Diamond detectors for direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter
Abstract
We propose using high-purity lab-grown diamond crystal for the detection of sub–giga electron volt dark matter. Diamond targets can be sensitive to both nuclear and electron recoils from dark matter scattering in the mega-electron-volt and above mass range as well as to absorption processes of dark matter with masses between sub–electron volts to tens of electron volts. Compared to other proposed semiconducting targets such as germanium and silicon, diamond detectors can probe lower dark matter masses via nuclear recoils due to the lightness of the carbon nucleus. The expected reach for electron recoils is comparable to that of germanium and silicon, with the advantage that dark counts are expected to be under better control. Via absorption processes, unconstrained QCD axion parameter space can be successfully probed in diamond for masses of order 10 eV, further demonstrating the power of our approach.
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1525498
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1532373; OSTI ID: 1556989
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1901.07569; FERMILAB-PUB-19-020-AE-E
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 123005
- Grant/Contract Number:
- I-2487-303.7/2017; AC02-07CH11359; AC02-76SF00515; 1112/17; 2016155; 1937/12
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- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 99 Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Kurinsky, Noah, Yu, To Chin, Hochberg, Yonit, and Cabrera, Blas. Diamond detectors for direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123005.
Kurinsky, Noah, Yu, To Chin, Hochberg, Yonit, & Cabrera, Blas. Diamond detectors for direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123005
Kurinsky, Noah, Yu, To Chin, Hochberg, Yonit, and Cabrera, Blas. Mon .
"Diamond detectors for direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123005.
@article{osti_1525498,
title = {Diamond detectors for direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter},
author = {Kurinsky, Noah and Yu, To Chin and Hochberg, Yonit and Cabrera, Blas},
abstractNote = {We propose using high-purity lab-grown diamond crystal for the detection of sub–giga electron volt dark matter. Diamond targets can be sensitive to both nuclear and electron recoils from dark matter scattering in the mega-electron-volt and above mass range as well as to absorption processes of dark matter with masses between sub–electron volts to tens of electron volts. Compared to other proposed semiconducting targets such as germanium and silicon, diamond detectors can probe lower dark matter masses via nuclear recoils due to the lightness of the carbon nucleus. The expected reach for electron recoils is comparable to that of germanium and silicon, with the advantage that dark counts are expected to be under better control. Via absorption processes, unconstrained QCD axion parameter space can be successfully probed in diamond for masses of order 10 eV, further demonstrating the power of our approach.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123005},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 12,
volume = 99,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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