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

R. Agnese; T. Aralis; T. Aramaki; I. J. Arnquist; E. Azadbakht; W. Baker; S. Banik; D. Barker; D. A. Bauer; T. Binder; M. A. Bowles; P. L. Brink; R. Bunker; B. Cabrera; R. Calkins; C. Cartaro; D. G. Cerdeño; Y. Y. Chang; J. Cooley; B. Cornell; P. Cushman; P. C.F. Di Stefano; T. Doughty; E. Fascione; E. Figueroa-Feliciano; C. Fink; M. Fritts; G. Gerbier; R. Germond; M. Ghaith; S. R. Golwala; H. R. Harris; Z. Hong; E. W. Hoppe; L. Hsu; M. E. Huber; V. Iyer; D. Jardin; C. Jena; M. H. Kelsey; A. Kennedy; A. Kubik; N. A. Kurinsky; R. E. Lawrence; J. V. Leyva; B. Loer; E. Lopez Asamar; P. Lukens; D. Macdonell; R. Mahapatra; V. Mandic; N. Mast; E. H. Miller; N. Mirabolfathi; B. Mohanty; J. D. Morales Mendoza; J. Nelson; J. L. Orrell; S. M. Oser; W. A. Page; R. Partridge; M. Pepin; A. Phipps; F. Ponce; S. Poudel; M. Pyle; H. Qiu; W. Rau; A. Reisetter; T. Reynolds; A. Roberts; A. E. Robinson; H. E. Rogers; R. K. Romani; T. Saab; B. Sadoulet; J. Sander; A. Scarff; R. W. Schnee; S. Scorza; K. Senapati; B. Serfass; J. So; D. Speller; C. Stanford; M. Stein; J. Street; H. A. Tanaka; D. Toback; R. Underwood; A. N. Villano; B. Von Krosigk; S. L. Watkins; J. S. Wilson; M. J. Wilson; J. Winchell; D. H. Wright; S. Yellin; B. A. Young; X. Zhang; X. Zhao

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.051301

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

R. Agnese, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I. J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, W. Baker, S. Banik, D. Barker, D. A. Bauer, T. Binder, M. A. Bowles, P. L. Brink, R. Bunker, B. Cabrera, R. Calkins, C. Cartaro, D. G. Cerdeño, Y. Y. Chang, J. Cooley, B. CornellP. Cushman, P. C.F. Di Stefano, T. Doughty, E. Fascione, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, C. Fink, M. Fritts, G. Gerbier, R. Germond, M. Ghaith, S. R. Golwala, H. R. Harris, Z. Hong, E. W. Hoppe, L. Hsu, M. E. Huber, V. Iyer, D. Jardin, C. Jena, M. H. Kelsey, A. Kennedy, A. Kubik, N. A. Kurinsky, R. E. Lawrence, J. V. Leyva, B. Loer, E. Lopez Asamar, P. Lukens, D. Macdonell, R. Mahapatra, V. Mandic, N. Mast, E. H. Miller, N. Mirabolfathi, B. Mohanty, J. D. Morales Mendoza, J. Nelson, J. L. Orrell, S. M. Oser, W. A. Page, R. Partridge, M. Pepin, A. Phipps, F. Ponce, S. Poudel, M. Pyle, H. Qiu, W. Rau, A. Reisetter, T. Reynolds, A. Roberts, A. E. Robinson, H. E. Rogers, R. K. Romani, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, J. Sander, A. Scarff, R. W. Schnee, S. Scorza, K. Senapati, B. Serfass, J. So, D. Speller, C. Stanford, M. Stein, J. Street, H. A. Tanaka, D. Toback, R. Underwood, A. N. Villano, B. Von Krosigk, S. L. Watkins, J. S. Wilson, M. J. Wilson, J. Winchell, D. H. Wright, S. Yellin, B. A. Young, X. Zhang, X. Zhao

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Abstract

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. 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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	051301
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	121
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.051301
State	Published - Aug 3 2018

Funding

National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, NSERC Canada, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, MultiDark, and Michael M. Garland. We thank Rouven Essig and Tien-Tien Yu for fruitful conversations and for help with understanding and using QEDark, as well as Yonit Hochberg for help understanding dark photon calculations. We also thank Gordan Krnjaic and Kathryn Zurek for fruitful theoretical discussions. Funding and support were received from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, NSERC Canada, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, MultiDark, and Michael M. Garland. This document was prepared by the SuperCDMS Collaboration using the resources of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP User Facility. Fermilab is managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under Contract No. DE-AC05-76RL01830 for the U.S. Department of Energy. SLAC is operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515 with the U.S. Department of Energy.

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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., ... Zhao, X. (2018). First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector. Physical review letters, 121(5), Article 051301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.051301

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