First constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV dark-matter particles interacting with electrons

I Arnquist, N Avalos, D Baxter, X Bertou… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We report constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles interacting with electrons from the
first underground operation of DAMIC-M detectors. The search is performed with an …

SENSEI: Direct-detection results on sub-GeV dark matter from a new skipper CCD

L Barak, IM Bloch, M Cababie, G Cancelo… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We present the first direct-detection search for sub-GeV dark matter using a new∼ 2-gram
high-resistivity Skipper CCD from a dedicated fabrication batch that was optimized for dark …

Constraints on low-mass, relic dark matter candidates from a surface-operated SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector

DW Amaral, T Aralis, T Aramaki, IJ Arnquist… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
This article presents an analysis and the resulting limits on light dark matter inelastically
scattering off of electrons, and on dark photon and axionlike particle absorption, using a …

First dark matter constraints from a SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector

R Agnese, T Aralis, T Aramaki, IJ Arnquist… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present the first limits on inelastic electron-scattering dark matter and dark photon
absorption using a prototype SuperCDMS detector having a charge resolution of 0.1 …

Results on low-mass weakly interacting massive particles from an 11 kg d target exposure of damic at snolab

A Aguilar-Arevalo, D Amidei, D Baxter, G Cancelo… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We present constraints on the existence of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)
from an 11 kg d target exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground …

Single-electron and single-photon sensitivity with a silicon Skipper CCD

J Tiffenberg, M Sofo-Haro, A Drlica-Wagner, R Essig… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We have developed ultralow-noise electronics in combination with repetitive, nondestructive
readout of a thick, fully depleted charge-coupled device (CCD) to achieve an unprecedented …

SENSEI: first direct-detection constraints on sub-GeV dark matter from a surface run

M Crisler, R Essig, J Estrada, G Fernandez… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The Sub-Electron-Noise Skipper CCD Experimental Instrument (SENSEI) uses the recently
developed Skipper-CCD technology to search for electron recoils from the interaction of sub …

The dark energy camera

B Flaugher, HT Diehl, K Honscheid… - The Astronomical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Dark Energy Camera is a new imager with a 2 fdg 2 diameter field of view
mounted at the prime focus of the Victor M. Blanco 4 m telescope on Cerro Tololo near La …

Absorption of light dark matter in semiconductors

Y Hochberg, T Lin, KM Zurek - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
Semiconductors are by now well-established targets for direct detection of MeV to GeV dark
matter via scattering off electrons. We show that semiconductor targets can also detect …

A summary of charge-coupled devices for astronomy

M Lesser - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have been the most common visible and nearultraviolet
imaging sensors in astronomy since the 1980s. Almost all major astronomical …