New constraints on dark matter from superconducting nanowires

Yonit Hochberg, Benjamin V. Lehmann, Ilya Charaev, Jeff Chiles, Marco Colangelo, Sae Woo Nam, Karl K. Berggren

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Abstract

Superconducting nanowires, a mature technology originally developed for quantum sensing, can be used as a target and sensor with which to search for dark matter interactions with electrons. Here we report on a 180-hour measurement of a tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire device with a mass of 4.3 nanograms. We use this to place new constraints on dark matter-electron interactions, including the strongest terrestrial constraints to date on sub-MeV (sub-eV) dark matter that interacts with electrons via scattering (absorption) processes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number112005
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume106
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2022

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