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1. Light Dark Matter Constraints from SuperCDMS HVeV Detectors Operated Underground with an Anticoincidence Event Selection

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Albakry, M. F., Alkhatib, I., Alonso-González, D., Amaral, D. W. P., Anczarski, J., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Bathurst, C., Bhattacharyya, R., Biffl, A. J., Brink, P. L., Buchanan, M., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, J. -H., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Cushman, P., Cyna, R., Das, S., De Brienne, F., Dharani, S., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Elwan, M., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harms, S. A. S., Harris, K., Hassan, N., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Kashyap, V. K. S., Keller, S. T. D., Kelsey, M. H., Kennard, K. T., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lee, M., Leyva, J., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mammo, J. S., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, É., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mirzakhani, M., Mohanty, B., Monteiro, D., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Osborne, M. D., Oser, S. M., Pandey, L., Pandey, S., Partridge, R., Pedreros, D. S., Peng, W., Perna, L., Perry, W. L., Podviianiuk, R., Poudel, S. S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Rios, M., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Ryan, J. L., Saab, T., Sadek, D., Sadoulet, B., Sahoo, S. P., Saikia, I., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schmidt, B., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Simchony, A., Sincavage, D. J., Sinervo, P., Street, J., Sun, H., Tanner, E., Terry, G. D., Toback, D., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wen, O., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wykoff, K., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zatschler, B., Zatschler, S., Zaytsev, A., Zhang, E., Zheng, L., Zuniga, A., and Zurowski, M. J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: This article presents constraints on dark-matter-electron interactions obtained from the first underground data-taking campaign with multiple SuperCDMS HVeV detectors operated in the same housing. An exposure of 7.63 g-days is used to set upper limits on the dark-matter-electron scattering cross section for dark matter masses between 0.5 and 1000 MeV/$c^2$, as well as upper limits on dark photon kinetic mixing and axion-like particle axioelectric coupling for masses between 1.2 and 23.3 eV/$c^2$. Compared to an earlier HVeV search, sensitivity was improved as a result of an increased overburden of 225 meters of water equivalent, an anticoincidence event selection, and better pile-up rejection. In the case of dark-matter-electron scattering via a heavy mediator, an improvement by up to a factor of 25 in cross-section sensitivity was achieved., Comment: 7 pages + title and references, 4 figures, and 1 table
Published: 2024

2. Clinicians’ views of treatment types for first episode psychosis delivered in a randomised controlled trial (MAPS)

Author: Byrne RE, Reeve S, Bird JC, Jones W, Shiers D, Morrison AP, Pyle M, and Peters S
Subjects: Qualitative, Child, Adolescent, Family, Psychosis, Antipsychotic medication, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract: Background: Clinicians’ treatment beliefs could affect the feasibility of delivering different treatments in a randomised controlled trial (RCT). In MAPS (Managing Adolescent first Episode Psychosis: a feasibility Study), adolescents with first episode psychosis (FEP) were randomly allocated to receive either antipsychotic medication (AP), psychological intervention (cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT] and family intervention [FI]), or both. We conducted a nested qualitative study to investigate clinicians’ views of these treatments. Methods: Purposive sampling identified seventeen clinicians from CAMHS and Early Intervention services with prescribing responsibilities for 14-18 year olds at three participating MAPS sites. Individual participants were interviewed to examine their views of treatments in the MAPS trial. Interview transcripts were analysed using inductive Thematic Analysis. Findings: Clinicians viewed the decision to refer adolescents to the MAPS trial as requiring careful clinical judgement. Assessment complexity and diagnostic uncertainty had to be balanced against the urgency for treatment to reduce risk and distress. Underlying influences including duty of care and treatment beliefs underpinned decisions. Clinicians consistently valued AP as the primary treatment for FEP, with CBT and/or FI seen as helpful secondary treatment options. Nevertheless, the potential harms of prescribing AP, or not, to such a young population were highlighted as being of concern in treatment decision-making, and fostered reluctance to refer into a RCT. Interpretation: The design and delivery of RCTs involving young people experiencing FEP should consider the views of responsible clinicians, recognising that perceived treatment urgency, limitations in diagnostic precision, and existing treatment beliefs may influence trial processes. Funding: NIHR HTA programme (project number 15/31/04).
Published: 2020
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3. First Demonstration of the HeRALD Superfluid Helium Detector Concept

Author: Anthony-Petersen, R., Biekert, A., Chang, C. L., Chang, Y., Chaplinsky, L., Dushkin, A., Fink, C. W., Garcia-Sciveres, M., Guo, W., Hertel, S. A., Li, X., Lin, J., Mahapatra, R., Matava, W., McKinsey, D. N., Osterman, D. Z., Patel, P. K., Penning, B., Pinckney, H. D., Platt, M., Pyle, M., Qi, Y., Reed, M., Rischbieter, G. R. C, Romani, R. K., Serafin, A., Serfass, B., Smith, R. J., Sorensen, P., Suerfu, B., Suzuki, A., Velan, V., Wang, G., Wang, Y., Watkins, S. L., and Williams, M. R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: 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 instrumenting a superfluid $^4$He target mass with a transition-edge sensor based calorimeter to detect both atomic signals (scintillation) and $^4$He quasiparticle (phonon and roton) excitations. The sensitivity of HeRALD to the critical "quantum evaporation" signal from $^4$He quasiparticles requires us to block the superfluid film flow to the calorimeter. We have developed a heat-free film-blocking method employing an unoxidized Cs film, which we implemented in a prototype "HeRALD v0.1" detector of ~10 g target mass. This article reports initial studies of the atomic and quasiparticle signal channels. A key result of this work is the measurement of the quantum evaporation channel's gain of 0.15 $\pm$ 0.01, which will enable $^4$He-based dark matter experiments in the near term. With this gain the HeRALD detector reported here has an energy threshold of 145 eV at 5 sigma, which would be sensitive to dark matter masses down to 220 MeV/c$^2$., Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures
Published: 2023
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4. First measurement of the nuclear-recoil ionization yield in silicon at 100 eV

Author: Albakry, M. F., Alkhatib, I., Alonso, D., Amaral, D. W. P., An, P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Barbeau, P. S., Bathurst, C., Bhattacharyya, R., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., Das, S., De Brienne, F., Rios, M., Dharani, S., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Elwan, M., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Hassan, N., Hedges, S. C., Hines, B. A., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lee, M., Li, A., Li, L., Litke, M., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, ., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Nebolsky, B., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Osborne, M. D., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Pandey, S., Partridge, R., Pedreros, D. S., Perna, L., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Runge, J., Saab, T., Sadek, D., Sadoulet, B., Saikia, I., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schmidt, B., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Poudel, S. S., Sincavage, D. J., Sinervo, P., Speaks, Z., Street, J., Sun, H., Thasrawala, F. K., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wen, O., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wykoff, K., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zatschler, B., Zatschler, S., Zaytsev, A., Zeolla, A., Zhang, E., Zheng, L., Zheng, Y., and Zuniga, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We measured the nuclear--recoil ionization yield in silicon with a cryogenic phonon-sensitive gram-scale detector. Neutrons from a mono-energetic beam scatter off of the silicon nuclei at angles corresponding to energy depositions from 4\,keV down to 100\,eV, the lowest energy probed so far. The results show no sign of an ionization production threshold above 100\,eV. These results call for further investigation of the ionization yield theory and a comprehensive determination of the detector response function at energies below the keV scale.
Published: 2023
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5. A Search for Low-mass Dark Matter via Bremsstrahlung Radiation and the Migdal Effect in SuperCDMS

Author: Albakry, M. F., Alkhatib, I., Alonso, D., Amaral, D. W. P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Bathurst, C., Bhattacharyya, R., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., Das, S., De Brienne, F., Rios, M., Dharani, S., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Elwan, M., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Hassan, N., Hines, B. A., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lee, M., Li, A., Litke, M., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, É., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Osborne, M. D., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Pandey, S., Partridge, R., Pedreros, D. S., Perna, L., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadek, D., Sadoulet, B., Saikia, I., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schmidt, B., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Poudel, S. S., Sincavage, D. J., Sinervo, P., Street, J., Sun, H., Terry, G. D., Thasrawala, F. K., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wen, O., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wu, C. -P., Wykoff, K., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zatschler, B., Zatschler, S., Zaytsev, A., Zhang, E., Zheng, L., and Zuniga, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: We present a new analysis of previously published of SuperCDMS data using a profile likelihood framework to search for sub-GeV dark matter (DM) particles through two inelastic scattering channels: bremsstrahlung radiation and the Migdal effect. By considering these possible inelastic scattering channels, experimental sensitivity can be extended to DM masses that are undetectable through the DM-nucleon elastic scattering channel, given the energy threshold of current experiments. We exclude DM masses down to $220~\textrm{MeV}/c^2$ at $2.7 \times 10^{-30}~\textrm{cm}^2$ via the bremsstrahlung channel. The Migdal channel search provides overall considerably more stringent limits and excludes DM masses down to $30~\textrm{MeV}/c^2$ at $5.0 \times 10^{-30}~\textrm{cm}^2$., Comment: Submitted to PRD
Published: 2023
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6. Cell-delivered magnetic nanoparticles caused hyperthermia-mediated increased survival in a murine pancreatic cancer model

Author: Basel MT, Balivada S, Wang H, Shrestha TB, Seo GM, Pyle M, Abayaweera G, Dani R, Koper OB, Tamura M, Chikan V, Bossmann SH, and Troyer DL
Subjects: Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract: Matthew T Basel1, Sivasai Balivada1, Hongwang Wang2, Tej B Shrestha1, Gwi Moon Seo1, Marla Pyle1, Gayani Abayaweera2, Raj Dani2, Olga B Koper2, Masaaki Tamura1, Viktor Chikan2, Stefan H Bossmann2, Deryl L Troyer11Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USAAbstract: Using magnetic nanoparticles to absorb alternating magnetic field energy as a method of generating localized hyperthermia has been shown to be a potential cancer treatment. This report demonstrates a system that uses tumor homing cells to actively carry iron/iron oxide nanoparticles into tumor tissue for alternating magnetic field treatment. Paramagnetic iron/iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized and loaded into RAW264.7 cells (mouse monocyte/macrophage-like cells), which have been shown to be tumor homing cells. A murine model of disseminated peritoneal pancreatic cancer was then generated by intraperitoneal injection of Pan02 cells. After tumor development, monocyte/macrophage-like cells loaded with iron/iron oxide nanoparticles were injected intraperitoneally and allowed to migrate into the tumor. Three days after injection, mice were exposed to an alternating magnetic field for 20 minutes to cause the cell-delivered nanoparticles to generate heat. This treatment regimen was repeated three times. A survival study demonstrated that this system can significantly increase survival in a murine pancreatic cancer model, with an average post-tumor insertion life expectancy increase of 31%. This system has the potential to become a useful method for specifically and actively delivering nanoparticles for local hyperthermia treatment of cancer.Keywords: cytotherapy, pancreatic cancer, disseminated peritoneal carcinomatosis, targeted magnetic hyperthermia, nanoparticles
Published: 2012

7. Effective Field Theory Analysis of CDMSlite Run 2 Data

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Albakry, M. F., Alkhatib, I., Amaral, D. W. P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bezerra, L. V. S., Bhattacharyya, R., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., Dharani, S., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Hassan, N., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jastram, A., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Lee, M., Li, A., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Loer, B., Lukens, P., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, É., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Osborne, M. D., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pedreros, D. S., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Saikia, I., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schmidt, B., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Poudel, S. S., Sincavage, D. J., Stanford, C., Street, J., Sun, H., Thasrawala, F. K., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wen, O., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wykoff, K., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zatschler, B., Zatschler, S., Zaytsev, A., Zhang, E., Zheng, L., and Zuber, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: CDMSlite Run 2 was a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with a cryogenic 600 g Ge detector operated in a high-voltage mode to optimize sensitivity to WIMPs of relatively low mass from 2 - 20 GeV/$c^2$. In this article, we present an effective field theory (EFT) analysis of the CDMSlite Run 2 data using an extended energy range and a comprehensive treatment of the expected background. A binned likelihood Bayesian analysis was performed on the recoil energy data, taking into account the parameters of the EFT interactions and optimizing the data selection with respect to the dominant background components. Energy regions within 5$\sigma$ of known activation peaks were removed from the analysis. The Bayesian evidences resulting from the different operator hypotheses show that the CDMSlite Run 2 data are consistent with the background-only models and do not allow for a signal interpretation assuming any additional EFT interaction. Consequently, upper limits on the WIMP mass and coupling-coefficient amplitudes and phases are presented for each EFT operator. These limits improve previous CDMSlite Run 2 bounds for WIMP masses above 5 GeV/$c^2$., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2022

8. Investigating the sources of low-energy events in a SuperCDMS-HVeV detector

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Albakry, M. F., Alkhatib, I., Amaral, D. W. P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bhattacharyya, R., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., Dharani, S., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Hassan, N., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jastram, A., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Lee, M., Li, A., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, É., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Osborne, M. D., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pedreros, D. S., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Saikia, I., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schmidt, B., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Poudel, S. S., Sincavage, D. J., Stanford, C., Street, J., Sun, H., Thasrawala, F. K., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wen, O., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wykoff, K., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zatschler, B., Zatschler, S., Zaytsev, A., Zhang, E., Zheng, L., and Zuber, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Recent experiments searching for sub-GeV/$c^2$ dark matter have observed event excesses close to their respective energy thresholds. Although specific to the individual technologies, the measured excess event rates have been consistently reported at or below event energies of a few-hundred eV, or with charges of a few electron-hole pairs. In the present work, we operated a 1-gram silicon SuperCDMS-HVeV detector at three voltages across the crystal (0 V, 60 V and 100 V). The 0 V data show an excess of events in the tens of eV region. Despite this event excess, we demonstrate the ability to set a competitive exclusion limit on the spin-independent dark matter--nucleon elastic scattering cross section for dark matter masses of $\mathcal{O}(100)$ MeV/$c^2$, enabled by operation of the detector at 0 V potential and achievement of a very low $\mathcal{O}(10)$ eV threshold for nuclear recoils. Comparing the data acquired at 0 V, 60 V and 100 V potentials across the crystal, we investigated possible sources of the unexpected events observed at low energy. The data indicate that the dominant contribution to the excess is consistent with a hypothesized luminescence from the printed circuit boards used in the detector holder.
Published: 2022
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9. A Strategy for Low-Mass Dark Matter Searches with Cryogenic Detectors in the SuperCDMS SNOLAB Facility

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Albakry, M. F., Alkhatib, I., Amaral, D. W. P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bhattacharyya, R., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeno, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., Dharani, S., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Hassan, N., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jastram, A., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Lee, M., Li, A., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Loer, B., Lukens, P., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, E., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Osborne, M. D., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pedreros, D. S., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Saikia, I., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schmidt, B., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Poudel, S. S., Sincavage, D. J., Stanford, C., Street, J., Sun, H., Thasrawala, F. K., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wen, O., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wyko, K., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zatschler, B., Zatschler, S., Zaytsev, A., Zhang, E., Zheng, L., and Zuber, S.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The SuperCDMS Collaboration is currently building SuperCDMS SNOLAB, a dark matter search focused on nucleon-coupled dark matter in the 1-5 GeV/c$^2$ mass range. Looking to the future, the Collaboration has developed a set of experience-based upgrade scenarios, as well as novel directions, to extend the search for dark matter using the SuperCDMS technology in the SNOLAB facility. The experienced-based scenarios are forecasted to probe many square decades of unexplored dark matter parameter space below 5 GeV/c$^2$, covering over 6 decades in mass: 1-100 eV/c$^2$ for dark photons and axion-like particles, 1-100 MeV/c$^2$ for dark-photon-coupled light dark matter, and 0.05-5 GeV/c$^2$ for nucleon-coupled dark matter. They will reach the neutrino fog in the 0.5-5 GeV/c$^2$ mass range and test a variety of benchmark models and sharp targets. The novel directions involve greater departures from current SuperCDMS technology but promise even greater reach in the long run, and their development must begin now for them to be available in a timely fashion. The experienced-based upgrade scenarios rely mainly on dramatic improvements in detector performance based on demonstrated scaling laws and reasonable extrapolations of current performance. Importantly, these improvements in detector performance obviate significant reductions in background levels beyond current expectations for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment. Given that the dominant limiting backgrounds for SuperCDMS SNOLAB are cosmogenically created radioisotopes in the detectors, likely amenable only to isotopic purification and an underground detector life-cycle from before crystal growth to detector testing, the potential cost and time savings are enormous and the necessary improvements much easier to prototype., Comment: contribution to Snowmass 2021; v2 updated (assorted corrections and improvements to forecasts) October 2022; v3 updated (corrected SuperCDMS SNOLAB sensitivity curves in upgrade forecast plots in body of text) April 2023
Published: 2022

10. A backing detector for order-keV neutrons

Author: Biekert, A., Chaplinsky, L., Fink, C. W., Garcia-Sciveres, M., Gillis, W. C., Guo, W., Hertel, S. A., Heuermann, G., Li, X., Lin, J., Mahapatra, R., McKinsey, D. N., Patel, P. K., Penning, B., Pinckney, H. D., Platt, M., Pyle, M., Romani, R. K., Serafin, A., Smith, R. J., Suerfu, B., Velan, V., Wang, G., Wang, Y., Watkins, S. L., and William, M. R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We have designed and tested a large-area (0.15~m$^2$) neutron detector based on neutron capture on \ce{^{6}Li}. The neutron detector design has been optimized for the purpose of tagging the scattering angle of keV-scale neutrons. These neutron detectors would be employed to calibrate the low-energy ($<$100 eV) nuclear recoil in detectors for dark matter and coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS). We describe the design, construction, and characterization of a prototype. The prototype is designed to have a tagging efficiency of $\sim$25\% at the relevant $\mathcal{O}$(keV) neutron energies, and with a mean capture time of $\sim$17$~\mu$s. The prototype was characterized using a \ce{^{252}Cf} neutron source and agreement with the simulation was observed within a few percent level., Comment: 25 pages, 14 figures, and 2 tables
Published: 2022
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11. A backing detector for order-keV neutrons

Author: Biekert, A, Chaplinsky, L, Fink, CW, Garcia-Sciveres, M, Gillis, WC, Guo, W, Hertel, SA, Heuermann, G, Li, X, Lin, J, Mahapatra, R, McKinsey, DN, Patel, PK, Penning, B, Pinckney, HD, Platt, M, Pyle, M, Romani, RK, Serafin, A, Smith, RJ, Suerfu, B, Velan, V, Wang, G, Wang, Y, Watkins, SL, and Williams, MR
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Neutrondetector, Darkmatter, Nuclearrecoilcalibration, (6)Liscintillator, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Nuclear and plasma physics
Abstract: We have designed and tested a large-area (0.15 m2) neutron detector based on neutron capture on 6Li. The neutron detector design has been optimized for the purpose of tagging the scattering angle of keV-scale neutrons. These neutron detectors would be employed to calibrate the low-energy (
Published: 2022

12. Ionization yield measurement in a germanium CDMSlite detector using photo-neutron sources

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Albakry, M. F., Alkhatib, I., Amaral, D. W. P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bezerra, L. V. S., Bhattacharyya, R., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jastram, A., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Lee, M., Li, A., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Loer, B., Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, É., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Osborne, M. D., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pedreros, D. S., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Saikia, I., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Scarff, A., Schmidt, B., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Sincavage, D. J., Stanford, C., Street, J., Thasrawala, F. K., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wen, O., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wykoff, K., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zatschler, B., Zatschler, S., Zaytsev, A., Zhang, E., Zheng, L., and Zuber, S.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Two photo-neutron sources, $^{88}$Y$^{9}$Be and $^{124}$Sb$^{9}$Be, have been used to investigate the ionization yield of nuclear recoils in the CDMSlite germanium detectors by the SuperCDMS collaboration. This work evaluates the yield for nuclear recoil energies between 1 keV and 7 keV at a temperature of $\sim$ 50 mK. We use a Geant4 simulation to model the neutron spectrum assuming a charge yield model that is a generalization of the standard Lindhard model and consists of two energy dependent parameters. We perform a likelihood analysis using the simulated neutron spectrum, modeled background, and experimental data to obtain the best fit values of the yield model. The ionization yield between recoil energies of 1 keV and 7 keV is shown to be significantly lower than predicted by the standard Lindhard model for germanium. There is a general lack of agreement among different experiments using a variety of techniques studying the low-energy range of the nuclear recoil yield, which is most critical for interpretation of direct dark matter searches. This suggests complexity in the physical process that many direct detection experiments use to model their primary signal detection mechanism and highlights the need for further studies to clarify underlying systematic effects that have not been well understood up to this point.
Published: 2022
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13. Scintillation yield from electronic and nuclear recoils in superfluid He4

Author: Biekert, A, Chang, C, Fink, CW, Garcia-Sciveres, M, Glazer, EC, Guo, W, Hertel, SA, Kravitz, S, Lin, J, Lisovenko, M, Mahapatra, R, McKinsey, DN, Nguyen, JS, Novosad, V, Page, W, Patel, PK, Penning, B, Pinckney, HD, Pyle, M, Romani, RK, Seilnacht, AS, Serafin, A, Smith, RJ, Sorensen, P, Suerfu, B, Suzuki, A, Velan, V, Wang, G, Watkins, SL, Yefremenko, VG, Yuan, L, and Zhang, J
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences
Abstract: Superfluid He4 is a promising target material for direct detection of light (
Published: 2022

14. Scintillation yield from electronic and nuclear recoils in superfluid $^4$He

Author: Collaboration, SPICE/HeRALD, Biekert, A., Chang, C., Fink, C. W., Garcia-Sciveres, M., Glazer, E. C., Guo, W., Hertel, S. A., Kravitz, S., Lin, J., Lisovenko, M., Mahapatra, R., McKinsey, D. N., Nguyen, J. S., Novosad, V., Page, W., Patel, P. K., Penning, B., Pinckney, H. D., Pyle, M., Romani, R. K., Seilnacht, A. S., Serafin, A., Smith, R. J., Sorensen, P., Suerfu, B., Suzuki, A., Velan, V., Wang, G., Watkins, S. L., Yefremenko, V. G., Yuan, L., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Superfluid $^4$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 photons, triplet excimers, and roton and phonon quasiparticles. The relative yield of these signals has implications for the sensitivity and discrimination power of a superfluid $^4$He dark matter detector. Using a 16~cm$^3$ volume of 1.75~K superfluid $^4$He read out by six immersed photomultiplier tubes, we measured the scintillation from electronic recoils ranging between 36.3 and 185 keV$_\mathrm{ee}$, yielding a mean signal size of $1.25^{+0.03}_{-0.03}$~phe/keV$_\mathrm{ee}$, and nuclear recoils from 53.2 to 1090 keV$_\mathrm{nr}$. We compare the results of our relative scintillation yield measurements to an existing semiempirical model based on helium-helium and electron-helium interaction cross sections. We also study the behavior of delayed scintillation components as a function of recoil type and energy, a further avenue for signal discrimination in superfluid $^4$He., Comment: 17 pages, 19 figures
Published: 2021
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15. Design and Characterization of a Phonon-Mediated Cryogenic Particle Detector with an eV-Scale Threshold and 100 keV-Scale Dynamic Range

Author: Ren, R., Bathurst, C., Chang, Y. Y., Chen, R., Fink, C. W., Hong, Z., Kurinsky, N. A., Mast, N., Mishra, N., Novati, V., Spahn, G., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Watkins, S. L., Williams, Z., Wilson, M. J., Zaytsev, A., Bauer, D., Bunker, R., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Hollister, M., Hsu, L., Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., Mirabolfathi, N., Nebolsky, B., Platt, M., Ponce, F., Pyle, M., Reynolds, T., and Saab, T.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present the design and characterization of a cryogenic phonon-sensitive 1-gram Si detector exploiting the Neganov-Trofimov-Luke effect to detect single-charge excitations. This device achieved 2.65(2)~eV phonon energy resolution when operated without a voltage bias across the crystal and a corresponding charge resolution of 0.03 electron-hole pairs at 100~V bias. With a continuous-readout data acquisition system and an offline optimum-filter trigger, we obtain a 9.2~eV threshold with a trigger rate of the order of 20~Hz. The detector's energy scale is calibrated up to 120~keV using an energy estimator based on the pulse area. The high performance of this device allows its application to different fields where excellent energy resolution, low threshold, and large dynamic range are required, including dark matter searches, precision measurements of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering, and ionization yield measurements., Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures, submitted to PRD
Published: 2020
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16. Constraints on Lightly Ionizing Particles from CDMSlite

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Alkhatib, I., Amaral, D. W. P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Barker, D., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bezerra, L. V. S., Bhattacharyya, R., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Harris, H. R., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Li, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, É. M., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pradeep, A., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Sincavage, D. J., Stanford, C., Street, J., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zhang, E., Zhang, H. G., Zhao, X., and Zheng, L.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) achieved efficient detection of very small recoil energies in its germanium target, resulting in sensitivity to Lightly Ionizing Particles (LIPs) in a previously unexplored region of charge, mass, and velocity parameter space. We report first direct-detection limits calculated using the optimum interval method on the vertical intensity of cosmogenically-produced LIPs with an electric charge smaller than $e/(3\times10^5$), as well as the strongest limits for charge $\leq e/160$, with a minimum vertical intensity of $1.36\times10^{-7}$\,cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$sr$^{-1}$ at charge $e/160$. These results apply over a wide range of LIP masses (5\,MeV/$c^2$ to 100\,TeV/$c^2$) and cover a wide range of $\beta\gamma$ values (0.1 -- $10^6$), thus excluding non-relativistic LIPs with $\beta\gamma$ as small as 0.1 for the first time.
Published: 2020
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17. Performance of a Large Area Photon Detector For Rare Event Search Applications

Author: CPD Collaboration, Fink, C. W., Watkins, S. L., Aramaki, T., Brink, P. L., Camilleri, J., Defay, X., Ganjam, S., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Mahapatra, R., Mirabolfathi, N., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Platt, M., Pyle, M., Sadoulet, B., Serfass, B., and Zuber, S.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present the design and characterization of a large-area Cryogenic PhotoDetector (CPD) designed for active particle identification in rare event searches, such as neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter experiments. The detector consists of a $45.6$ $\mathrm{cm}^2$ surface area by 1-mm-thick $10.6$ $\mathrm{g}$ Si wafer. It is instrumented with a distributed network of Quasiparticle-trap-assisted Electrothermal feedback Transition-edge sensors (QETs) with superconducting critical temperature $T_c=41.5$ $\mathrm{mK}$ to measure athermal phonons released from interactions with photons. The detector is characterized and calibrated with a collimated $^{55}$Fe X-ray source incident on the center of the detector. The noise equivalent power is measured to be $1\times 10^{-17}$ $\mathrm{W}/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$ in a bandwidth of $2.7$ $\mathrm{kHz}$. The baseline energy resolution is measured to be $\sigma_E = 3.86 \pm 0.04$ $(\mathrm{stat.})^{+0.23}_{-0.00}$ $(\mathrm{syst.})$ $\mathrm{eV}$ (RMS). The detector also has an expected timing resolution of $\sigma_t = 2.3$ $\mu\mathrm{s}$ for $5$ $\sigma_E$ events., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2020
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18. Light Dark Matter Search with a High-Resolution Athermal Phonon Detector Operated Above Ground

Author: Alkhatib, I., Amaral, D. W. P., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Langroudy, I. Ataee, Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Barker, D., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bezerra, L. V. S., Bhattacharyya, R., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chaudhuri, M., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Harris, H. R., Herbert, N., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kashyap, V. K. S., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Li, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Theenhausen, H. Meyer zu, Michaud, É. M., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Pakarha, P., Partridge, R., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Sincavage, D. J., Stanford, C., Street, J., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wills, L., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zhang, E., Zhang, H. G., Zhao, X., Zheng, L., Camilleri, J., Kolomensky, Yu. G., and Zuber, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We present limits on spin-independent dark matter-nucleon interactions using a $10.6$ $\mathrm{g}$ Si athermal phonon detector with a baseline energy resolution of $\sigma_E=3.86 \pm 0.04$ $(\mathrm{stat.})^{+0.19}_{-0.00}$ $(\mathrm{syst.})$ $\mathrm{eV}$. This exclusion analysis sets the most stringent dark matter-nucleon scattering cross-section limits achieved by a cryogenic detector for dark matter particle masses from $93$ to $140$ $\mathrm{MeV}/c^2$, with a raw exposure of $9.9$ $\mathrm{g}\cdot\mathrm{d}$ acquired at an above-ground facility. This work illustrates the scientific potential of detectors with athermal phonon sensors with eV-scale energy resolution for future dark matter searches., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, this version includes ancillary files from official data release
Published: 2020
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19. Constraints on low-mass, relic dark matter candidates from a surface-operated SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Amaral, D. W., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Azadbakht, E., Banik, S., Barker, D., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bezerra, L. V. S., Bhattacharyya, R., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Chen, R., Chott, N., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Harris, H. R., Herbert, N., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kelsey, M. H., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Li, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mayer, A. J., Michaud, É. M., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Novati, V., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Pakarha, P., Partridge, R., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Reid, E., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Sattari, A., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Sincavage, D. J., Stanford, C., Stein, M., Street, J., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wills, L., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zhang, E., Zhang, H. G., Zhao, X., and Zheng, L.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: This article presents an analysis and the resulting limits on light dark matter inelastically scattering off of electrons, and on dark photon and axion-like particle absorption, using a second-generation SuperCDMS high-voltage eV-resolution detector. The 0.93 gram Si detector achieved a 3 eV phonon energy resolution; for a detector bias of 100 V, this corresponds to a charge resolution of 3% of a single electron-hole pair. The energy spectrum is reported from a blind analysis with 1.2 gram-days of exposure acquired in an above-ground laboratory. With charge carrier trapping and impact ionization effects incorporated into the dark matter signal models, the dark matter-electron cross section $\bar{\sigma}_{e}$ is constrained for dark matter masses from 0.5--$10^{4} $MeV$/c^{2}$; in the mass range from 1.2--50 eV$/c^{2}$ the dark photon kinetic mixing parameter $\varepsilon$ and the axioelectric coupling constant $g_{ae}$ are constrained. The minimum 90% confidence-level upper limits within the above mentioned mass ranges are $\bar{\sigma}_{e}\,=\,8.7\times10^{-34}$ cm$^{2}$, $\varepsilon\,=\,3.3\times10^{-14}$, and $g_{ae}\,=\,1.0\times10^{-9}$., Comment: 5 pages + title and references, 3 figures and 1 table
Published: 2020
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20. Characterizing TES Power Noise for Future Single Optical-Phonon and Infrared-Photon Detectors

Author: Fink, C. W., Watkins, S. L., Aramaki, T., Brink, P. L., Ganjam, S., Hines, B. A., Huber, M. E., Kurinsky, N. A., Mahapatra, R., Mirabolfathi, N., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Platt, M., Pyle, M., Sadoulet, B., Serfass, B., and Zuber, S.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: In this letter, we present the performance of a $100~\mu\mathrm{m}\times 400~\mu\mathrm{m} \times 40~\mathrm{nm}$ tungsten (W) Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) with a critical temperature of 40 mK. This device has a measured noise equivalent power (NEP) of $1.5\times 10^{-18}\ \mathrm{W}/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$, in a bandwidth of $2.6$ kHz, indicating a resolution for Dirac delta energy depositions of $40\pm 5~\mathrm{meV}$ (rms). The performance demonstrated by this device is a critical step towards developing a $\mathcal{O}(100)~\mathrm{meV}$ threshold athermal phonon detectors for low-mass dark matter searches., Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication at AIP Advances
Published: 2020
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21. Constraints on Lightly Ionizing Particles from CDMSlite

Author: Alkhatib, I, Amaral, DWP, Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Langroudy, I Ataee, Azadbakht, E, Banik, S, Barker, D, Bathurst, C, Bauer, DA, Bezerra, LVS, Bhattacharyya, R, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Calkins, R, Cameron, RA, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y-Y, Chaudhuri, M, Chen, R, Chott, N, Cooley, J, Coombes, H, Corbett, J, Cushman, P, De Brienne, F, di Vacri, ML, Diamond, MD, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fink, CW, Fouts, K, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Golwala, SR, Harris, HR, Hines, BA, Hollister, MI, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kashyap, VKS, Kelsey, MH, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Lawrence, RE, Li, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacFarlane, DB, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Mayer, AJ, Theenhausen, H Meyer zu, Michaud, ÉM, Michielin, E, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nagorny, S, Nelson, J, Neog, H, Novati, V, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Podviianiuk, R, Ponce, F, Poudel, S, Pradeep, A, Pyle, M, Rau, W, Reid, E, Ren, R, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Sattari, A, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Sincavage, DJ, Stanford, C, and Street, J
Subjects: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) achieved efficient detection of very small recoil energies in its germanium target, resulting in sensitivity to lightly ionizing particles (LIPs) in a previously unexplored region of charge, mass, and velocity parameter space. We report first direct-detection limits calculated using the optimum interval method on the vertical intensity of cosmogenically produced LIPs with an electric charge smaller than e/(3×10^{5}), as well as the strongest limits for charge ≤e/160, with a minimum vertical intensity of 1.36×10^{-7} cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} at charge e/160. These results apply over a wide range of LIP masses (5 MeV/c^{2} to 100 TeV/c^{2}) and cover a wide range of βγ values (0.1-10^{6}), thus excluding nonrelativistic LIPs with βγ as small as 0.1 for the first time.
Published: 2021

22. Light Dark Matter Search with a High-Resolution Athermal Phonon Detector Operated above Ground

Author: Alkhatib, I, Amaral, DWP, Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Langroudy, I Ataee, Azadbakht, E, Banik, S, Barker, D, Bathurst, C, Bauer, DA, Bezerra, LVS, Bhattacharyya, R, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Calkins, R, Cameron, RA, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y-Y, Chaudhuri, M, Chen, R, Chott, N, Cooley, J, Coombes, H, Corbett, J, Cushman, P, De Brienne, F, di Vacri, ML, Diamond, MD, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fink, CW, Fouts, K, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Golwala, SR, Harris, HR, Herbert, N, Hines, BA, Hollister, MI, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kashyap, VKS, Kelsey, MH, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Lawrence, RE, Li, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, MacFarlane, DB, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Mayer, AJ, Theenhausen, H Meyer zu, Michaud, ÉM, Michielin, E, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nagorny, S, Nelson, J, Neog, H, Novati, V, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, WA, Pakarha, P, Partridge, R, Podviianiuk, R, Ponce, F, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Rau, W, Reid, E, Ren, R, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Sattari, A, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, and Serfass, B
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, SuperCDMS Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We present limits on spin-independent dark matter-nucleon interactions using a 10.6 g Si athermal phonon detector with a baseline energy resolution of σ_{E}=3.86±0.04(stat)_{-0.00}^{+0.19}(syst) eV. This exclusion analysis sets the most stringent dark matter-nucleon scattering cross-section limits achieved by a cryogenic detector for dark matter particle masses from 93 to 140 MeV/c^{2}, with a raw exposure of 9.9 g d acquired at an above-ground facility. This work illustrates the scientific potential of detectors with athermal phonon sensors with eV-scale energy resolution for future dark matter searches.
Published: 2021

23. Modeling of Impact Ionization and Charge Trapping in SuperCDMS HVeV Detectors

Author: Ponce, F., Page, W., Brink, P. L., Cabrera, B., Cherry, M., Fink, C., Kurinsky, N., Partridge, R., Pyle, M., Sadoulet, B., Serfass, B., Stanford, C., Watkins, S. L., Yellin, S., and Young, B. A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: A model for charge trapping and impact ionization, and an experiment to measure these parameters is presented for the SuperCDMS HVeV detector. A procedure to isolate and quantify the main sources of noise (bulk and surface charge leakage) in the measurements is also describe. This sets the stage to precisely measure the charge trapping and impact ionization probabilities in order to incorporate this model into future dark matter searches.
Published: 2019
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24. Constraints on dark photons and axion-like particles from SuperCDMS Soudan

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., Banik, S., Barker, D., Bathurst, C., Bauer, D. A., Bezerra, L. V. S, Bhattacharyya, R., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Cooley, J., Coombes, H., Corbett, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., di Vacri, M. L., Diamond, M. D., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fouts, K., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Harris, H. R., Herbert, N., Hines, B. A., Hollister, M. I., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Li, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., MacFarlane, D. B., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Michaud, É. M., Michielin, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nagorny, S., Nelson, J., Neog, H., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Pakarha, P., Partridge, R., Podviianiuk, R., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Rau, W., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Verma, S., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wills, L., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Yu, T. C., Zhang, E., Zhao, X., and Zheng, L.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We present an analysis of electron recoils in cryogenic germanium detectors operated during the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment. The data are used to set new constraints on the axioelectric coupling of axion-like particles and the kinetic mixing parameter of dark photons, assuming the respective species constitutes all of the galactic dark matter. This study covers the mass range from 40 eV/$c^2$ to 500 eV/$c^2$ for both candidates, excluding previously untested parameter space for masses below ~1 keV/$c^2$. For the kinetic mixing of dark photons, values below $10^{-15}$ are reached for particle masses around 100 eV/$c^2$; for the axioelectric coupling of axion-like particles, values below $10^{-12}$ are reached for particles with masses in the range of a few-hundred eV/$c^2$., Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures, 1 page correction included with 3 figures
Published: 2019
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25. Measuring the Impact Ionization and Charge Trapping Probabilities in SuperCDMS HVeV Phonon Sensing Detectors

Author: Ponce, F., Page, W., Brink, P. L., Cabrera, B., Cherry, M., Fink, C., Kurinsky, N., Partridge, R., Pyle, M., Sadoulet, B., Serfass, B., Stanford, C., Watkins, S. L., Yellin, S., and Young, B. A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: A 0.93 gram $1{\times}1{\times}0.4$ cm$^3$ SuperCDMS silicon HVeV detector operated at 30 mK was illuminated by 1.91 eV photons using a room temperature pulsed laser coupled to the cryostat via fiber optic. The detector's response under a variety of specific operating conditions was used to study the detector leakage current, charge trapping and impact ionization in the high-purity Si substrate. The measured probabilities for a charge carrier in the detector to undergo charge trapping (0.713 $\pm$ 0.093%) or cause impact ionization (1.576 $\pm$ 0.110%) were found to be nearly independent of bias polarity and charge-carrier type (electron or hole) for substrate biases of $\pm$ 140 V., Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2019
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26. New Technologies for Discovery

Author: Ahmed, Z., Apresyan, A., Artuso, M., Barry, P., Bielejec, E., Blaszczyk, F., Bose, T., Braga, D., Charlebois, S. A., Chatterjee, A., Chavarria, A., Cho, H. -M., Torre, S. Dalla, Demarteau, M., Denisov, D., Diefenthaler, M., Dragone, A., Fahim, F., Gee, C., Habib, S., Haller, G., Hogan, J., Jones, B. J. P., Garcia-Sciveres, M., Giacomini, G., Gilmore, K., Giovanetti, G. K., Glenzinski, D., Gleyzer, S., Goldan, A. H., Gollapinni, S., Grace, C., Guenette, R., Gutsche, O., Heintz, U., Hertel, S. A., Hutzler, N. R., Kolkowitz, S., Kovachy, T., Leonard, F., Lipton, R., Liu, M., Low, J. F., Madigan, P., Malik, S., Mates, J., Mei, Y., Merkel, P., Mohayai, T., Nomerotski, A., Oliveri, E., Palladino, K., Pantic, E., Para, A., Perez, K., Pyle, M., Riedler, P., Ropelewski, L., Rusack, R., Schleier-Smith, M., Shipsey, I, Scholberg, K., Schumm, B. A., Slosar, A., Smith, W., Surrow, B., Sushkov, A. O., Suzuki, A., Szydagis, M., Temples, D., Thom, J., Titov, M., Tvrznikova, L., Usai, E., Van Berg, R., Velan, V., Winslow, L., Wongjirad, T., Xie, Q. Xia J., You, Z. F., Zani, A., Zhang, J., and Zhu, R. Y.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: For the field of high energy physics to continue to have a bright future, priority within the field must be given to investments in the development of both evolutionary and transformational detector development that is coordinated across the national laboratories and with the university community, international partners and other disciplines. While the fundamental science questions addressed by high energy physics have never been more compelling, there is acute awareness of the challenging budgetary and technical constraints when scaling current technologies. Furthermore, many technologies are reaching their sensitivity limit and new approaches need to be developed to overcome the currently irreducible technological challenges. This situation is unfolding against a backdrop of declining funding for instrumentation, both at the national laboratories and in particular at the universities. This trend has to be reversed for the country to continue to play a leadership role in particle physics, especially in this most promising era of imminent new discoveries that could finally break the hugely successful, but limited, Standard Model of fundamental particle interactions. In this challenging environment it is essential that the community invest anew in instrumentation and optimize the use of the available resources to develop new innovative, cost-effective instrumentation, as this is our best hope to successfully accomplish the mission of high energy physics. This report summarizes the current status of instrumentation for high energy physics, the challenges and needs of future experiments and indicates high priority research areas., Comment: A report of the 2018 DPF Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors (CPAD) Community Workshop (101 pages)
Published: 2019

27. Constraints on dark photons and axionlike particles from the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment

Author: Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Azadbakht, E, Baker, W, Banik, S, Barker, D, Bathurst, C, Bauer, DA, Bezerra, LVS, Bhattacharyya, R, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Calkins, R, Cameron, RA, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y-Y, Cooley, J, Coombes, H, Corbett, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, De Brienne, F, di Vacri, ML, Diamond, MD, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fink, CW, Fouts, K, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Golwala, SR, Harris, HR, Herbert, N, Hines, BA, Hollister, MI, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Lawrence, RE, Li, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, MacFarlane, DB, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Michaud, ÉM, Michielin, E, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nagorny, S, Nelson, J, Neog, H, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, WA, Pakarha, P, Partridge, R, Podviianiuk, R, Ponce, F, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Rau, W, Ren, R, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, Sincavage, DJ, Stanford, C, Stein, M, Street, J, Toback, D, Underwood, R, and Verma, S
Subjects: hep-ex, physics.ins-det, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract: We present an analysis of electron recoils in cryogenic germanium detectors operated during the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment. The data are used to set new constraints on the axioelectric coupling of axionlike particles and the kinetic mixing parameter of dark photons, assuming the respective species constitutes all of the galactic dark matter. This study covers the mass range from 40 eV/c2 to 500 keV/c2 for both candidates, excluding previously untested parameter space for masses below ∼1 keV/c2. For the kinetic mixing of dark photons, values below 10-15 are reached for particle masses around 100 eV/c2; for the axioelectric coupling of axionlike particles, values below 10-12 are reached for particles with masses in the range of a few-hundred eV/c2.
Published: 2020

28. Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter with CDMSlite Using a Profile Likelihood Fit

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., Banik, S., Barker, D., Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cameron, R. A., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., De Brienne, F., Doughty, T., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Harris, H. R., Herbert, N., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Miller, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Neog, H., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Reisetter, A., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Scarff, A., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Stanford, C., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., and Zhao, X.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) searches for interactions between dark matter particles and germanium nuclei in cryogenic detectors. The experiment has achieved a low energy threshold with improved sensitivity to low-mass (<10 GeV/c$^2$) dark matter particles. We present an analysis of the final CDMSlite data set, taken with a different detector than was used for the two previous CDMSlite data sets. This analysis includes a data "salting" method to protect against bias, improved noise discrimination, background modeling, and the use of profile likelihood methods to search for a dark matter signal in the presence of backgrounds. We achieve an energy threshold of 70 eV and significantly improve the sensitivity for dark matter particles with masses between 2.5 and 10 GeV/c$^2$ compared to previous analyses. We set an upper limit on the dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section in germanium of 5.4$\times$10$^{-42}$ cm$^2$ at 5 GeV/c$^2$, a factor of $\sim$2.5 improvement over the previous CDMSlite result.
Published: 2018
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29. Production Rate Measurement of Tritium and Other Cosmogenic Isotopes in Germanium with CDMSlite

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., Barker, D., Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Doughty, T., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C. W., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwal, S. R., Harris, H. R., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Miller, E., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Reisetter, A., Ren, R., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Banik, S., Sander, J., Scarff, A., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., and Zhao, X.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Future direct searches for low-mass dark matter particles with germanium detectors, such as SuperCDMS SNOLAB, are expected to be limited by backgrounds from radioactive isotopes activated by cosmogenic radiation inside the germanium. There are limited experimental data available to constrain production rates and a large spread of theoretical predictions. We examine the calculation of expected production rates, and analyze data from the second run of the CDMS low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) to estimate the rates for several isotopes. We model the measured CDMSlite spectrum and fit for contributions from tritium and other isotopes. Using the knowledge of the detector history, these results are converted to cosmogenic production rates at sea level. The production rates in atoms/(kg$\cdot$day) are 74$\pm$9 for $^3$H, 1.5$\pm$0.7 for $^{55}$Fe, 17$\pm$5 for $^{65}$Zn, and 30$\pm$18 for $^{68}$Ge., Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables. v5 contains the extended data release (and documentation) of the CDMSlite Run 2 data as ancillary files
Published: 2018
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30. First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., Banik, S., Barker, D., Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeno, D. G., Chang, Y. -Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fink, C., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Golwala, S. R., Harris, H. R., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Lawrence, R. E., Leyva, J. V., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Miller, E. H., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Ponce, F., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Reisetter, A., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Romani, R. K., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Scarff, A., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., So, J., Speller, D., Stanford, C., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Watkins, S. L., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Winchell, J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., and Zhao, X.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We present the first limits on inelastic electron-scattering dark matter and dark photon absorption using a prototype SuperCDMS detector having a charge resolution of 0.1 electron-hole pairs (CDMS HVeV, a 0.93 gram CDMS HV device). These electron-recoil limits significantly improve experimental constraints on dark matter particles with masses as low as 1 MeV/$\mathrm{c^2}$. We demonstrate a sensitivity to dark photons competitive with other leading approaches but using substantially less exposure (0.49 gram days). These results demonstrate the scientific potential of phonon-mediated semiconductor detectors that are sensitive to single electronic excitations., Comment: 6 pages + title and references, 6 figures, includes erratum submitted to PRL and data release
Published: 2018
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31. Nuclear-recoil energy scale in CDMS II silicon dark-matter detectors

Author: Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Aramaki, T., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Banik, S., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeno, D. G., Chagani, H., Chang, Y. -Y., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Doughty, T., Dragowsky, E. M., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Holmgren, D., Hong, Z., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Leder, A., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., McCarthy, K. A., Miller, E. H., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mohanty, B., Moore, D., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Martinez, M. Penalver, Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Roberts, A., Rogers, H. E., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., and Zhao, X.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment aims to detect dark matter particles that elastically scatter from nuclei in semiconductor detectors. The resulting nuclear-recoil energy depositions are detected by ionization and phonon sensors. Neutrons produce a similar spectrum of low-energy nuclear recoils in such detectors, while most other backgrounds produce electron recoils. The absolute energy scale for nuclear recoils is necessary to interpret results correctly. The energy scale can be determined in CDMS II silicon detectors using neutrons incident from a broad-spectrum $^{252}$Cf source, taking advantage of a prominent resonance in the neutron elastic scattering cross section of silicon at a recoil (neutron) energy near 20 (182) keV. Results indicate that the phonon collection efficiency for nuclear recoils is $4.8^{+0.7}_{-0.9}$% lower than for electron recoils of the same energy. Comparisons of the ionization signals for nuclear recoils to those measured previously by other groups at higher electric fields indicate that the ionization collection efficiency for CDMS II silicon detectors operated at $\sim$4 V/cm is consistent with 100% for nuclear recoils below 20 keV and gradually decreases for larger energies to $\sim$75% at 100 keV. The impact of these measurements on previously published CDMS II silicon results is small., Comment: 22 pages, 17 figures, 1 table, 1 appendix
Published: 2018
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32. New Technologies for Discovery

Author: Ahmed, Z, Apresyan, A, Artuso, M, Barry, P, Bielejec, E, Blaszczyk, F, Bose, T, Braga, D, Charlebois, SA, Chatterjee, A, Chavarria, A, Cho, H-M, Torre, S Dalla, Demarteau, M, Denisov, D, Diefenthaler, M, Dragone, A, Fahim, F, Gee, C, Habib, S, Haller, G, Hogan, J, Jones, BJP, Garcia-Sciveres, M, Giacomini, G, Gilmore, K, Giovanetti, GK, Glenzinski, D, Gleyzer, S, Goldan, AH, Gollapinni, S, Grace, C, Guenette, R, Gutsche, O, Heintz, U, Hertel, SA, Hutzler, NR, Kolkowitz, S, Kovachy, T, Leonard, F, Lipton, R, Liu, M, Low, JF, Madigan, P, Malik, S, Mates, J, Mei, Y, Merkel, P, Mohayai, T, Nomerotski, A, Oliveri, E, Palladino, K, Pantic, E, Para, A, Perez, K, Pyle, M, Riedler, P, Ropelewski, L, Rusack, R, Schleier-Smith, M, Shipsey, I, Scholberg, K, Schumm, BA, Slosar, A, Smith, W, Surrow, B, Sushkov, AO, Suzuki, A, Szydagis, M, Temples, D, Thom, J, Titov, M, Tvrznikova, L, Usai, E, Berg, R Van, Velan, V, Winslow, L, Wongjirad, T, Xie, Q Xia J, You, ZF, Zani, A, Zhang, J, and Zhu, RY
Subjects: physics.ins-det, hep-ex, nucl-ex
Abstract: For the field of high energy physics to continue to have a bright future,priority within the field must be given to investments in the development ofboth evolutionary and transformational detector development that is coordinatedacross the national laboratories and with the university community,international partners and other disciplines. While the fundamental sciencequestions addressed by high energy physics have never been more compelling,there is acute awareness of the challenging budgetary and technical constraintswhen scaling current technologies. Furthermore, many technologies are reachingtheir sensitivity limit and new approaches need to be developed to overcome thecurrently irreducible technological challenges. This situation is unfoldingagainst a backdrop of declining funding for instrumentation, both at thenational laboratories and in particular at the universities. This trend has tobe reversed for the country to continue to play a leadership role in particlephysics, especially in this most promising era of imminent new discoveries thatcould finally break the hugely successful, but limited, Standard Model offundamental particle interactions. In this challenging environment it isessential that the community invest anew in instrumentation and optimize theuse of the available resources to develop new innovative, cost-effectiveinstrumentation, as this is our best hope to successfully accomplish themission of high energy physics. This report summarizes the current status ofinstrumentation for high energy physics, the challenges and needs of futureexperiments and indicates high priority research areas.
Published: 2019

33. Search for low-mass dark matter with CDMSlite using a profile likelihood fit

Author: Agnese, R, Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Azadbakht, E, Baker, W, Banik, S, Barker, D, Bauer, DA, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Calkins, R, Cameron, RA, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y-Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, De Brienne, F, Doughty, T, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fink, CW, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Golwala, SR, Harris, HR, Herbert, N, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Jena, C, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Lawrence, RE, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Miller, E, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nelson, J, Neog, H, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Ponce, F, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Ren, R, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Scarff, A, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, Speller, D, Stanford, C, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Watkins, SL, Wilson, JS, Wilson, MJ, Winchell, J, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, and Young, BA
Subjects: astro-ph.CO, physics.ins-det, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract: The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) searches for interactions between dark matter particles and germanium nuclei in cryogenic detectors. The experiment has achieved a low energy threshold with improved sensitivity to low-mass (
Published: 2019

34. Thermal detection of single e-h pairs in a biased silicon crystal detector

Author: Romani, R. K., Brink, P. L., Cabrera, B., Cherry, M., Howarth, T., Kurinsky, N., Moffatt, R. A., Partridge, R., Ponce, F., Pyle, M., Tomada, A., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., and Young, B. A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We demonstrate that individual electron-hole pairs are resolved in a 1 cm$^2$ by 4 mm thick silicon crystal (0.93 g) operated at $\sim$35 mK. One side of the detector is patterned with two quasiparticle-trap-assisted electro-thermal-feedback transition edge sensor (QET) arrays held near ground potential. The other side contains a bias grid with 20\% coverage. Bias potentials up to $\pm$ 160 V were used in the work reported here. A fiber optic provides 650~nm (1.9 eV) photons that each produce an electron-hole ($e^{-} h^{+}$) pair in the crystal near the grid. The energy of the drifting charges is measured with a phonon sensor noise $\sigma$ $\sim$0.09 $e^{-} h^{+}$ pair. The observed charge quantization is nearly identical for $h^+$'s or $e^-$'s transported across the crystal., Comment: 4 journal pages, 5 figures
Published: 2017
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35. Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment at Soudan

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Banik, S., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chang, Y., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Miller, E. H., Mirabolfathi, N., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Martinez, M. Penalver, Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., and Zhao, X.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: We report the result of a blinded search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan dataset. With an exposure of 1690 kg days, a single candidate event is observed, consistent with expected backgrounds. This analysis (combined with previous Ge results) sets an upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP--nucleon cross section of $1.4 \times 10^{-44}$ ($1.0 \times 10^{-44}$) cm$^2$ at 46 GeV/$c^2$. These results set the strongest limits for WIMP--germanium-nucleus interactions for masses $>$12 GeV/$c^2$.
Published: 2017
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36. Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with CDMSlite

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeno, D. G., Chang, Y., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Miller, E. H., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Martinez, M. Penalver, Phipps, A., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J, Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., and Zhao, X.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The SuperCDMS experiment is designed to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may constitute the dark matter in our Galaxy. During its operation at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, germanium detectors were run in the CDMSlite mode to gather data sets with sensitivity specifically for WIMPs with masses ${<}$10 GeV/$c^2$. In this mode, a higher detector-bias voltage is applied to amplify the phonon signals produced by drifting charges. This paper presents studies of the experimental noise and its effect on the achievable energy threshold, which is demonstrated to be as low as 56 eV$_{\text{ee}}$ (electron equivalent energy). The detector-biasing configuration is described in detail, with analysis corrections for voltage variations to the level of a few percent. Detailed studies of the electric-field geometry, and the resulting successful development of a fiducial parameter, eliminate poorly measured events, yielding an energy resolution ranging from ${\sim}$9 eV$_{\text{ee}}$ at 0 keV to 101 eV$_{\text{ee}}$ at ${\sim}$10 eV$_{\text{ee}}$. New results are derived for astrophysical uncertainties relevant to the WIMP-search limits, specifically examining how they are affected by variations in the most probable WIMP velocity and the Galactic escape velocity. These variations become more important for WIMP masses below 10 GeV/$c^2$. Finally, new limits on spin-dependent low-mass WIMP-nucleon interactions are derived, with new parameter space excluded for WIMP masses $\lesssim$3 GeV/$c^2$, Comment: 30 Pages, 33 Figures v3 to match published version in PRD. v2 contains public release (and documentation) of the CDMSlite Run 2 data as ancillary files
Published: 2017
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37. First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector

Author: Agnese, R, Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Azadbakht, E, Baker, W, Banik, S, Barker, D, Bauer, DA, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Calkins, R, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y-Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fink, C, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Golwala, SR, Harris, HR, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jena, C, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Lawrence, RE, Leyva, JV, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Miller, EH, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nelson, J, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Ponce, F, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Romani, RK, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Scarff, A, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, So, J, Speller, D, Stanford, C, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Watkins, SL, Wilson, JS, Wilson, MJ, Winchell, J, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Young, BA, and Zhang, X
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, astro-ph.CO, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We present the first limits on inelastic electron-scattering dark matter and dark photon absorption using a prototype SuperCDMS detector having a charge resolution of 0.1 electron-hole pairs (CDMS HVeV, a 0.93 g CDMS high-voltage device). These electron-recoil limits significantly improve experimental constraints on dark matter particles with masses as low as 1 MeV/c^{2}. We demonstrate a sensitivity to dark photons competitive with other leading approaches but using substantially less exposure (0.49 g d). These results demonstrate the scientific potential of phonon-mediated semiconductor detectors that are sensitive to single electronic excitations.
Published: 2018

38. Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan

Author: Agnese, R, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Baker, W, Balakishiyeva, D, Banik, S, Barker, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Jena, C, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Miller, EH, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nelson, J, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Martinez, M Penalver, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, Speller, D, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wilson, MJ, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, and Yen, JJ
Subjects: SuperCDMS Collaboration, hep-ex, hep-ph, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We report the result of a blinded search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan data set. With an exposure of 1690 kg d, a single candidate event is observed, consistent with expected backgrounds. This analysis (combined with previous Ge results) sets an upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section of 1.4×10^{-44} (1.0×10^{-44}) cm^{2} at 46 GeV/c^{2}. These results set the strongest limits for WIMP-germanium-nucleus interactions for masses >12 GeV/c^{2}.
Published: 2018

39. Low-mass dark matter search with CDMSlite

Author: Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Baker, W, Balakishiyeva, D, Barker, D, Basu Thakur, R, Bauer, DA, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Ghaith, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Jena, C, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Leder, A, Loer, B, Lopez Asamar, E, Lukens, P, Macdonell, D, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Miller, EH, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Mohanty, B, Morales Mendoza, JD, Nelson, J, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Peñalver Martinez, M, Phipps, A, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, Speller, D, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, Von Krosigk, B, Welliver, B, and Wilson, JS
Subjects: astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM, hep-ex, physics.ins-det
Abstract: The SuperCDMS experiment is designed to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may constitute the dark matter in our Galaxy. During its operation at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, germanium detectors were run in the CDMSlite mode to gather data sets with sensitivity specifically for WIMPs with masses
Published: 2018

40. Projected Sensitivity of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment

Author: Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Baker, W., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D. G., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., and Zhao, X.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: SuperCDMS SNOLAB will be a next-generation experiment aimed at directly detecting low-mass (< 10 GeV/c$^2$) particles that may constitute dark matter by using cryogenic detectors of two types (HV and iZIP) and two target materials (germanium and silicon). The experiment is being designed with an initial sensitivity to nuclear recoil cross sections ~ 1 x 10$^{-43}$ cm$^2$ for a dark matter particle mass of 1 GeV/c$^2$, and with capacity to continue exploration to both smaller masses and better sensitivities. The phonon sensitivity of the HV detectors will be sufficient to detect nuclear recoils from sub-GeV dark matter. A detailed calibration of the detector response to low energy recoils will be needed to optimize running conditions of the HV detectors and to interpret their data for dark matter searches. Low-activity shielding, and the depth of SNOLAB, will reduce most backgrounds, but cosmogenically produced $^{3}$H and naturally occurring $^{32}$Si will be present in the detectors at some level. Even if these backgrounds are x10 higher than expected, the science reach of the HV detectors would be over three orders of magnitude beyond current results for a dark matter mass of 1 GeV/c$^2$. The iZIP detectors are relatively insensitive to variations in detector response and backgrounds, and will provide better sensitivity for dark matter particle masses (> 5 GeV/c$^2$). The mix of detector types (HV and iZIP), and targets (germanium and silicon), planned for the experiment, as well as flexibility in how the detectors are operated, will allow us to maximize the low-mass reach, and understand the backgrounds that the experiment will encounter. Upgrades to the experiment, perhaps with a variety of ultra-low-background cryogenic detectors, will extend dark matter sensitivity down to the "neutrino floor", where coherent scatters of solar neutrinos become a limiting background., Comment: SuperCDMS SNOLAB Projected sensitivity reach
Published: 2016
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41. Projected sensitivity of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment

Author: Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, I, Baker, W, Barker, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Ghaith, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hong, Z, Hoppe, E, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Leder, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Mendoza, JD Morales, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Serfass, B, Speller, D, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, Zhang, X, and Zhao, X
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, physics.ins-det, astro-ph.CO, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract: SuperCDMS SNOLAB will be a next-generation experiment aimed at directly detecting low-mass particles (with masses ≤10 GeV/c2) that may constitute dark matter by using cryogenic detectors of two types (HV and iZIP) and two target materials (germanium and silicon). The experiment is being designed with an initial sensitivity to nuclear recoil cross sections ∼1×10-43 cm2 for a dark matter particle mass of 1 GeV/c2, and with capacity to continue exploration to both smaller masses and better sensitivities. The phonon sensitivity of the HV detectors will be sufficient to detect nuclear recoils from sub-GeV dark matter. A detailed calibration of the detector response to low-energy recoils will be needed to optimize running conditions of the HV detectors and to interpret their data for dark matter searches. Low-activity shielding, and the depth of SNOLAB, will reduce most backgrounds, but cosmogenically produced H3 and naturally occurring Si32 will be present in the detectors at some level. Even if these backgrounds are 10 times higher than expected, the science reach of the HV detectors would be over 3 orders of magnitude beyond current results for a dark matter mass of 1 GeV/c2. The iZIP detectors are relatively insensitive to variations in detector response and backgrounds, and will provide better sensitivity for dark matter particles with masses 5 GeV/c2. The mix of detector types (HV and iZIP), and targets (germanium and silicon), planned for the experiment, as well as flexibility in how the detectors are operated, will allow us to maximize the low-mass reach, and understand the backgrounds that the experiment will encounter. Upgrades to the experiment, perhaps with a variety of ultra-low-background cryogenic detectors, will extend dark matter sensitivity down to the "neutrino floor," where coherent scatters of solar neutrinos become a limiting background.
Published: 2017

42. WIMP-Search Results from the Second CDMSlite Run

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Aramaki, T., Asai, M., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cerdeno, D. G., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Prasad, K., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Ricci, Y., Roberts, A., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The CDMS low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) uses cryogenic germanium detectors operated at a relatively high bias voltage to amplify the phonon signal in the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Results are presented from the second CDMSlite run with an exposure of 70 kg days, which reached an energy threshold for electron recoils as low as 56 eV. A fiducialization cut reduces backgrounds below those previously reported by CDMSlite. New parameter space for the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section is excluded for WIMP masses between 1.6 and 5.5 GeV/$c^2$., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. v2 Matches the accepted version in PRL
Published: 2015
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43. Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS II germanium data

Author: Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Asai, M., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brandt, D., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cerdeño, D. G., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Crewdson, C. H., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hertel, S. A., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kiveni, M., Koch, K., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Prasad, K., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Ricci, Y., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Toback, D., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wright, D. H., Yang, X., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: CDMS II data from the 5-tower runs at the Soudan Underground Laboratory were reprocessed with an improved charge-pulse fitting algorithm. Two new analysis techniques to reject surface-event backgrounds were applied to the 612 kg days germanium-detector WIMP-search exposure. An extended analysis was also completed by decreasing the 10 keV analysis threshold to $\sim$5 keV, to increase sensitivity near a WIMP mass of 8 GeV/$c^2$. After unblinding, there were zero candidate events above a deposited energy of 10 keV and 6 events in the lower-threshold analysis. This yielded minimum WIMP-nucleon spin-independent scattering cross-section limits of $1.8 \times 10^{-44}$ and $1.18 \times 10 ^{-41}$ cm$^2$ at 90\% confidence for 60 and 8.6 GeV/$c^2$ WIMPs, respectively. This improves the previous CDMS II result by a factor of 2.4 (2.7) for 60 (8.6) GeV/$c^2$ WIMPs., Comment: 25 pages, 15 figures, slightly updated organization and text consistent with PRD referee process, Fig. 14 updated
Published: 2015
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44. Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

Author: Schneck, K., Cabrera, B., Cerdeno, D. G., Mandic, V., Rogers, H. E., Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Asai, M., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Brandt, D., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Crewdson, C. H., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jardin, D. M., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Prasad, K., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Ricci, Y., Roberts, A., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Toback, D., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wright, D. H., Yang, X., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: We examine the consequences of the effective field theory (EFT) of dark matter-nucleon scattering for current and proposed direct detection experiments. Exclusion limits on EFT coupling constants computed using the optimum interval method are presented for SuperCDMS Soudan, CDMS II, and LUX, and the necessity of combining results from multiple experiments in order to determine dark matter parameters is discussed. We demonstrate that spectral differences between the standard dark matter model and a general EFT interaction can produce a bias when calculating exclusion limits and when developing signal models for likelihood and machine learning techniques. We also discuss the implications of the EFT for the next-generation (G2) direct detection experiments and point out regions of complementarity in the EFT parameter space., Comment: Newest version includes erratum
Published: 2015
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45. Understanding young peoples’ and family members’ views of treatment for first episode psychosis in a randomised controlled trial (MAPS)

Author: Byrne, R.E., Bird, J.C., Reeve, S., Jones, W., Shiers, D., Morrison, A.P., Pyle, M., and Peters, S.
Published: 2020
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46. Detecting superlight dark matter with Fermi-degenerate materials

Author: Hochberg, Y, Pyle, M, Zhao, Y, and Zurek, KM
Subjects: Beyond Standard Model, Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract: We examine in greater detail the recent proposal of using superconductors for detecting dark matter as light as the warm dark matter limit of O(keV). Detection of suc light dark matter is possible if the entire kinetic energy of the dark matter is extracted in the scattering, and if the experiment is sensitive to O(meV) energy depositions. This is the case for Fermi-degenerate materials in which the Fermi velocity exceeds the dark matter velocity dispersion in the Milky Way of ∼ 10−3. We focus on a concrete experimental proposal using a superconducting target with a transition edge sensor in order to detect the small energy deposits from the dark matter scatterings. Considering a wide variety of constraints, from dark matter self-interactions to the cosmic microwave background, we show that models consistent with cosmological/astrophysical and terrestrial constraints are observable with such detectors. A wider range of viable models with dark matter mass below an MeV is available if dark matter or mediator properties (such as couplings or masses) differ at BBN epoch or in stellar interiors from those in superconductors. We also show that metal targets pay a strong in-medium suppression for kinetically mixed mediators; this suppression is alleviated with insulating targets.
Published: 2016

47. New Results from the Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with the CDMS Low Ionization Threshold Experiment

Author: Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Aramaki, T, Asai, M, Baker, W, Balakishiyeva, D, Barker, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Ghaith, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Leder, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Mendoza, JD Morales, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Roberts, A, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J
Subjects: SuperCDMS Collaboration, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM, hep-ex, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: The CDMS low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) uses cryogenic germanium detectors operated at a relatively high bias voltage to amplify the phonon signal in the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Results are presented from the second CDMSlite run with an exposure of 70 kg day, which reached an energy threshold for electron recoils as low as 56 eV. A fiducialization cut reduces backgrounds below those previously reported by CDMSlite. New parameter space for the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section is excluded for WIMP masses between 1.6 and 5.5 GeV/c^{2}.
Published: 2016

48. Maximum Likelihood Analysis of Low Energy CDMS II Germanium Data

Author: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Balakishiyeva, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brandt, D., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Cerdeno, D. G., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Crewdson, C. H., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fritts, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Graham, M., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hertel, S. A., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kiveni, M., Koch, K., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Martinez, C., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Moore, D. C., Nelson, R. H., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Prasad, K., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Ricci, Y., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We report on the results of a search for a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) signal in low-energy data of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS~II) experiment using a maximum likelihood analysis. A background model is constructed using GEANT4 to simulate the surface-event background from $^{210}$Pb decay-chain events, while using independent calibration data to model the gamma background. Fitting this background model to the data results in no statistically significant WIMP component. In addition, we perform fits using an analytic ad hoc background model proposed by Collar and Fields, who claimed to find a large excess of signal-like events in our data. We confirm the strong preference for a signal hypothesis in their analysis under these assumptions, but excesses are observed in both single- and multiple-scatter events, which implies the signal is not caused by WIMPs, but rather reflects the inadequacy of their background model., Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures, submitted to PRD
Published: 2014
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49. First direct limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with electric charge less than $e/6$

Author: Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Balakishiyeva, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brandt, D., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Cerdeno, D. G., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Crewdson, C. H., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hertel, S. A., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kiveni, M., Koch, K., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Martinez, C., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Moore, D. C., Nelson, H., Nelson, R. H., Ogburn, R. W., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Prasad, K., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Ricci, Y., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: While the Standard Model of particle physics does not include free particles with fractional charge, experimental searches have not ruled out their existence. We report results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment that give the first direct-detection limits for cosmogenically-produced relativistic particles with electric charge lower than $e$/6. A search for tracks in the six stacked detectors of each of two of the CDMS II towers found no candidates, thereby excluding new parameter space for particles with electric charges between $e$/6 and $e$/200., Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PRL
Published: 2014
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50. Search for Low-Mass WIMPs with SuperCDMS

Author: Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Asai, M., Balakishiyeva, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Beaty, J., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brandt, D., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Cerdeno, D. G., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cherry, M., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Crewdson, C. H., Cushman, P., Daal, M., DeVaney, D., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Silva, E. Do Couto E, Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Hansen, S., Harris, H. R., Hertel, S. A., Hines, B. A., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kenany, S., Kennedy, A., Kiveni, M., Koch, K., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Martinez, C., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Nelson, R. H., Novak, L., Page, K., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Platt, M., Prasad, K., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Resch, R. W., Ricci, Y., Ruschman, M., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schmitt, R. L., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Seitz, D. N., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Tomada, A., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We report a first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the background rejection capabilities of SuperCDMS. An exposure of 577 kg-days was analyzed for WIMPs with mass < 30 GeV/c2, with the signal region blinded. Eleven events were observed after unblinding. We set an upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section of 1.2e-42 cm2 at 8 GeV/c2. This result is in tension with WIMP interpretations of recent experiments and probes new parameter space for WIMP-nucleon scattering for WIMP masses < 6 GeV/c2., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures; figure 1 updated, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Published: 2014
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