Dark counts in optical superconducting transition-edge sensors for rare-event searches

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Hauptverfasser: Manenti, Laura, Pepe, Carlo, Sarnoff, Isaac, Ibrayev, Tengiz, Oikonomou, Panagiotis, Knyazev, Artem, Monticone, Eugenio, Garrone, Hobey, Alder, Fiona, Fawwaz, Osama, Millar, Alexander J., Morå, Knut Dundas, Shams, Hamad, Arneodo, Francesco, Rajteri, Mauro
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author Manenti, Laura
Pepe, Carlo
Sarnoff, Isaac
Ibrayev, Tengiz
Oikonomou, Panagiotis
Knyazev, Artem
Monticone, Eugenio
Garrone, Hobey
Alder, Fiona
Fawwaz, Osama
Millar, Alexander J.
Morå, Knut Dundas
Shams, Hamad
Arneodo, Francesco
Rajteri, Mauro
author_facet Manenti, Laura
Pepe, Carlo
Sarnoff, Isaac
Ibrayev, Tengiz
Oikonomou, Panagiotis
Knyazev, Artem
Monticone, Eugenio
Garrone, Hobey
Alder, Fiona
Fawwaz, Osama
Millar, Alexander J.
Morå, Knut Dundas
Shams, Hamad
Arneodo, Francesco
Rajteri, Mauro
contents Superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) are a type of quantum sensor known for its high single-photon detection efficiency and low background. This makes them ideal for particle physics experiments searching for rare events. In this work, we present a comprehensive characterization of the background in optical TESs, distinguishing three types of events: electrical-noise, high-energy, and photonlike events. We introduce computational methods to automate the classification of events. For the first time, we experimentally verify and simulate the source of the high-energy events. We also isolate the photonlike events, the expected signal in dielectric haloscopes searching for dark matter dark photons, and achieve a record-low photonlike dark-count rate of $3.6 \times 10^{-4}$ Hz in the 0.8-3.2 eV energy range.
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spellingShingle Dark counts in optical superconducting transition-edge sensors for rare-event searches
Manenti, Laura
Pepe, Carlo
Sarnoff, Isaac
Ibrayev, Tengiz
Oikonomou, Panagiotis
Knyazev, Artem
Monticone, Eugenio
Garrone, Hobey
Alder, Fiona
Fawwaz, Osama
Millar, Alexander J.
Morå, Knut Dundas
Shams, Hamad
Arneodo, Francesco
Rajteri, Mauro
Instrumentation and Detectors
Superconductivity
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) are a type of quantum sensor known for its high single-photon detection efficiency and low background. This makes them ideal for particle physics experiments searching for rare events. In this work, we present a comprehensive characterization of the background in optical TESs, distinguishing three types of events: electrical-noise, high-energy, and photonlike events. We introduce computational methods to automate the classification of events. For the first time, we experimentally verify and simulate the source of the high-energy events. We also isolate the photonlike events, the expected signal in dielectric haloscopes searching for dark matter dark photons, and achieve a record-low photonlike dark-count rate of $3.6 \times 10^{-4}$ Hz in the 0.8-3.2 eV energy range.
title Dark counts in optical superconducting transition-edge sensors for rare-event searches
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
Superconductivity
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03073