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

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

Journal Article · 03 August 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.051301 · OSTI ID:1462788

Agnese, R. ^[1]; 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. more »

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States); SuperCDMS Collaboration. et al.

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 /c². Here, 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.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: \; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE

Contributing Organization:: SuperCDMS Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0015657; AC02-07CH11359; AC05-76RL01830; AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1462788

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1439463; OSTI ID: 1468696; OSTI ID: 1480804; OSTI ID: 1557121; OSTI ID: 1598292

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-18-150-AE; arXiv:1804.10697; PNNL-SA-134526; PRLTAO; TRN: US2103262

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 5; Related Information: The related document is an erratum to the product (https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.051301).; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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