SENSEI: Direct-Detection Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter from a Shallow Underground Run Using a Prototype Skipper CCD

被引：170

作者：

Abramoff, Orr ^{[1
]}

Barak, Liron ^{[1
]}

Bloch, Itay M. ^{[1
]}

Chaplinsky, Luke ^{[2
,3
]}

Crisler, Michael ^{[4
]}

Dawa ^{[2
,3
]}

Drlica-Wagner, Alex ^{[4
]}

Essig, Rouven ^{[2
]}

Estrada, Juan ^{[4
]}

Etzion, Erez ^{[1
]}

Fernandez, Guillermo ^{[4
]}

Gift, Daniel ^{[2
,3
]}

Sofo-Haro, Miguel ^{[4
,5
,6
]}

Taenzer, Joseph ^{[1
]}

Tiffenberg, Javier ^{[4
]}

Volansky, Tomer ^{[1
,7
]}

Yu, Tien-Tien ^{[8
,9
]}

机构：

[1] Tel Aviv Univ, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

[2] SUNY Stony Brook, CN Yang Inst Theoret Phys, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA

[3] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA

[4] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, POB 500, Batavia, IL 60510 USA

[5] Univ Nacl Cuyo UNCUYO, Ctr Atom Bariloche, Mendoza, Argentina

[6] Univ Nacl Cuyo UNCUYO, Inst Balseiro, CNEA, Mendoza, Argentina

[7] Inst Adv Study, Sch Nat Sci, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA

[8] Univ Oregon, Dept Phys, Eugene, OR 97403 USA

[9] Univ Oregon, Inst Theoret Sci, Eugene, OR 97403 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2019年 / 122卷 / 16期

基金：

欧洲研究理事会; 以色列科学基金会;

关键词：

Amplifiers (electronic) - Light amplifiers - Electrons;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.161801

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We present new direct-detection constraints on eV-to-GeV dark matter interacting with electrons using a prototype detector of the Sub-Electron-Noise Skipper-CCD Experimental Instrument. The results are based on data taken in the MINOS cavern at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. We focus on data obtained with two distinct readout strategies. For the first strategy, we read out the Skipper CCD continuously, accumulating an exposure of 0.177 g day. While we observe no events containing three or more electrons, we find a large one- and two-electron background event rate, which we attribute to spurious events induced by the amplifier in the Skipper-CCD readout stage. For the second strategy, we take five sets of data in which we switch off all amplifiers while exposing the Skipper CCD for 120 ks, and then read out the data through the best prototype amplifier. We find a one-electron event rate of (3.51 +/- 0.10) x 10(-3) events/pixel/day, which is almost 2 orders of magnitude lower than the one-electron event rate observed in the continuous-readout data, and a two-electron event rate of (3.18(-0.55)(+0.86)) x 10(-5) events/pixel/day. We again observe no events containing three or more electrons, for an exposure of 0.069 g day. We use these data to derive world-leading constraints on dark matterelectron scattering for masses between 500 keV and 5 MeV, and on dark-photon dark matter being absorbed by electrons for a range of masses below 12.4 eV.

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