Detecting ultralight bosonic dark matter via absorption in superconductors

Hochberg, Yonit; Lin, Tongyan; Zurek, Kathryn M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.015019

Title: Detecting ultralight bosonic dark matter via absorption in superconductors

Journal Article · Mon Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.015019· OSTI ID:1430672

Hochberg, Yonit ^[1]; Lin, Tongyan ^[1]; Zurek, Kathryn M. ^[1]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics

Superconducting targets have recently been proposed for the direct detection of dark matter as light as a keV, via elastic scattering off conduction electrons in Cooper pairs. Detecting such light dark matter requires sensitivity to energies as small as the superconducting gap of O(meV). Here we show that these same superconducting devices can detect much lighter DM, of meV to eV mass, via dark matter absorption on a conduction electron, followed by emission of an athermal phonon. Lastly, we demonstrate the power of this setup for relic kinetically mixed hidden photons, pseudoscalars, and scalars, showing that the reach can exceed current astrophysical and terrestrial constraints with only a moderate exposure.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1430672

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1263721

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 94, Issue 1; ISSN 2470-0010

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