Integration of Silica in G4CMP for Phonon Simulations: Framework and Tools for Material Integration

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Hauptverfasser: Stone-Whitehead, Caitlyn, Hernandez, Israel, Bray, Connor, Davenport, Allison, Fretwell, Spencer, Gillespie, Abigail, Husic, Joren, Li, Mingyu, Marino, Andrew, Leach, Kyle, Rizwan, Bismah, Van De Pontseele, Wouter, Wagner, Grace
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author Stone-Whitehead, Caitlyn
Hernandez, Israel
Bray, Connor
Davenport, Allison
Fretwell, Spencer
Gillespie, Abigail
Husic, Joren
Li, Mingyu
Marino, Andrew
Leach, Kyle
Rizwan, Bismah
Van De Pontseele, Wouter
Wagner, Grace
author_facet Stone-Whitehead, Caitlyn
Hernandez, Israel
Bray, Connor
Davenport, Allison
Fretwell, Spencer
Gillespie, Abigail
Husic, Joren
Li, Mingyu
Marino, Andrew
Leach, Kyle
Rizwan, Bismah
Van De Pontseele, Wouter
Wagner, Grace
contents Superconducting detectors with sub-eV energy resolution have demonstrated success setting limits on Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics due to their unique sensitivity to low-energy events. G4CMP, a Geant4-based extension for condensed matter physics, provides a comprehensive toolkit for modeling phonon and charge dynamics in cryogenic materials. This paper introduces a technical formalism to support the superconducting qubit and low-threshold detector community in implementing phonon simulations in custom materials into the G4CMP. As a case study, we present the results of a detailed analysis of silica phonon transport properties relevant for simulating substrate backgrounds in Beryllium Electron capture in Superconducting Tunnel junctions (BeEST)-style experiments using G4CMP. Additionally, Python-based tools were developed to aid users in implementing their own materials and are available on the G4CMP repository.
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spellingShingle Integration of Silica in G4CMP for Phonon Simulations: Framework and Tools for Material Integration
Stone-Whitehead, Caitlyn
Hernandez, Israel
Bray, Connor
Davenport, Allison
Fretwell, Spencer
Gillespie, Abigail
Husic, Joren
Li, Mingyu
Marino, Andrew
Leach, Kyle
Rizwan, Bismah
Van De Pontseele, Wouter
Wagner, Grace
Computational Physics
Superconducting detectors with sub-eV energy resolution have demonstrated success setting limits on Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics due to their unique sensitivity to low-energy events. G4CMP, a Geant4-based extension for condensed matter physics, provides a comprehensive toolkit for modeling phonon and charge dynamics in cryogenic materials. This paper introduces a technical formalism to support the superconducting qubit and low-threshold detector community in implementing phonon simulations in custom materials into the G4CMP. As a case study, we present the results of a detailed analysis of silica phonon transport properties relevant for simulating substrate backgrounds in Beryllium Electron capture in Superconducting Tunnel junctions (BeEST)-style experiments using G4CMP. Additionally, Python-based tools were developed to aid users in implementing their own materials and are available on the G4CMP repository.
title Integration of Silica in G4CMP for Phonon Simulations: Framework and Tools for Material Integration
topic Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06595