A vacancy-counting calorimetric readout in paleo-detectors provides an event-by-event proxy for nuclear recoil species, suppressing neutron backgrounds and achieving spin-independent dark matter sensitivities of order 10^{-48} cm² at WIMP masses of tens of GeV.
Nuclear recoil detection with color centers in bulk lithium fluoride,
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Heavy-ion tracks in olivine exhibit a clear change in continuity at the electronic-to-nuclear stopping transition, confirming the mineral's suitability for paleo-detection of neutrinos and WIMPs at MeV energies.
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Calorimetric approach to paleo-detection of dark matter
A vacancy-counting calorimetric readout in paleo-detectors provides an event-by-event proxy for nuclear recoil species, suppressing neutron backgrounds and achieving spin-independent dark matter sensitivities of order 10^{-48} cm² at WIMP masses of tens of GeV.
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Toward Neutrino and Dark Matter Detection with Ancient Minerals: TEM Study of Heavy-Ion Tracks in Olivine
Heavy-ion tracks in olivine exhibit a clear change in continuity at the electronic-to-nuclear stopping transition, confirming the mineral's suitability for paleo-detection of neutrinos and WIMPs at MeV energies.