Low-Energy Physics Reach of Xenon Detectors for Nuclear-Recoil-Based Dark Matter and Neutrino Experiments

Lenardo, B. G.; Xu, J.; Pereverzev, S.; Bernstein, A; Naim, D; Akindele, O.; Kazkaz, K.; Kingston, J.; Tripathi, M; Awe, C; Li, L; Hedges, S; Runge, J; An, P; Barbeau, P

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.231106

Title: Low-Energy Physics Reach of Xenon Detectors for Nuclear-Recoil-Based Dark Matter and Neutrino Experiments

Journal Article · 03 December 2019 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.231106 · OSTI ID:1598119

Lenardo, B. G. ^[1]; Xu, J. ^[2]; Pereverzev, S. ^[2]; Bernstein, A ^[2]; Naim, D ^[3]; Akindele, O. ^[2]; Kazkaz, K. ^[2]; Kingston, J. ^[2]; Tripathi, M ^[3]; Awe, C ^[4]; Li, L ^[4]; Hedges, S ^[4]; Runge, J ^[4]; An, P ^[4]; Barbeau, P ^[4]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Dual-phase xenon detectors lead the search for keV-scale nuclear recoil signals expected from the scattering of weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter, and can potentially be used to study the coherent nuclear scattering of MeV-scale neutrinos. New capabilities of such experiments can be enabled by extending their nuclear recoil searches down to the lowest measurable energy. The response of the liquid xenon target medium to nuclear recoils, however, is not well characterized below a few keV, leading to large uncertainties in projected sensitivities. In this work, we report a new measurement of ionization signals from nuclear recoils in liquid xenon down to the lowest energy reported to date. At 0.3 keV, we find that the average recoil produces approximately one ionization electron; this is the first measurement of nuclear recoil signals at the single-ionization-electron level, approaching the physical limit of liquid xenon ionization detectors. We discuss the implications of these measurements on the physics reach of xenon detectors for nuclear-recoil-based WIMP dark matter searches and the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; SC0014249

OSTI ID:: 1598119

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-776717; 970104

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 123; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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