QUEST-DMC superfluid $^3$He detector for sub-GeV dark matter
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| author | Autti, S. Casey, A. Eng, N. Darvishi, N. Franchini, P. Haley, R. P. Heikkinen, P. J. Jennings, A. Kemp, A. Leason, E. Levitin, L. V. Monroe, J. March-Russel, J. Noble, M. T. Prance, J. R. Rojas, X. Salmon, T. Saunders, J. Smith, R. Thompson, M. D. Tsepelin, V. West, S. M. Whitehead, L. Zavjalov, V. V. Zmeev, D. E. |
| author_facet | Autti, S. Casey, A. Eng, N. Darvishi, N. Franchini, P. Haley, R. P. Heikkinen, P. J. Jennings, A. Kemp, A. Leason, E. Levitin, L. V. Monroe, J. March-Russel, J. Noble, M. T. Prance, J. R. Rojas, X. Salmon, T. Saunders, J. Smith, R. Thompson, M. D. Tsepelin, V. West, S. M. Whitehead, L. Zavjalov, V. V. Zmeev, D. E. |
| contents | The focus of dark matter searches to date has been on Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in the GeV/$c^2$-TeV/$c^2$ mass range. The direct, indirect and collider searches in this mass range have been extensive but ultimately unsuccessful, providing a strong motivation for widening the search outside this range. Here we describe a new concept for a dark matter experiment, employing superfluid $^3$He as a detector for dark matter that is close to the mass of the proton, of order 1 GeV/$c^2$. The QUEST-DMC detector concept is based on quasiparticle detection in a bolometer cell by a nanomechanical resonator. In this paper we develop the energy measurement methodology and detector response model, simulate candidate dark matter signals and expected background interactions, and calculate the sensitivity of such a detector. We project that such a detector can reach sub-eV nuclear recoil energy threshold, opening up new windows on the parameter space of both spin-dependent and spin-independent interactions of light dark matter candidates. |
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| spellingShingle | QUEST-DMC superfluid $^3$He detector for sub-GeV dark matter Autti, S. Casey, A. Eng, N. Darvishi, N. Franchini, P. Haley, R. P. Heikkinen, P. J. Jennings, A. Kemp, A. Leason, E. Levitin, L. V. Monroe, J. March-Russel, J. Noble, M. T. Prance, J. R. Rojas, X. Salmon, T. Saunders, J. Smith, R. Thompson, M. D. Tsepelin, V. West, S. M. Whitehead, L. Zavjalov, V. V. Zmeev, D. E. High Energy Physics - Experiment Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Other Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Phenomenology The focus of dark matter searches to date has been on Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in the GeV/$c^2$-TeV/$c^2$ mass range. The direct, indirect and collider searches in this mass range have been extensive but ultimately unsuccessful, providing a strong motivation for widening the search outside this range. Here we describe a new concept for a dark matter experiment, employing superfluid $^3$He as a detector for dark matter that is close to the mass of the proton, of order 1 GeV/$c^2$. The QUEST-DMC detector concept is based on quasiparticle detection in a bolometer cell by a nanomechanical resonator. In this paper we develop the energy measurement methodology and detector response model, simulate candidate dark matter signals and expected background interactions, and calculate the sensitivity of such a detector. We project that such a detector can reach sub-eV nuclear recoil energy threshold, opening up new windows on the parameter space of both spin-dependent and spin-independent interactions of light dark matter candidates. |
| title | QUEST-DMC superfluid $^3$He detector for sub-GeV dark matter |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Experiment Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Other Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11304 |