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We propose a new strategy to directly detect light particle dark matter that has long-ranged interactions with ordinary matter. The approach involves distorting the local flow of dark matter with time-varying fields and measuring these…
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Quantum technologies like single photon emitters and qubits can be enabled by point defects in semiconductors, with the NV-center in diamond being the most prominent example. There are many different semiconductors, each potentially hosting…
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When an X-ray area detector based on a single crystalline material, for instance, a state of the art hybrid pixel detector, is illuminated from a point source by monochromatic radiation, a pattern of lines appears which overlays the…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have been extensively studied in recent years due to their unique properties and great potential for applications. Different types of structural defects could present in 2D materials and have strong influence…
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a standard imager in optical region in which the image quality is limited by its pixel size. CCDs also function in X-ray region but with substantial differences in performance. An optical photon generates…
We present a fingerprint-like method to analyze material defects after energetic particle irradiation by computing a rotation invariant descriptor vector for each atom of a given sample. For ordered solids this new method is easy to use,…
The structure of defect clusters formed in a displacement cascade plays a significant role in the micro-structural evolution during irradiation. Molecular dynamics simulations have been widely used to study collision cascades and subsequent…
The scattering of light dark matter (DM) off thermal electrons within the Sun generates a ``fast'' sub-component of the DM flux that can be detected in underground direct detection experiments. This ``fast'' sub-component has a specific…
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Understanding the noise characteristics of high quantum efficiency silicon-based ultraviolet detectors, developed by the Microdevices Lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is critical for current and proposed UV missions using these…
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The cryogenic detectors in the form of bolometers are presently used for different applications, in particular for very rare or hypothetical events associated with new forms of matter, specifically related to the existence of Dark Matter.…