Determining the bubble nucleation efficiency of low-energy nuclear recoils in superheated C$_3$F$_8$ dark matter detectors

Autor: Ali, B., Arnquist, I. J., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bressler, M., Broerman, B., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Cripe, C., Crisler, M., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Durnford, D., Fallows, S., Farine, J., Filgas, R., García-Viltres, A., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Harris, O., Hoppe, E. W., Jackson, C. M., Jin, M., Krauss, C. B., Kumar, V., Lafreniere, M., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Leblanc, A., Leng, H., Levine, I., Licciardi, C., Linden, S., Mitra, P., Monette, V., Moore, C., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Nozard, H., Pal, S., Piro, M. -C., Plante, A., Priya, S., Rethmeier, C., Robinson, A. E., Savoie, J., Scallon, O., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Tiwari, D., Tardif, F., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wichoski, U., Zacek, V., Zhang, J.

The bubble nucleation efficiency of low-energy nuclear recoils in superheated liquids plays a crucial role in interpreting results from direct searches for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter. The PICO Collaboration presents the re

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05771

Velocity independent constraints on spin-dependent DM-nucleon interactions from IceCube and PICO

Autor: IceCube Collaboration, Aartsen, M. G., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, M., Alispach, C., Andeen, K., Anderson, T., Ansseau, I., Anton, G., Argüelles, C., Auffenberg, J., Axani, S., Backes, P., Bagherpour, H., Bai, X., V., A. Balagopal, Barbano, A., Barwick, S. W., Bastian, B., Baum, V., Baur, S., Bay, R., Beatty, J. J., Becker, K. -H., Tjus, J. Becker, BenZvi, S., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Besson, D. Z., Binder, G., Bindig, D., Blaufuss, E., Blot, S., Bohm, C., Börner, M., Böser, S., Botner, O., Böttcher, J., Bourbeau, E., Bourbeau, J., Bradascio, F., Braun, J., Bron, S., Brostean-Kaiser, J., Burgman, A., Buscher, J., Busse, R. S., Carver, T., Chen, C., Cheung, E., Chirkin, D., Choi, S., Classen, L., Coleman, A., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Coppin, P., Correa, P., Cowen, D. F., Cross, R., Dave, P., De Clercq, C., DeLaunay, J. J., Dembinski, H., Deoskar, K., De Ridder, S., Desiati, P., de Vries, K. D., de Wasseige, G., de With, M., DeYoung, T., Diaz, A., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dujmovic, H., Dunkman, M., Dvorak, E., Eberhardt, B., Ehrhardt, T., Eller, P., Engel, R., Evenson, P. A., Fahey, S., Fazely, A. R., Felde, J., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Franckowiak, A., Friedman, E., Fritz, A., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganster, E., Garrappa, S., Gerhardt, L., Ghorbani, K., Glauch, T., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Gonzalez, J. G., Grant, D., Griffith, Z., Griswold, S., Günder, M., Gündüz, M., Haack, C., Hallgren, A., Halve, L., Halzen, F., Hanson, K., Haungs, A., Hebecker, D., Heereman, D., Heix, P., Helbing, K., Hellauer, R., Henningsen, F., Hickford, S., Hignight, J., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Hoffmann, R., Hoinka, T., Hokanson-Fasig, B., Hoshina, K., Huang, F., Huber, M., Huber, T., Hultqvist, K., Hünnefeld, M., Hussain, R., In, S., Iovine, N., Ishihara, A., Japaridze, G. S., Jeong, M., Jero, K., Jones, B. J. P., Jonske, F., Joppe, R., Kang, D., Kang, W., Kappes, A., Kappesser, D., Karg, T., Karl, M., Karle, A., Katz, U., Kauer, M., Kelley, J. L., Kheirandish, A., Kim, J., Kintscher, T., Kiryluk, J., Kittler, T., Klein, S. R., Koirala, R., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, C., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Krings, K., Krückl, G., Kulacz, N., Kurahashi, N., Kyriacou, A., Labare, M., Lanfranchi, J. L., Larson, M. J., Lauber, F., Lazar, J. P., Leonard, K., Leszczyńska, A., Leuermann, M., Liu, Q. R., Lohfink, E., Mariscal, C. J. Lozano, Lu, L., Lucarelli, F., Lünemann, J., Luszczak, W., Lyu, Y., Ma, W. Y., Madsen, J., Maggi, G., Mahn, K. B. M., Makino, Y., Mallik, P., Mallot, K., Mancina, S., Mariş, I. C., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Maunu, R., McNally, F., Meagher, K., Medici, M., Medina, A., Meier, M., Meighen-Berger, S., Menne, T., Merino, G., Meures, T., Micallef, J., Mockler, D., Momenté, G., Montaruli, T., Moore, R. W., Morse, R., Moulai, M., Muth, P., Nagai, R., Naumann, U., Neer, G., Niederhausen, H., Nowicki, S. C., Nygren, D. R., Pollmann, A. Obertacke, Oehler, M., Olivas, A., O'Murchadha, A., O'Sullivan, E., Palczewski, T., Pandya, H., Pankova, D. V., Park, N., Peiffer, P., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Philippen, S., Pieloth, D., Pinat, E., Pizzuto, A., Plum, M., Porcelli, A., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Raab, C., Raissi, A., Rameez, M., Rauch, L., Rawlins, K., Rea, I. C., Reimann, R., Relethford, B., Renschler, M., Renzi, G., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Richman, M., Robertson, S., Rongen, M., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Ryckbosch, D., Rysewyk, D., Safa, I., Herrera, S. E. Sanchez, Sandrock, A., Sandroos, J., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Schaufel, M., Schieler, H., Schlunder, P., Schmidt, T., Schneider, A., Schneider, J., Schröder, F. G., Schumacher, L., Sclafani, S., Seckel, D., Seunarine, S., Shefali, S., Silva, M., Snihur, R., Soedingrekso, J., Soldin, D., Song, M., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stachurska, J., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stein, R., Steinmüller, P., Stettner, J., Steuer, A., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stößl, A., Strotjohann, N. L., Stürwald, T., Stuttard, T., Sullivan, G. W., Taboada, I., Tenholt, F., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terliuk, A., Tilav, S., Tomankova, L., Tönnis, C., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Trettin, A., Tselengidou, M., Tung, C. F., Turcati, A., Turcotte, R., Turley, C. F., Ty, B., Unger, E., Elorrieta, M. A. Unland, Usner, M., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Driessche, W., van Eijk, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vanheule, S., van Santen, J., Vraeghe, M., Walck, C., Wallace, A., Wallraff, M., Wandkowsky, N., Watson, T. B., Weaver, C., Weindl, A., Weiss, M. J., Weldert, J., Wendt, C., Werthebach, J., Whelan, B. J., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wille, L., Williams, D. R., Wills, L., Wolf, M., Wood, J., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Wrede, G., Xu, D. L., Xu, X. W., Xu, Y., Yanez, J. P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Yuan, T., Collaboration, M. Zöcklein. PICO, Amole, C., Ardid, M., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bressler, M., Broerman, B., Cao, G., Chen, C. J., Chowdhury, U., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Crowder, G., Cruz-Venegas, N. A., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Fallows, S., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hall, J., Hardy, C., Harris, O., Hoppe, E. W., Jin, M., Klopfenstein, L., Krauss, C. B., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Leblanc, A., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mamedov, F., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Moore, C., Nania, T., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Oedekerk, P., Ortega, A., Piro, M. -C., Plante, A., Podviyanuk, R., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Sahoo, S., Scallon, O., Seth, S., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Sullivan, T., Tardif, F., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Walkowski, N., Wichoski, U., Yan, Y., Zacek, V., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Eur. Phys. J. C 80 (2020) 819

Adopting the Standard Halo Model (SHM) of an isotropic Maxwellian velocity distribution for dark matter (DM) particles in the Galaxy, the most stringent current constraints on their spin-dependent scattering cross-section with nucleons come from the

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1907.12509

Dark Matter Search Results from the Complete Exposure of the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ Bubble Chamber

Autor: Amole, C., Ardid, M., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bressler, M., Broerman, B., Cao, G., Chen, C. J., Chowdhury, U., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Coutu, C. B., Cowles, C., Crisler, M., Crowder, G., Cruz-Venegas, N. A., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Fallows, S., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hall, J., Hardy, C., Harris, O., Hillier, T., Hoppe, E. W., Jackson, C. M., Jin, M., Klopfenstein, L., Krauss, C. B., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Leblanc, A., Levine, I., Licciardi, C., Lippincott, W. H., Loer, B., Mamedov, F., Mitra, P., Moore, C., Nania, T., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Oedekerk, P., Ortega, A., Piro, M. -C., Plante, A., Podviyanuk, R., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Sahoo, S., Scallon, O., Seth, S., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Sullivan, T., Tardif, F., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Walkowski, N., Weima, E., Wichoski, U., Wierman, K., Yan, Y., Zacek, V., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. D 100, 022001 (2019)

Final results are reported from operation of the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. The chamber was operated at thermodynamic thresholds as low as 1.

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1902.04031

Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ Bubble Chamber

Autor: Amole, C., Ardid, M., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bhattacharjee, P., Borsodi, H., Bou-Cabo, M., Campion, P., Cao, G., Chen, C. J., Chowdhury, U., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Crowder, G., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Fallows, S., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hall, J., Harris, O., Hoppe, E. W., Jin, M., Krauss, C. B., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Leblanc, A., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mamedov, F., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Nania, T., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Olson, S., Ortega, A., Plante, A., Podviyanuk, R., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Roeder, A., Rucinski, R., Scallon, O., Seth, S., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Tardif, F., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wells, J., Wichoski, U., Yan, Y., Zacek, V., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 251301 (2017)

New results are reported from the operation of the PICO-60 dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. As in previous PICO bubble chambers, PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ exhibits excellent

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.07666

Improved dark matter search results from PICO-2L Run 2

Autor: Amole, C., Ardid, M., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bhattacharjee, P., Borsodi, H., Bou-Cabo, M., Brice, S. J., Broemmelsiek, D., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Debris, F., Fallows, S., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Fines-Neuschild, M., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hall, J., Harris, O., Hoppe, E. W., Jackson, C. M., Jin, M., Krauss, C. B., Lafrenière, M., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Leblanc, A., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mann, E., Martin, J. P., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Olson, S., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Plante, A., Podviianiuk, R. B., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Ruschman, M., Scallon, O., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wells, J., Wichoski, U., Zacek, V., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. D 93, 061101 (2016)

New data are reported from a second run of the 2-liter PICO-2L C$_3$F$_8$ bubble chamber with a total exposure of 129$\,$kg-days at a thermodynamic threshold energy of 3.3$\,$keV. These data show that measures taken to control particulate contaminati

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03729