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We report direction detection constraints on the presence of hidden photon dark matter with masses between 20-30 ueV using a cryogenic emitter-receiver-amplifier spectroscopy setup designed as the first iteration of QUALIPHIDE (QUantum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-21 Karthik Ramanathan , Nikita Klimovich , Ritoban Basu Thakur , Byeong Ho Eom , Henry G. LeDuc , Shibo Shu , Andrew D. Beyer , Peter K. Day

We propose using trapped electrons as high-$Q$ resonators for detecting meV dark photon dark matter. When the rest energy of the dark photon matches the energy splitting of the two lowest cyclotron levels, the first excited state of the…

Quantum sensor arrays have recently been proposed as a promising platform for the direct detection of ultraheavy dark matter, which is typically assumed to behave as a point-like particle. However, particles with masses at or above the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-12 Dorian W. P. Amaral , Erqian Cai , Andrew J. Long , Juehang Qin , Christopher D. Tunnell

Light new particles with masses below 10 keV, often considered as a plausible extension of the Standard Model, will be emitted from the solar interior, and can be detected on the Earth with a variety of experimental tools. Here we analyze…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-21 Haipeng An , Maxim Pospelov , Josef Pradler

Dark matter experiments primarily search for the scattering of WIMPs on target nuclei of well shielded underground detectors. The results from liquid scintillator experiments furthermore provide precise probes of very light and very weakly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-19 Haipeng An , Kaixuan Ni , Maxim Pospelov , Josef Pradler , Adam Ritz

In this paper, we investigate constraints of the transmon qubit, an improved version of the charge qubit, on bosonic light dark matters. Phonon excitations induced by the scattering or absorption of dark matter on a superconductor may…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-21 Wei Chao , Yu Gao , Ming-jie Jin , Xiao-sheng Liu , Xi-lei Sun

Semiconductors are by now well-established targets for direct detection of MeV to GeV dark matter via scattering off electrons. We show that semiconductor targets can also detect significantly lighter dark matter via an absorption process.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-17 Yonit Hochberg , Tongyan Lin , Kathryn M. Zurek

Dark matter lighter than 10 GeV/c$^2$ encompasses a promising range of candidates. A conceptual design for a new detector, DarkSide-LowMass, is presented, based on the DarkSide-50 detector and progress toward DarkSide-20k, optimized for a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-21 P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Atzori Corona , D. J. Auty , M. Ave , I. Ch. Avetisov , R. I. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , V. Barbarian , A. Barrado Olmedo , P. Barrillon , A. Basco , G. Batignani , E. Berzin , A. Bondar , W. M. Bonivento , E. Borisova , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , G. Buccino , S. Bussino , J. Busto , A. Buzulutskov , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Capra , S. Caprioli , M. Caravati , M. Cárdenas-Montes , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , P. Castello , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , E Chyhyrynets , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , D. Cintas , V. Cocco , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , S. Copello , G. Covone , S. Cross , P. Czudak , M. D'Aniello , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , O. Dadoun , M. Daniel , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , A. De Falco , G. De Filippis , D. De Gruttola , S. De Pasquale , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Capua , L. Di Noto , P. Di Stefano , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , L. Doria , T. Erjavec , M. Fernandez Diaz , G. Fiorillo , A. Franceschi , P. Franchini , D. Franco , E. Frolov , N. Funicello , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Gallina , G. Gallus , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gendotti , C. Ghiano , R. A. Giampaolo , C. Giganti , M. A. Giorgi , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , D. Gorman , R. Graciani Diaz , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , C. Guo , B. R. Hackett , J. B. Hall , A. L. Hallin , A. Hamer , H. Helton , M. Haranczyk , T. Hessel , S. Hill , S. Horikawa , F. Hubaut , T. Hugues , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , C. Jillings , P. Kachru , A. A. Kemp , C. L. Kendziora , G. Keppel , A. V. Khomyakov , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Korga , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , X. Li , L. Lidey , J. Lipp , M. Lissia , G. Longo , L. Luzzi , O. Macfadyen , I. N. Machulin , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Margotti , S. M. Mari , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , A. Marini , M. Martínez , C. J. Martoff , A. Masoni , K. Mavrokoridis , A. Mazzi , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , R. Milincic , A. Moggi , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , E. N. Mozhevitina , T. Mróz , V. N. Muratova , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , T. Napolitano , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , I. Nikulin , J. Nowak , K. Olchansky , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , C. Pellegrino , F. Perotti , V. Pesudo , S. Piacentini , F. Pietropaolo , N. Pino , C. Pira , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , A. Ramirez , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , F. Resnati , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , C. Ripoli , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , J. Rode , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , A. Rubbia , S. Sadashivajois , T. R. Saffold , O. Samoylov , E. Sandford , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , G. Scioli , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , A. Sokolov , M. Spangenberg , R. Stefanizzi , A. Steri , S. Stracka , V. Strickland , M. Stringer , S. Sulis , A. Sung , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , C. Türkoğ , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , S. Tedesco , G. Testera , K. Thieme , T. N. Thorpe , A. Tonazzo , S. Torres-Lara , A. Tricomi , E. V. Unzhakov , T. Vallivilayil John , M. Van Uffelen , T. Viant , S. Viel , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , M. Wada , M. B. Walczak , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , R. J. Wheadon , L. Williams , I. Wingerter-Seez , R. Wojaczyński , Ma. M. Wojcik , Ma. Wojcik , T. Wright , Y. Xie , C. Yang , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

A parity measurement on two qubits, each consisting of a single atom in a cavity, can be realized by measuring the phase shift of a probe beam, which interacts sequentially with the two qubits, but imperfections lead to decoherence within…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-06 Anne E. B. Nielsen

In dark matter axion searches, quantum uncertainty manifests as a fundamental noise source, limiting the measurement of the quadrature observables used for detection. We use vacuum squeezing to circumvent the quantum limit in a search for a…

Direct detection strategies are proposed for dark matter particles with MeV to GeV mass. In this largely unexplored mass range, dark matter scattering with electrons can cause single-electron ionization signals, which are detectable with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-06-01 Rouven Essig , Jeremy Mardon , Tomer Volansky

We present a concept for a tabletop-scale detector with an amorphous target designed to search for dark matter absorption into phonon excitations. In crystalline materials, absorption occurs only at narrow resonances where the dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-25 Itay M. Bloch , Simon Knapen , Xinran Li , Amalia Madden , Giacomo Marocco

This study presents the design, simulation, and experimental characterization of a superconducting transmon qubit circuit prototype for potential applications in dark matter detection experiments. We describe a planar circuit design…

We present a comprehensive analysis of high-resolution transition-edge sensors (TESs) as a quantum sensing platform for detecting dark matter (DM). Operating near the thermodynamic noise limit with sub-eV energy resolution, TESs offer a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-13 Muping Chen , Volodymyr Takhistov , Kazunori Nakayama , Kaori Hattori

The QCD axion is one of the most compelling candidates to explain the dark matter abundance of the universe. With its extremely small mass ($\ll 1\,\mathrm{eV}/c^2$), axion dark matter interacts as a classical field rather than a particle.…

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers are planned to comprise a central role in the future of the U.S. High Energy Physics neutrino program. In particular, this detector technology will form the basis for the 40 kton Deep Underground…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-22 Eric Church , Christopher Jackson , Richard Saldanha

The search for dark matter has been performed mainly for weakly interacting massive particles and massive compact halo objects, and the intermediate mass region has not been investigated experimentally. A method to search dark matter with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-23 Akio Kawasaki

DarkSHINE is an electron fixed target experiment under proposal that aims to probe light dark matter in the MeV-GeV mass range via the invisible decay of dark photons, leveraging the High repetition rate 8 GeV electron beam from the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-16 Haijun Yang

In recent years, the lack of a conclusive detection of WIMP dark matter at the 10 GeV/c$^{2}$ mass scale and above has encouraged development of low-threshold detector technology aimed at probing lighter dark matter candidates. Detectors…

Parity measurement is a central tool to many quantum information processing tasks. In this Letter, we propose a method to directly measure two- and four-qubit parity with low overhead in hard- and software, while remaining robust to…