First dark matter search results from Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills
Por:
Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Alves, D. S. M., Biedron, S., Boissevain, J., Borrego, M., Chavez-Estrada, M., Chavez, A., Conrad, J. M., Cooper, R. L., Diaz, A., Distel, J. R., D'Olivo, J. C., Dunton, E., Dutta, B., Elliott, A., Evans, D., Fields, D., Greenwood, J., Gold, M., Gordon, J., Guarincerri, E., Huang, E. C., Kamp, N., Kelsey, C., Knickerbocker, K., Lake, R., Louis, W. C., Mahapatra, R., Maludze, S., Mirabal, J., Moreno, R., Neog, H., de Niverville, P., Pandey, V, Plata-Salas, J., Poulson, D., Ray, H., Renner, E., Schaub, T. J., Shaevitz, M. H., Smith, D., Sondheim, W., Szelc, A. M., Taylor, C., Thompson, W. H., Thornton, R. T., Tripathi, M., Van Berg, R., Van de Water, R. G., Verma, S., Walker, K.
Publicada:
5 jul 2022
Resumen:
This paper describes the operation of the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM)
detector located at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at Los Alamos
National Laboratory. CCM is a 10-ton liquid argon detector located 20
meters from a high flux neutron/neutrino source and is designed to
search for sterile neutrinos (v(s) `s) and light dark matter (LDM). An
engineering run was performed in fall 2019 to study the characteristics
of the CCM120 detector by searching for coherent scattering signals
consistent with v(s)'s and LDM resulting from the production and decays
of pi(+) and pi(0) in the tungsten target. New parameter space in a
leptophobic dark matter (DM) model was excluded for DM masses between
similar to 2.0 and 30 MeV. The lessons learned from this run have guided
the development and construction of the new CCM200 detector that will
begin operations in 2021 and significantly improve on these searches.
Filiaciones:
Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Cdmx 04510, Mexico
Alves, D. S. M.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Biedron, S.:
Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
Boissevain, J.:
Bartoszek Engn, Aurora, IL 60506 USA
Borrego, M.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Chavez-Estrada, M.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Cdmx 04510, Mexico
Chavez, A.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Conrad, J. M.:
MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Cooper, R. L.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
New Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
Diaz, A.:
MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Distel, J. R.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
D'Olivo, J. C.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Cdmx 04510, Mexico
Dunton, E.:
Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA
Dutta, B.:
Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
Elliott, A.:
Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
Evans, D.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Fields, D.:
Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
Greenwood, J.:
Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
Gold, M.:
Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
Gordon, J.:
Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
Guarincerri, E.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Huang, E. C.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Kamp, N.:
MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Kelsey, C.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Knickerbocker, K.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Lake, R.:
Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
Louis, W. C.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Mahapatra, R.:
Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
Maludze, S.:
Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
Mirabal, J.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Moreno, R.:
Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
Neog, H.:
Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
de Niverville, P.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Pandey, V:
Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Plata-Salas, J.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Cdmx 04510, Mexico
Poulson, D.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Ray, H.:
Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Renner, E.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Schaub, T. J.:
Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
Shaevitz, M. H.:
Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA
Smith, D.:
Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
Sondheim, W.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Szelc, A. M.:
Univ Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, Midlothian, Scotland
Taylor, C.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Thompson, W. H.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Thornton, R. T.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Tripathi, M.:
Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Van Berg, R.:
Bartoszek Engn, Aurora, IL 60506 USA
Van de Water, R. G.:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
Verma, S.:
Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
Walker, K.:
Embry Riddle Aeronaut Univ, Prescott, AZ 86301 USA
hybrid, Green Submitted, Hybrid Gold
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