Directional detection of light dark matter in superconductors

Hochberg, Yonit; Kramer, Eric David; Kurinsky, Noah; Lehmann, Benjamin V.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.107.076015

Title: Directional detection of light dark matter in superconductors

Journal Article · 19 April 2023 · Physical Review. D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.107.076015 · OSTI ID:1970587

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Jerusalem College of Technology (Israel)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); University of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States); Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, CA (United States); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Superconducting detectors have been proposed as outstanding targets for the direct detection of light dark matter scattering at masses as low as a keV. We study the prospects for directional detection of dark matter in isotropic superconducting targets from the angular distribution of excitations produced in the material. We find that dark matter scattering produces initial excitations with an anisotropic distribution, and further show that this directional information can be preserved as the initial excitations relax. Our results demonstrate that directional detection is possible for a wide range of dark matter masses, and they pave the way for light dark matter discovery with bulk superconducting targets.

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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)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Israel Science Foundation; Binational Science Foundation; I-CORE Program; Azrieli Foundation; Zuckerman Foundation; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; 1112/17; 2016155; 1937/12; 1111/17; SC0010107

OSTI ID:: 1970587

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1833292

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-21-540-V; arXiv:2109.04473; oai:inspirehep.net:1919729

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Vol. 107, Issue 7; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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