First Measurement of the Nuclear-Recoil Ionization Yield in Silicon at 100 eV

Author First name, Last name, Institution

• M. F. Albakry, TRIUMF; University of British Columbia
• I. Alkhatib, University of Toronto
• David Alonso-González, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Instituto de Física Teórica; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• D. W. P. Amaral, Durham University
• T. Aralis, California Institute of Technology
• T. Aramaki, Northeastern University
• I. J. Arnquist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• I. Ataee Langroudy, Texas A&M University
• E. Azadbakht, Texas A&M University
• S. Banik, National Institute of Science Education and Research
• C. Bathurst, University of Florida
• R. Bhattacharyya, Texas A&M University
• Paul L. Brink, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• R. Bunker, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Blas Cabrera, Stanford University
• R. Calkins, Southern Methodist University
• R. A. Cameron, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• Concetta Cartaro, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• D. G. Cerdeño, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Instituto de Física Teórica; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Y.-Y. Chang, California Institute of Technology
• M. Chaudhuri, National Institute of Science Education and Research
• R. Chen, Northwestern University
• N. Chott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• J. Cooley, Southern Methodist University; Snolab
• H. Coombes, University of Florida
• J. Corbett, Queen's University
• P. Cushman, University of Minnesota
• S. Das, National Institute of Science Education and Research
• F. De Brienne, Université de Montréal
• M. Rios, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Instituto de Física Teórica; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Physical Review Letters

Publication Date

8-28-2023

Abstract

We measured the nuclear-recoil ionization yield in silicon with a cryogenic phonon-sensitive gram-scale detector. Neutrons from a monoenergetic beam scatter off of the silicon nuclei at angles corresponding to energy depositions from 4 keV down to 100 eV, the lowest energy probed so far. The results show no sign of an ionization production threshold above 100 eV. These results call for further investigation of the ionization yield theory and a comprehensive determination of the detector response function at energies below the keV scale.

DOI Link

10.1103/physrevlett.131.091801

ISSN

0031-9007

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

Volume

131

Issue

9

First Page

091801

Last Page

091801

Disciplines

Physics

Keywords

Particle Detector Development and Performance, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Ion-surface interactions and analysis

Recommended Citation

F. Albakry, M.; Alkhatib, I.; Alonso-González, David; W. P. Amaral, D.; Aralis, T.; Aramaki, T.; J. Arnquist, I.; Ataee Langroudy, I.; Azadbakht, E.; Banik, S.; Bathurst, C.; Bhattacharyya, R.; L. Brink, Paul; Bunker, R.; Cabrera, Blas; Calkins, R.; A. Cameron, R.; Cartaro, Concetta; G. Cerdeño, D.; Chang, Y.-Y.; Chaudhuri, M.; Chen, R.; Chott, N.; Cooley, J.; Coombes, H.; Corbett, J.; Cushman, P.; Das, S.; De Brienne, F.; and Rios, M., "First Measurement of the Nuclear-Recoil Ionization Yield in Silicon at 100 eV" (2023). All Works. 8473.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/8473

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