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
ISSN: 24700010
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