao, Chierchie, F., Colantoni, I., Colas, J., Cooley, Jodi, Coquillat, Jean-Marie, Corcoran, Emily, Crawford, S., Crisler, Michael, Cruciani, Angelo, Cushman, Priscilla, d'Addabbo, Antonio, d'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dastgheibi-Fard, A., Jésus, Maria De, Deng, Y., Dent, James, Depaoli, Eliana, Dering, Koby, Dharani, Sukeerthi, Di Lorenzo, S., Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Dumoulin, Louis, Durnford, Daniel, Dutta, Bhaskar, Einfalt, L., Erb, Anna, Erhart, A., Essig, Rouven, Estrada, Juan, Etzion, Erez, Exshaw, O., Favela-Perez, F., von Feilitzsch, F., Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Iachellini, Nahuel Ferreiro, Ferriol, S., Fichtinger, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectalí, Filippini, J.-B., Filosofov, Dmitry, Formaggio, Joseph A., Friedl, Markus, Fuard, S., Fuchs, Dominik, Gaïor, R., Garai, Abhijit, Garrah, Carter, Gascon, J., Gerbier, Gilles, Ghaith, Muad, Ghete, V.M., Gift, Daniel, Giomataris, I., Giroux, Guillaume, Giuliani, A., Gorel, Pierre, Gorla, Paolo, Goupy, C., Goupy, J., Goy, C., Gros, M., Gros, Philippe, Guardincerri, Yann, Guerin, C., Guidi, Vincenzo, Guillaudin, O., Gupta, S., Guy, E., Harrington, Patrick, Hauff, D., Heine, S.T., Hertel, Scott A., Holland, Stephen, Hong, Z., Hoppe, Eric W., Hossbach, Todd W., Ianigro, J.-C., Iyer, Vivek, Jastram, Andrew, Ješkovský, Miroslav, Jin, Y., Jochum, Josef, Johnston, J.P., Juillard, A., Karaivanov, Dimitar, Kashyap, V., Katsioulas, Ioannis, Kazarcev, S., Kelly, Fiona, Kilminster, B., Kinast, Angelina, Klinkenberg, L., Kluck, Holger, Knights, Patrick, Korn, Yaron, Kraus, Hans, von Krosigk, Belina, Kubik, Andrew, Kurinsky, N.A., Lamblin, Jacob, Langenkämper, Alexander, Langrock, S., Lasserre, Thierry, Lattaud, H., Lautridou, P., Lawson, Ian, Lee, S.J., Lee, M., Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhuillier, D., Li, M., Lin, Y.-T., Lubashevskiy, Alexey, Mahaparta, Rupak, Mahapatra, R., Maludze, Sandro, Mancuso, Michele, Manthos, Ioannis, Marini, Laura, Marnieros, S., Martin, Ryan D., Matalon, Ariel, Matthews, J., Mauri, B., Mayer, D.W., Mazzolari, Andrea, Mazzucato, E., Theenhausen, Hanno Meyer Zu, Michielin, E., Minet, J., Mirabolfathi, Nader, Mirbach, K. V., Misiak, Dimitri, Mitra, P., Mocellin, J-.L., Mohanty, Bedangadas, Mokina, Valentyna, Mols, J.-P., Monfardini, Alessandro, Mounier, F., Munagavalasa, Sravan, Muraz, Jean-François, Navick, X.-F., Neep, Thomas, Neog, Himangshu, Neyrial, H., Nikolopoulos, Kostas, Nilima, Athoy, Nones, C., Novati, Valentina, O'Brien, Paul, Oberauer, L., Olivieri, E., Olmi, Alessandro, Olmi, M., Onillon, A., Oriol, C., Orly, A., Orrell, John L., Ortmann, T., Overman, C.T., Pagliarone, Carmine Elvezio, Palušová, Veronika, Pari, P., Patel, P.K., Pattavina, Luca, Petricca, Federica, Piers, Alexander, Pinckney, Harold D., Piro, Marie-Cécile, Platt, Mark, Poda, D., Ponomarev, Dmitry, Potzel, Walter, Povinec, Pavel, Pröbst, F., Privitera, P., Pucci, F., Ramanathan, K., Real, J.-S., Redon, T., Ren, R., Robert, Adeline, Rocha, Julia Da, Rodrigues, D., Rogly, R., Rothe, Johannes, Rowe, Noah, Rozov, Sergey, Rozova, I., Saab, Tarek, Saffold, Nathan, Salagnac, T., Sander, Joel, Sanglard, Veronique, Santos, D., Sarkis, Youssef, Savu, V., Savvidis, G., Savvidis, I., Schönert, S., Schäffner, Karoline, Schermer, Nicole, Schieck, Jochen, Schmidt, Benjamin, Schmiedmayer, D., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Settimo, Mariangela, Shevchik, Ye., Sibille, Valérian, Sidelnik, Ivan, Singal, Aman, Smida, Radomir, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Soldner, Torsten, Stachurska, Juliana, Stahlberg, Martin, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Stodolsky, Leo, Strandhagen, Christian, Strauss, R., Stutz, A., Thomas, R., Thompson, A., Tiffenberg, Javier, Tomei, Claudia, Traina, M., Uemura, Sho, Usherov, I., Vagneron, L., Pontseele, Wouter van De, de Sola Fernández, Francisco Andrés Vázquez, Vidal, M., Vignati, M., Virto, A.L., Vivier, M., Volansky, Tomer, Wagner, V., Walker, Joel, Ward, R., Watkins, Samuel L., Wex, A., Willers, Michael, Wilson, M.J., Winslow, Lindley, Yakushev, Evgeny, Yu, T.-T., Zampaolo, M., Zaytsev, Alexander, Zema, Vanessa, Zinatulina, Daniya, Zolotarova, A., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Electronique (NEEL - ElecLab), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées (SUBATECH), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Nantes université - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (Nantes univ - UFR ST), Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ), and Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS)

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CDMS, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, background, collective, energy spectrum, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), DAMIC, sensitivity, dark matter, EDELWEISS, CRESST, CONNIE, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the significant impact of this excess on the dark matter or neutrino sensitivity of these experiments, a collective effort has been started to share the knowledge about the individual observations. For this, the EXCESS Workshop was initiated. In its first iteration in June 2021, ten rare event search collaborations contributed to this initiative via talks and discussions. The contributing collaborations were CONNIE, CRESST, DAMIC, EDELWEISS, MINER, NEWS-G, NUCLEUS, RICOCHET, SENSEI and SuperCDMS. They presented data about their observed energy spectra and known backgrounds together with details about the respective measurements. In this paper, we summarize the presented information and give a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences between the distinct measurements. The provided data is furthermore publicly available on the workshop's data repository together with a plotting tool for visualization., 44 pages, 20 figures; Editors: A. Fuss, M. Kaznacheeva, F. Reindl, F. Wagner; updated copyright statements and funding information

Published
2021

9. The Oscura Experiment

Author

Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Bessia, Fabricio Alcalde, Avalos, Nicolas, Baxter, Daniel, Bertou, Xavier, Bonifazi, Carla, Botti, Ana, Cababie, Mariano, Cancelo, Gustavo, Brenda Aurea Cervantes Vergara, Castello-Mor, Nuria, Chavarria, Alvaro, Chavez, Claudio R., Chierchie, Fernando, Egea, Juan Manuel, D Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dreyer, Cyrus E., Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Essig, Rouven, Estrada, Juan, Estrada, Ezequiel, Etzion, Erez, Fernandez-Moroni, Guillermo, Fernandez-Serra, Marivi, Holland, Steve, Barreda, Agustin Lantero, Lathrop, Andrew, Lipovetzky, Jose, Loer, Ben, Villalpando, Edgar Marrufo, Molina, Jorge, Perez, Santiago, Privitera, Paolo, Rodrigues, Dario, Saldanha, Richard, Cruz, Diego Santa, Singal, Aman, Saffold, Nathan, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Sofo-Haro, Miguel, Tiffenberg, Javier, Torres, Christian, Uemura, Sho, and Vilar, Rocio

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

The Oscura experiment will lead the search for low-mass dark matter particles using a very large array of novel silicon Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) with a threshold of two electrons and with a total exposure of 30 kg-yr. The R&D effort, which began in FY20, is currently entering the design phase with the goal of being ready to start construction in late 2024. Oscura will have unprecedented sensitivity to sub-GeV dark matter particles that interact with electrons, probing dark matter-electron scattering for masses down to 500 keV and dark matter being absorbed by electrons for masses down to 1 eV. The Oscura R&D effort has made some significant progress on the main technical challenges of the experiment, of which the most significant are engaging new foundries for the fabrication of the CCD sensors, developing a cold readout solution, and understanding the experimental backgrounds.

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