21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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Performance results of germanium high-voltage detectors tested in the Cryogenic Underground TEst facility

22 Jun 2026, 15:30
15m
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3
Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD) (PPD) M2-9 | (PPD)

Speaker

Ruchi Soni (Queen's University)

Description

The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment aims to search for low-mass dark matter using the new generation high-voltage (HV) detector design with germanium and silicon targets. A subset of these HV detectors (four Ge and two Si) were tested in the Cryogenic Underground TEst (CUTE) facility at SNOLAB, which provided the first opportunity for an extended operation of these detectors and a comprehensive study of their performance in a low background environment similar to SuperCDMS SNOLAB. Here, I will report on analysis methods developed and results for low and high-energy calibration (sub-keV to hundreds of keV range) for the germanium detectors. We also assess the energy resolution and the performance under high voltage bias (up to 90 V).

Keyword-1 Dark Matter
Keyword-2 Direct Detection Experiments

Author

Ruchi Soni (Queen's University)

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