Sub-GeV dark matter and neutrino searches with Skipper-CCDs: status and prospects
Thick fully-depleted charge-coupled devices (CCDs) with high-resistivity silicon are used in a wide range of scientific applications, from particle detection to astronomical imaging. Their low noise and high charge collection efficiency allow us to reach unprecedented sensitivity to physical processes with low-energy transfers. The newly-developed Skipper-CCD enhances this sensitivity by reducing the read-out noise reaching a sub-electron resolution. In this work, we summarize the fundamentals of the skipper-CCD operation and the prospects for both sub-GeV dark-matter searches and the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. A brief discussion of the challenges associated with the construction of the foreseen detectors with multi-kilogram target mass is also presented.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1839558
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-21-754-PPD; oai:inspirehep.net:1931296
- Journal Information:
- PoS, Vol. ICRC2021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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