Leveraging quantum sensors for dark matter detection

Daniel Baxter

doi:10.1117/12.2662376

9 March 2023 Leveraging quantum sensors for dark matter detection

Daniel Baxter

Proceedings Volume PC12447, Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology; PC124470T (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2662376
Event: SPIE Quantum West, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Developments over the last decade have pushed the search for particle dark matter (DM) to new frontiers, including the keV-scale lower mass limit for thermally-produced DM. Galactic DM at this mass is kinematically matched with the energy needed to break a Cooper pair (~meV), making quantum sensors ideally-suited for DM detection applications. At Fermilab, we are constructing QUIET, a dedicated, underground quantum sensor test facility, which will be used as part of the Quantum Science Center to deploy quantum detectors in a low-background environment. I will discuss the current state of the field as well as plans to leverage this facility for DM detection down to the lower mass limit for thermal production in the early universe.

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Daniel Baxter "Leveraging quantum sensors for dark matter detection", Proc. SPIE PC12447, Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology, PC124470T (9 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2662376

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