Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments
Abstract Nuclear recoil detectors with low energy thresholds of 10–100 eV have applications in both neutrino physics (e.g. coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and neutrinoless double beta decay) as well as for...
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| author | Bastidon, N. Billard, J. Figueroa-Feliciano, E. Heine, S. Hong, Z. Pinckney, H. D |
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Nuclear recoil detectors with low energy thresholds of 10–100 eV have applications in both neutrino physics (e.g. coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and neutrinoless double beta decay) as well as for
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(GeV)-mass dark matter searches. Cryogenic crystal detectors are well suited for these applications, although some require very large masses which can be achieved with arrays of these detectors. An optimization of a design focusing on ease of fabrication and mass production while retaining low energy thresholds is presented. This is achieved by decoupling the complex lithography of the thermal sensor from the large crystal absorber/target, while optimizing the thermal time constants to retain the lowest threshold possible. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1315142023-02-17T21:48:55Z Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments Bastidon, N. Billard, J. Figueroa-Feliciano, E. Heine, S. Hong, Z. Pinckney, H. D MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Abstract Nuclear recoil detectors with low energy thresholds of 10–100 eV have applications in both neutrino physics (e.g. coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and neutrinoless double beta decay) as well as for $$\mathscr {O}$$ O (GeV)-mass dark matter searches. Cryogenic crystal detectors are well suited for these applications, although some require very large masses which can be achieved with arrays of these detectors. An optimization of a design focusing on ease of fabrication and mass production while retaining low energy thresholds is presented. This is achieved by decoupling the complex lithography of the thermal sensor from the large crystal absorber/target, while optimizing the thermal time constants to retain the lowest threshold possible. 2021-09-20T17:17:24Z 2021-09-20T17:17:24Z 2018-10-06 2020-09-24T21:27:36Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131514 en https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2073-2 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature application/pdf Springer US Springer US |
| spellingShingle | Bastidon, N. Billard, J. Figueroa-Feliciano, E. Heine, S. Hong, Z. Pinckney, H. D Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments |
| title | Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments |
| title_full | Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments |
| title_short | Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments |
| title_sort | optimizing thermal detectors for low threshold applications in neutrino and dark matter experiments |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131514 |
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