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

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.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Lukens, P.; MacDonell, D.; MacFarlane, D. B.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Mast, N.; Michaud, É. M.; Michielin, E.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Mohanty, B.; Morales Mendoza, J. D.; 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.; Schnee, R. W.; Scorza, S.; Senapati, K.; 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.; Zhao, X.; Zheng, L.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.101.052008

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

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.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Lukens, P.; MacDonell, D.; MacFarlane, D. B.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Mast, N.; Michaud, É. M.; Michielin, E.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Mohanty, B.; Morales Mendoza, J. D.; Nagorny, S.; Nelson, J.; Neog, H.; Orrell, J...

Authors

T. Aralis

T. Aramaki

I. J. Arnquist

E. Azadbakht

W. Baker

S. Banik

D. Barker

C. Bathurst

D. A. Bauer

L. V. S. Bezerra

R. Bhattacharyya

T. Binder

M. A. Bowles

P. L. Brink

R. Bunker

B. Cabrera

R. Calkins

R. A. Cameron

C. Cartaro

D. G. Cerdeño

Y.-Y. Chang

J. Cooley

H. Coombes

J. Corbett

B. Cornell

P. Cushman

F. De Brienne

M. L. di Vacri

M. D. Diamond

E. Fascione

E. Figueroa-Feliciano

C. W. Fink

K. Fouts

M. Fritts

G. Gerbier

R. Germond

M. Ghaith

S. R. Golwala

H. R. Harris

N. Herbert

B. A. Hines

M. I. Hollister

Z. Hong

E. W. Hoppe

L. Hsu

M. E. Huber

V. Iyer

D. Jardin

A. Jastram

M. H. Kelsey

A. Kennedy

A. Kubik

N. A. Kurinsky

R. E. Lawrence

A. Li

B. Loer

E. Lopez Asamar

P. Lukens

D. MacDonell

D. B. MacFarlane

R. Mahapatra

V. Mandic

N. Mast

É. M. Michaud

E. Michielin

N. Mirabolfathi

B. Mohanty

J. D. Morales Mendoza

S. Nagorny

J. Nelson

H. Neog

J. L. Orrell

S. M. Oser

W. A. Page

P. Pakarha

R. Partridge

R. Podviianiuk

F. Ponce

S. Poudel

M. Pyle

W. Rau

R. Ren

T. Reynolds

A. Roberts

A. E. Robinson

H. E. Rogers

T. Saab

B. Sadoulet

J. Sander

R. W. Schnee

S. Scorza

K. Senapati

B. Serfass

D. J. Sincavage

C. Stanford

M. Stein

J. Street

D. Toback

R. Underwood

S. Verma

A. N. Villano

B. von Krosigk

S. L. Watkins

L. Wills

J. S. Wilson

M. J. Wilson

J. Winchell

D. H. Wright

S. Yellin

B. A. Young

T. C. Yu

E. Zhang

X. Zhao

L. Zheng

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.

Citation

Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., Banik, S., …Zheng, L. (2020). Constraints on dark photons and axionlike particles from the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment. Physical Review D, 101(5), Article 052008. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.101.052008

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 26, 2020
Online Publication Date	Mar 17, 2020
Publication Date	Mar 1, 2020
Deposit Date	Apr 8, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Apr 8, 2020
Journal	Physical Review D
Print ISSN	2470-0010
Electronic ISSN	2470-0029
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	101
Issue	5
Article Number	052008
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.101.052008

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