Low Energy Backgrounds and Excess Noise in a Two-Channel Low-Threshold Calorimeter

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Main Authors: Anthony-Petersen, Robin, Chang, Clarence L., Chang, Yen-Yung, Chaplinsky, Luke, Fink, Caleb W., Garcia-Sciveres, Maurice, Guo, Wei, Hertel, Scott A., Li, Xinran, Lin, Junsong, Lisovenko, Marharyta, Mahapatra, Rupak, Matava, William, McKinsey, Daniel N., Osterman, David Z., Patel, Pratyush K., Penning, Bjoern, Platt, Mark, Pyle, Matt, Qi, Yinghe, Reed, Maggie, Rydstrom, Ivar, Romani, Roger K., Sadoulet, Bernard, Serfass, Bruno, Sorensen, Peter, Suerfu, Burkhant, Velan, Vetri, Wang, Gensheng, Wang, Yue, Watkins, Samuel L., Williams, Michael R.
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author Anthony-Petersen, Robin
Chang, Clarence L.
Chang, Yen-Yung
Chaplinsky, Luke
Fink, Caleb W.
Garcia-Sciveres, Maurice
Guo, Wei
Hertel, Scott A.
Li, Xinran
Lin, Junsong
Lisovenko, Marharyta
Mahapatra, Rupak
Matava, William
McKinsey, Daniel N.
Osterman, David Z.
Patel, Pratyush K.
Penning, Bjoern
Platt, Mark
Pyle, Matt
Qi, Yinghe
Reed, Maggie
Rydstrom, Ivar
Romani, Roger K.
Sadoulet, Bernard
Serfass, Bruno
Sorensen, Peter
Suerfu, Burkhant
Velan, Vetri
Wang, Gensheng
Wang, Yue
Watkins, Samuel L.
Williams, Michael R.
author_facet Anthony-Petersen, Robin
Chang, Clarence L.
Chang, Yen-Yung
Chaplinsky, Luke
Fink, Caleb W.
Garcia-Sciveres, Maurice
Guo, Wei
Hertel, Scott A.
Li, Xinran
Lin, Junsong
Lisovenko, Marharyta
Mahapatra, Rupak
Matava, William
McKinsey, Daniel N.
Osterman, David Z.
Patel, Pratyush K.
Penning, Bjoern
Platt, Mark
Pyle, Matt
Qi, Yinghe
Reed, Maggie
Rydstrom, Ivar
Romani, Roger K.
Sadoulet, Bernard
Serfass, Bruno
Sorensen, Peter
Suerfu, Burkhant
Velan, Vetri
Wang, Gensheng
Wang, Yue
Watkins, Samuel L.
Williams, Michael R.
contents We describe observations of low energy excess (LEE) events, background events observed in all light dark matter direct detection calorimeters, and noise in a Transition Edge Sensor based two-channel silicon athermal phonon detector with 375 meV baseline energy resolution. We measure two distinct LEE populations: ``shared'' multichannel events with a pulse shape consistent with substrate athermal phonon events, and sub-eV events that couple nearly exclusively to a single channel with a significantly faster pulse shape. These ``singles'' are consistent with events occurring within the aluminum athermal phonon collection fins. Similarly, our measured detector noise is higher than the theoretical expectation. Measured noise can be split into an uncorrelated component, consistent with shot noise from small energy depositions within the athermal phonon sensor itself, and a correlated component, consistent with shot noise from energy depositions within the silicon substrate's phonon system.
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spellingShingle Low Energy Backgrounds and Excess Noise in a Two-Channel Low-Threshold Calorimeter
Anthony-Petersen, Robin
Chang, Clarence L.
Chang, Yen-Yung
Chaplinsky, Luke
Fink, Caleb W.
Garcia-Sciveres, Maurice
Guo, Wei
Hertel, Scott A.
Li, Xinran
Lin, Junsong
Lisovenko, Marharyta
Mahapatra, Rupak
Matava, William
McKinsey, Daniel N.
Osterman, David Z.
Patel, Pratyush K.
Penning, Bjoern
Platt, Mark
Pyle, Matt
Qi, Yinghe
Reed, Maggie
Rydstrom, Ivar
Romani, Roger K.
Sadoulet, Bernard
Serfass, Bruno
Sorensen, Peter
Suerfu, Burkhant
Velan, Vetri
Wang, Gensheng
Wang, Yue
Watkins, Samuel L.
Williams, Michael R.
Instrumentation and Detectors
We describe observations of low energy excess (LEE) events, background events observed in all light dark matter direct detection calorimeters, and noise in a Transition Edge Sensor based two-channel silicon athermal phonon detector with 375 meV baseline energy resolution. We measure two distinct LEE populations: ``shared'' multichannel events with a pulse shape consistent with substrate athermal phonon events, and sub-eV events that couple nearly exclusively to a single channel with a significantly faster pulse shape. These ``singles'' are consistent with events occurring within the aluminum athermal phonon collection fins. Similarly, our measured detector noise is higher than the theoretical expectation. Measured noise can be split into an uncorrelated component, consistent with shot noise from small energy depositions within the athermal phonon sensor itself, and a correlated component, consistent with shot noise from energy depositions within the silicon substrate's phonon system.
title Low Energy Backgrounds and Excess Noise in a Two-Channel Low-Threshold Calorimeter
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16510