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Hybrid Detector: The High Voltage detector with background rejection

SuperCDMS interleaved Z-sensitive Ionization and Phonon(iZIP) detectors have shown great success in discriminating electron recoils and nuclear recoils, while the High Voltage (HV) detectors have reached very low (~ a few eV) energy thresholds by sacrificing that discrimination. This talk focuses on a novel phonon-mediated two-stage silicon detector that retains both an excellent threshold performance of the HV detector and maintain the iZIP-style background discrimination.

SuperCDMS interleaved Z-sensitive Ionization and Phonon(iZIP) detectors have shown great success in discriminating electron recoils and nuclear recoils, while the High Voltage (HV) detectors have reached very low (~ a few eV) energy thresholds by sacrificing that discrimination. This talk focuses on a novel phonon-mediated two-stage silicon detector that retains both an excellent threshold performance of the HV detector and maintain the iZIP-style background discrimination. This new detector technology has the potential to significantly enhance the sensitivity to dark matter and coherent neutrino scattering experiments beyond the capabilities of current technologies that have limited discrimination at low energies.

Host: Ziqing Hong
Event series  eHEP Seminars and Events