First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector

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.; Cerdeño, 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.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Lukens, P.; MacDonell, D.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Mast, N.; Miller, E. H.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Mohanty, B.; Morales Mendoza, J. D.; 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.; Zhao, X.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.121.051301

First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector

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.; Cerdeño, 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.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Lukens, P.; MacDonell, D.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Mast, N.; Miller, E. H.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Mohanty, B.; Morales Mendoza, J. D.; 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.;...

Authors

R. Agnese

T. Aralis

T. Aramaki

I. J. Arnquist

E. Azadbakht

W. Baker

S. Banik

D. Barker

D. A. Bauer

T. Binder

M. A. Bowles

P. L. Brink

R. Bunker

B. Cabrera

R. Calkins

C. Cartaro

D. G. Cerdeño

Y.-Y. Chang

J. Cooley

B. Cornell

P. Cushman

P. C. F. Di Stefano

T. Doughty

E. Fascione

E. Figueroa-Feliciano

C. Fink

M. Fritts

G. Gerbier

R. Germond

M. Ghaith

S. R. Golwala

H. R. Harris

Z. Hong

E. W. Hoppe

L. Hsu

M. E. Huber

V. Iyer

D. Jardin

C. Jena

M. H. Kelsey

A. Kennedy

A. Kubik

N. A. Kurinsky

R. E. Lawrence

J. V. Leyva

B. Loer

E. Lopez Asamar

P. Lukens

D. MacDonell

R. Mahapatra

V. Mandic

N. Mast

E. H. Miller

N. Mirabolfathi

B. Mohanty

J. D. Morales Mendoza

J. Nelson

J. L. Orrell

S. M. Oser

W. A. Page

R. Partridge

M. Pepin

A. Phipps

F. Ponce

S. Poudel

M. Pyle

H. Qiu

W. Rau

A. Reisetter

T. Reynolds

A. Roberts

A. E. Robinson

H. E. Rogers

R. K. Romani

T. Saab

B. Sadoulet

J. Sander

A. Scarff

R. W. Schnee

S. Scorza

K. Senapati

B. Serfass

J. So

D. Speller

C. Stanford

M. Stein

J. Street

H. A. Tanaka

D. Toback

R. Underwood

A. N. Villano

B. von Krosigk

S. L. Watkins

J. S. Wilson

M. J. Wilson

J. Winchell

D. H. Wright

S. Yellin

B. A. Young

X. Zhang

X. Zhao

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.

Citation

Agnese, R., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I., Azadbakht, E., Baker, W., Banik, S., Barker, D., Bauer, D., Binder, T., Bowles, M., Brink, P., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeño, D., Chang, Y.-Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., …Zhao, X. (2018). First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector. Physical Review Letters, 121(5), Article 051301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.051301

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 20, 2018
Online Publication Date	Aug 3, 2018
Publication Date	Aug 3, 2018
Deposit Date	Aug 8, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Aug 8, 2018
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Print ISSN	0031-9007
Electronic ISSN	1079-7114
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	121
Issue	5
Article Number	051301
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.051301
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1324063

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