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Description
SuperCDMS SNOLAB is a cryogenic experiment projected to achieve world-leading sensitivity for dark matter masses below 10 GeV using semiconductor crystal detectors. The experiment employs two detector types - iZIP detectors with combined phonon and charge readout providing excellent nuclear recoil/electron recoil discrimination, and HV detectors which amplify phonon energy proportional to an applied external electric field to achieve lower detection thresholds. Commissioning of the full twenty-four detector payload, comprising both silicon and germanium iZIP and HV detectors, began in early 2026. This talk will give an overview of the experiment and present the latest results as well as ongoing R&D aimed at developing the next generation of low-background detectors.
| Primary Abstract Topic | Experiment: WIMPs |
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