First dark matter search results from Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A.; Alves, D. S. M.; Biedron, S.; Boissevain, J.; Borrego, M.; Chavez-Estrada, M.; Chavez, A.; Conrad, J. M.; Cooper, R. L.; Diaz, A.; Distel, J. R.; D’Olivo, J. C.; Dunton, E.; Dutta, B.; Elliott, A.; Evans, D.; Fields, D.; Greenwood, J.; Gold, M.; Gordon, J.; Guarincerri, E.; Huang, E. C.; Kamp, N.; Kelsey, C.; Knickerbocker, K.; Lake, R.; Louis, W. C.; Mahapatra, R.; Maludze, S.; Mirabal, J.; Moreno, R.; Neog, H.; de Niverville, P.; Pandey, V.; Plata-Salas, J.; Poulson, D.; Ray, H.; Renner, E.; Schaub, T. J.; Shaevitz, M. H.; Smith, D.; Sondheim, W.; Szelc, A. M.; Taylor, C.; Thompson, W. H.; Thornton, R. T.; Tripathi, M.; Van Berg, R.; Van de Water, R. G.; Verma, S.; Walker, K.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.012001

Title: First dark matter search results from Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills

Journal Article · Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.012001· OSTI ID:2325169

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A.; Alves, D. S. M.; Biedron, S.; Boissevain, J.; Borrego, M.; Chavez-Estrada, M.; Chavez, A.; Conrad, J. M.; Cooper, R. L.; Diaz, A.; Distel, J. R.; D’Olivo, J. C.; Dunton, E.; Dutta, B.; Elliott, A.; Evans, D.; Fields, D.; Greenwood, J.; Gold, M.; Gordon, J. more »

This paper describes the operation of the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) detector located at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory. CCM is a 10-ton liquid argon detector located 20 meters from a high flux neutron/neutrino source and is designed to search for sterile neutrinos (ν_s’s) and light dark matter (LDM). An engineering run was performed in fall 2019 to study the characteristics of the CCM120 detector by searching for coherent scattering signals consistent with ν_s’s and LDM resulting from the production and decays of π⁺ and π⁰ in the tungsten target. New parameter space in a leptophobic dark matter (DM) model was excluded for DM masses between ~2.0 and 30 MeV. The lessons learned from this run have guided the development and construction of the new CCM200 detector that will begin operations in 2021 and significantly improve on these searches.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC). High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: CCM Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; IT100420; NSF-1801996; DOE-HEP DE-SC0009824.

OSTI ID:: 2325169

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1878050

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-21-24983; PRVDAQ; 012001

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 106 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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