The DAMIC-M experiment: Status and first results
Isaac J. Arnquist, Nicolas Avalos, Philippe Bailly, David Baxter, Xavier Bertou, Mircea Bogdan, Christian Bourgeois, J. Brandt, Arnaud Cadiou, Nuria Castelló-Mor, Alvaro E. Chavarria, Marcel Conde, Nicholas J. Corso, J. C. Gutiérrez, Julian Cuevas-Zepeda, Ali Dastgheibi-Fard, Claudia De Dominicis, Olivier Deligny, R. Desani, Marc Dhellot, Jean-Jacques Dormard, Jordi Duarte-Campderros, E. Estrada, D. Florin, N. Gadola, R. Gaïor, J. González Sánchez, Todd W. Hossbach, Michael Huehn, Latifa Khalil, Ben Kilminster, Agustin Lantero-Barreda, Ian Lawson, Hervé Lebbolo, Steven Lee, Pascal Leray, Antoine Letessier-Selvon, Pia Loaiza, Amparo Lopez-Virto, David Martin, Ariel Matalon, Kellie McGuire, T. Milleto, Pitam Mitra, David M. Martin, S. Munagavalasa, Danielle Norcini, Cory T. Overman, Giorgos Papadopoulos, S. Paul, David Peterson, Alexander Piers, Olivier Pochon, Paolo Privitera, Karthik Ramanathan, Denis Reynet, Peter Robmann, Ryan Roehnelt, Mariangela Settimo, Radomir Smida, Ben Stillwell, Ryan Thomas, Michelangelo Traina, Philippe Vallerand, Tim Van Wechel, Ivan Vila, Rocio V. Cortabitarte, Achim Vollhardt, Guillaume Warot, D. Wolf, Rachana Yajur, J-P. Zopounidis
SciPost Phys. Proc. 12, 014 (2023) · published 3 July 2023
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.014
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14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter
Abstract
The DAMIC-M (DArk Matter In CCDs at Modane) experiment employs thick, fully depleted silicon charged-coupled devices (CCDs) to search for dark matter particles with a target exposure of 1 kg-year. A novel skipper readout implemented in the CCDs provides single electron resolution through multiple non-destructive measurements of the individual pixel charge, pushing the detection threshold to the eV-scale. DAMIC-M will advance by several orders of magnitude the exploration of the dark matter particle hypothesis, in particular of candidates pertaining to the so-called "hidden sector." A prototype, the Low Background Chamber (LBC), with 20g of low background Skipper CCDs, has been recently installed at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane and is currently taking data. We will report the status of the DAMIC-M experiment and first results obtained with LBC commissioning data.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Isaac J. Arnquist,
- 2 N. Avalos,
- 3 P. Bailly,
- 4 David Baxter,
- 2 Xavier Bertou,
- 4 Mircea Bogdan,
- 5 Christian Bourgeois,
- 4 J. Brandt,
- 6 Arnaud Cadiou,
- 7 Nuria Castelló-Mor,
- 8 Alvaro E. Chavarria,
- 8 Marcel Conde,
- 4 Nicholas J. Corso,
- 7 J. C. Gutiérrez,
- 4 Julian Cuevas-Zepeda,
- 9 A. Dastgheibi-Fard,
- 6 Claudia De Dominicis,
- 5 Olivier Deligny,
- 4 R. Desani,
- 3 Marc Dhellot,
- 5 Jean-Jacques Dormard,
- 7 Jordi Duarte-Campderros,
- 2 E. Estrada,
- 10 D. Florin,
- 10 N. Gadola,
- 3 R. Gaïor,
- 7 J. González Sánchez,
- 1 Todd W. Hossbach,
- 8 Michael Huehn,
- 3 Latifa Khalil,
- 10 B. Kilminster,
- 7 Agustin Lantero-Barreda,
- 11 Ian Lawson,
- 3 Hervé Lebbolo,
- 10 Steven J. Lee,
- 6 Pascal Leray,
- 3 Antoine Letessier-Selvon,
- 5 Pia Loaiza,
- 7 Amparo Lopez-Virto,
- 3 David Martin,
- 3 4 Ariel Matalon,
- 8 Kellie McGuire,
- 6 T. Milleto,
- 8 P. Mitra,
- 7 David M. Martin,
- 4 Sravan Munagavalasa,
- 4 Danielle Norcini,
- 1 C. T. Overman,
- 3 George Papadopoulos,
- 4 S. Paul,
- 8 David Peterson,
- 8 Alexander Piers,
- 5 Olivier Pochon,
- 3 4 P. Privitera,
- 4 K. Ramanathan,
- 5 Denis Reynet,
- 10 Peter Robmann,
- 8 Ryan Roehnelt,
- 6 Mariangela Settimo,
- 4 Radomir Smida,
- 4 Ben Stillwell,
- 4 Ryan Thomas,
- 3 M. Traina,
- 5 Philippe Vallerand,
- 8 Tim Van Wechel,
- 7 Ivan Vila,
- 7 Rocio V. Cortabitarte,
- 10 Achim Vollhardt,
- 9 Guillaume Warot,
- 10 D. Wolf,
- 4 Rachana Yajur,
- 3 J-P. Zopounidis
- 1 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [PNNL]
- 2 Centro Atómico Bariloche / Bariloche Atomic Centre
- 3 Sorbonne Université / Sorbonne University
- 4 University of Chicago [UC]
- 5 Université Paris-Saclay / University of Paris-Saclay
- 6 Université de Nantes / University of Nantes
- 7 Instituto de Física de Cantabria [CSIC-UC]
- 8 University of Washington [UW]
- 9 Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie / Laboratory of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology [LPSC]
- 10 Universität Zürich / University of Zurich [UZH]
- 11 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory / SNOLAB
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación
- Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica [ANPCyT]
- Horizon 2020 (through Organization: European Commission [EC])
- Kavli Foundation
- National Science Foundation [NSF]
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung / Swiss National Science Foundation [SNF]
- United States Department of Energy [DOE]
- University of Chicago [UC]