no code implementations • 15 Dec 2020 • B. Broerman, M. Laubenstein, S. Nagorny, N. Song, A. C. Vincent
A measurement of hafnium foil using a modified ultra-low-background high purity detector with optimized sample-to-detector geometry was performed at Laboratori Nazionale del Gran Sasso.
Nuclear Experiment
no code implementations • 10 Dec 2020 • F. Bellini, M. Beretta, L. Cardani, P. Carniti, N. Casali, E. Celi, D. Chiesa, M. Clemenza, I. Dafinei, S. Di Domizio, F. Ferroni, L. Gironi, Yu. V. Gorbenko, C. Gotti, G. P. Kovtun, M. Laubenstein, S. Nagorny, S. Nisi, L. Pagnanini, L. Pattavina, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, C. Rusconi, K. Schaffner, A. P. Shcherban, D. A. Solopikhin, V. D. Virich, C. Tomei, M. Vignati
The production of ultra-pure raw material is a crucial step to ensure the required background level in rare event searches.
Instrumentation and Detectors
no code implementations • 27 Nov 2019 • SuperCDMS Collaboration, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I. J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, W. Baker, S. Banik, D. Barker, C. Bathurst, D. A. Bauer, L. V. S Bezerra, R. Bhattacharyya, T. Binder, M. A. Bowles, P. L. Brink, R. Bunker, B. Cabrera, R. Calkins, R. A. Cameron, C. Cartaro, D. G. Cerdeño, Y. -Y. Chang, J. Cooley, H. Coombes, J. Corbett, B. Cornell, P. Cushman, F. De Brienne, M. L. di Vacri, M. D. Diamond, E. Fascione, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, C. W. Fink, K. Fouts, M. Fritts, G. Gerbier, R. Germond, M. Ghaith, S. R. Golwala, H. R. Harris, N. Herbert, B. A. Hines, M. I. Hollister, Z. Hong, E. W. Hoppe, L. Hsu, M. E. Huber, V. Iyer, D. Jardin, A. Jastram, M. H. Kelsey, A. Kennedy, A. Kubik, N. A. Kurinsky, R. E. Lawrence, A. Li, B. Loer, E. Lopez Asamar, P. Lukens, D. MacDonell, D. B. MacFarlane, R. Mahapatra, V. Mandic, N. Mast, É. M. Michaud, E. Michielin, N. Mirabolfathi, B. Mohanty, J. D. Morales Mendoza, S. Nagorny, J. Nelson, H. Neog, J. L. Orrell, S. M. Oser, W. A. Page, P. Pakarha, R. Partridge, R. Podviianiuk, F. Ponce, S. Poudel, M. Pyle, W. Rau, R. Ren, T. Reynolds, A. Roberts, A. E. Robinson, H. E. Rogers, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, J. Sander, D. Toback, R. Underwood, S. Verma, A. N. Villano, B. von Krosigk, S. L. Watkins, L. Wills, J. S. Wilson, M. J. Wilson, J. Winchell, D. H. Wright, S. Yellin, B. A. Young, T. C. Yu, E. Zhang, X. Zhao, L. Zheng
For the kinetic mixing of dark photons, values below $10^{-15}$ are reached for particle masses around 100 eV/$c^2$; for the axioelectric coupling of axion-like particles, values below $10^{-12}$ are reached for particles with masses in the range of a few-hundred eV/$c^2$.
High Energy Physics - Experiment Instrumentation and Detectors
