The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment: Results and prospects

Snowmass 2021: Superconducting Sensor Fabrication Capabilities for HEP Science

“…Reaching such low-threshold is usually realized through detection of phonons through superconducting sensors, such as: TESs used in the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment to achieve eV-scale recoil energy resolution [2,14]; exploring SNSPDs with sub-eV threshold for direct detection of sub-GeV Dark Matter [15]; and developing low-threshold TES detectors and KIDs [16,17] for calorimetric measurements of photons, light, heat, and evaporated Helium atoms for light Dark Matter particle searches [18][19][20]. Low-threshold TES detectors are being developed for use as light detectors for background discrimination in neutrino-less double beta decay searches [21] and as thermistors for calorimetric measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering using dielectric or superconducting crystals [22].…”

“…Superconducting sensors have a rich history in High Energy Physics (HEP). For example, Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) [1] have been deployed in WIMP Dark Matter searches [2] (using hundreds of TESs on a large crystal in order to perform event reconstruction from athermal phonons) and in measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) (e.g., the SPT-3G experiment [3] utilizes a focal plane of over 10,000 TES bolometers to search for signs of inflation in the polarization of the CMB). Another HEP application of superconducting circuit technology is the ADMX experiment [4] which uses a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) to amplify the potential microwave signal produced from axion Dark Matter interacting with a magnetic field.…”

Search for dark photons using a multilayer dielectric haloscope equipped with a single-photon avalanche diode

“…There is compelling evidence that about 85% of the matter content in the Universe is composed of dark matter (DM), a new type of beyond-the-Standard-Model particle that has not yet been detected [1]. While candidates like weakly-interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have been the prime target for dark matter experiments over the past decades [2,3], new particles like axions and dark photons are increasingly gaining traction.…”