Related papers: Dark matter searches with a 13 meV threshold superconducting sensor array

Dark matter searches with a 13 meV threshold superconducting sensor array

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.19319v2
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:36:47 GMT
Title: Dark matter searches with a 13 meV threshold superconducting sensor array
Abstract summary: QUALIPHIDE is a cryogenic dark matter search using a $41$-pixel array of energy-resolving microwave kinetic inductance detectors.<n>Blind analysis of $22$ hours of data shows no significant excess, setting the strongest constraints on the hidden photon kinetic mixing parameter.<n>These data also yield among the first terrestrial limits on dark matter scattering off nuclei and electrons, down to $5$ MeV/$c2$ and $20$ keV/$c2$, respectively.
Score: 26.831715552066694
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Abstract: Many well-motivated dark matter models predict meV-scale energy deposits in interactions with terrestrial experiments, but this regime is challenging to probe due to a lack of mature single-quantum detectors. Here we report results from QUALIPHIDE (QUAntum LImited PHotons In the Dark Experiment), a cryogenic dark matter search using a $41$-pixel array of energy-resolving microwave kinetic inductance detectors with a $13$ meV threshold, simultaneously used to look for both conversion photons from THz wavelength hidden photon dark matter and phonons from particle-like light dark matter interactions. The experimental design, with on- and off-focus pixels for the hidden photon search, allows for a data-driven background model, giving the experiment discovery potential. A blind analysis of $22$ hours of data shows no significant excess, setting the strongest constraints on the hidden photon kinetic mixing parameter $χ$ over the mass range of $13$-$90$ meV/$c^2$, reaching $1.5\times10^{-12}$ at $50$ meV/$c^2$. These data also yield among the first terrestrial limits on dark matter scattering off nuclei and electrons, down to $5$ MeV/$c^2$ and $20$ keV/$c^2$, respectively. The low threshold also enables future study of the low-energy excess limiting cryogenic detectors and, as we project, will allow for a terahertz-scale QCD axion search with a magnetic field.

Related papers

Search for Dark Photon Dark Matter with a Mass around $36.1\ ext{ }\mathrm{μeV}$ Using a Frequency-tunable Cavity Controlled through a Coupled Superconducting Qubit [0.0]
We report the results of a search for dark photon dark matter using a cavity that employs a transmon qubit as a frequency tuner.<n>We set the exclusion limit on the kinetic mixing parameter down to approximately $10-12$, surpassing the existing bound set by cosmology.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2025-05-21T15:09:12Z)
First Sub-MeV Dark Matter Search with the QROCODILE Experiment Using Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors [51.550188330599525]
We present the first results from the Quantum Resolution-d Cryogenic Observatory for Dark matter Incident at Low Energy (QROCODILE)<n>The QROCODILE experiment uses a microwire-based superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) as a target and sensor for dark matter scattering and absorption.<n>We report new world-leading constraints on the interactions of sub-MeV dark matter particles with masses as low as 30 keV.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2024-12-20T19:00:00Z)
Sensitively searching for microwave dark photons with atomic ensembles [10.023336056914498]
We propose a feasible approach to detect the dark photons by nondestructively probing mixing-induced quantum state transitions of atomic ensembles.<n>Specifically, we show that the dark photons, in both centimeter- and millimeter-wave bands, could be detected by using the artificial atomic ensemble detector.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2024-12-01T12:20:45Z)
Observation of thermal microwave photons with a Josephson junction detector [0.0]
Single photon detectors (SPDs) were demonstrated from $gamma$-rays to infrared wavelengths.<n>The energy of $10,mathrmGHz$ microwave photon, about $40,mathrmmu eV$ or $7, mathrmyJ,$ is enough to force a superconducting Josephson junction into its resistive state.<n>The device shows an efficiency up to 40% and a dark count rate of $0.1,mathrmHz$ in a bandwidth of several gigahertz.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2024-04-16T09:57:30Z)
Cyclically operated Single Microwave Photon Counter with $10^\mathrm{-22}$ $\mathrm{W/\sqrt{Hz}}$ sensitivity [33.7054351451505]
Single photon detection played an important role in the development of quantum optics. In recent years, significant progress has been made in developing single microwave photon detectors (SMPDs) based on superconducting quantum bits or bolometers. We present a practical SMPD based on the irreversible transfer of an incoming photon to the excited state of a transmon qubit by a four-wave mixing process.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2023-07-07T14:11:14Z)
Detection of hidden photon dark matter using the direct excitation of transmon qubits [0.0]
We propose a novel dark matter detection method utilizing the excitation of superconducting transmon qubits. A simple extension to the frequency-tunable SQUID-based transmon enables the mass scan to cover the whole $4-40 murm eV$ ($1-10$ GHz) range.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2022-12-07T19:00:01Z)
Photonic indistinguishability of the tin-vacancy center in nanostructured diamond [41.74498230885008]
Tin-vacancy centers in diamond are promising spin-photon interfaces owing to their high quantum-efficiency. We report the generation of single photons with $99.7+0.3_-2.5%$ purity and $63(9)%$ indistinguishability from a resonantly excited tin-vacancy center.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2022-06-30T12:38:44Z)
Quantum density matrix theory for a laser without adiabatic elimination of the population inversion: transition to lasing in the class-B limit [62.997667081978825]
No class-B quantum density-matrix model is available to date, capable of accurately describing coherence and photon correlations within a unified theory. Here we carry out a density-matrix theoretical approach for generic class-B lasers, and provide closed equations for the photonic and atomic reduced density matrix in the Fock basis of photons. This model enables the study of few-photon bifurcations and non-classical photon correlations in class-B laser devices, also leveraging quantum descriptions of coherently coupled nanolaser arrays.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2022-05-26T16:33:51Z)
Rapid generation of all-optical $^{39}$K Bose-Einstein condensates using a low-field Feshbach resonance [58.720142291102135]
We investigate the production of all-optical $39$K Bose-Einstein condensates with different scattering lengths using a Feshbach resonance near $33$ G. We are able to produce fully condensed ensembles with $5.8times104$ atoms within $850$ ms evaporation time at a scattering length of $232. Based on our findings we describe routes towards high-flux sources of ultra-cold potassium for inertial sensing.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2022-01-12T16:39:32Z)
An experimental setup to generate narrowband bi-photons via four-wave mixing in cold atoms [0.0]
We create near-infrared and narrow-band correlated photon pairs by inducing four-wave mixing in a cold gas of $87$Rb atoms confined in a magneto-optical trap. The non-classical nature of the photons pairs is confirmed by observing a violation of Cauchy-Schwarz inequality by a factor of 5.6 $times 105$ in a Hanbury Brown - Twiss interferometer. The combination of high brightness and narrow-band spectrum makes this photon-pair source a viable tool in fundamental studies of quantum states and opens the door to use them in quantum technologies
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2021-08-19T15:12:02Z)
Hyperfine and quadrupole interactions for Dy isotopes in DyPc$_2$ molecules [77.57930329012771]
Nuclear spin levels play an important role in understanding magnetization dynamics and implementation and control of quantum bits in lanthanide-based single-molecule magnets. We investigate the hyperfine and nuclear quadrupole interactions for $161$Dy and $163$Dy nucleus in anionic DyPc$.
arXiv Detail & Related papers (2020-02-12T18:25:31Z)

This list is automatically generated from the titles and abstracts of the papers in this site.