Acoustic Detection of Single Particles for Neutrino Experiments and Dark Matter Searches
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1987
Publisher
IEEE
Abstract
We are developing an entirely new type of particle detector, called a silicon crystal acoustic detector (SiCAD), which senses ballistic phonons generated when an incident particle collides with a nucleus or electron in a cube of crystalline silicon. For events which deposit energy greater than about 1 keV, a 1 kg SiCAD would have spatial resolution better than 1 mm 3 and energy resolution better than 100 eV. We describe our laboratory research utilizing carbon thermistors, superconducting transition edge devices, and superconducting tunnel junctions as phonon sensors on the crystal faces.
Recommended Citation
Neuhauser, B., Cabrera, B., Martoff, C., & Young, B. (1987). Acoustic detection of single particles for neutrino experiments and dark matter searches. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 23(2), 469–472. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.1987.1064994
