Dark Matter Quantum Information Science
Dark Matter/Quantum Information Science

Publications

Below is a list of publications authored by group members since the formation of the group in 2021, as well as some earlier works that led to or motivated our current efforts. This include SuperCDMS papers where DMQIS authors played a significant role.

2026

  • Performance of a SuperCDMS HVeV Detector with Sub-eV Energy Resolution and Single Charge-sensitivity. arXiv:2601.16307
  • A First Demonstration of the SQUAT Detector Architecture: Direct Measurement of Resonator-Free Charge-Sensitive Transmons. arXiv:2601.16261
  • Probing Dark Matter–Electron Interactions with Superconducting Qubits. arXiv:2601.02474
  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. Search for low-mass electron-recoil dark matter using a single-charge sensitive SuperCDMS-HVeV detector. Phys. Rev. D 113, 032001 (2026). arXiv:2509.03608

2025

  • Noise Modeling and Calibration of a Two-Stage Cryogenic Charge Amplifier for the SPLENDOR Experiment. arXiv:2510.01463
  • Development Status of the KIPM Detector Consortium. arXiv:2509.25544
  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. Multi-channel, multi-template event reconstruction for SuperCDMS data using machine learning. arXiv:2508.20090
  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. Low-energy calibration of SuperCDMS HVeV cryogenic silicon calorimeters using Compton steps. Phys. Rev. D 112, 092014 (2025). arXiv:2508.02402
  • SPLENDOR: a novel detector platform to search for light dark matter with narrow-gap semiconductors.arXiv:2507.17782
  • Correcting impedance measurements for background parasitics to characterize circuit components in cryogenic environments. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 124714 (2025). arXiv:2506.12268
  • Broadband optical modulation and control at millikelvin temperatures. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 103101 (2025). arXiv:2504.06995
  • Estimating the energy threshold of phonon-mediated superconducting qubit detectors operated in an energy-relaxation sensing scheme. Phys. Rev. D 111, 063047 (2025). arXiv:2404.04423
  • Quasiparticle poisoning of superconducting qubits with active gamma irradiation. PRX Quantum 6, 030339 (2025). arXiv:2503.07354
  • TESSERACT Collaboration. First Limits on Light Dark Matter Interactions in a Low Threshold Two-Channel Athermal Phonon Detector. Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 161002 (2025). arXiv:2503.03683
  • Characterization of a TES-based Anti-Coincidence Detector for Future Large Field-of-View X-ray Calorimetry Missions. arXiv:2502.13952
  • Maximizing quantum enhancement in axion dark matter experiments. Phys. Rev. D 111, 123018 (2025). arXiv:2411.13776
  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. Light dark matter constraints from SuperCDMS HVeV detectors operated underground with an anticoincidence event selection. Phys. Rev. D 111, 012006 (2025). arXiv:2407.08085
  • Diamond and SiC Detectors for Rare Event Searches. J. Low Temp. Phys. 216, 363–370 (2025).
  • Cryogenic optical beam steering for superconducting device calibration. J. Opt. Microsyst. 5, 024503 (2025). arXiv:2405.02258
  • Measurement of correlated charge noise in superconducting qubits at an underground facility. Nature Communications 16, 9906 (2025). arXiv:2405.04642

2024

  • Athermal phonon collection efficiency in diamond crystals for low mass dark matter detection. Phys. Rev. D111, 072009 (2025). arXiv:2409.19238
  • Das, A., Kurinsky, N., Leane, R.K. Transmon qubit constraints on dark matter–nucleon scattering. JHEP 07, 233 (2024). arXiv:2405.00112
  • Improved modeling of detector response effects in phonon-based crystal detectors used for dark matter searches. Phys. Rev. D 109, 112018 (2024). arXiv:2403.01259
  • Modeling phonon-mediated quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting qubit arrays. Phys. Rev. B 110, 024519 (2024). arXiv:2402.15471
  • Performance of a phonon-mediated kinetic inductance detector at the NEXUS cryogenic facility. Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 044045 (2024). arXiv:2402.04473
  • First results from a broadband search for dark photon dark matter in the 44 to 52 μeV range with a coaxial dish antenna. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 131004 (2024). arXiv:2310.13891
  • Dark matter induced power in quantum devices. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121801 (2024). arXiv:2210.09313

2023

  • The Superconducting Quasiparticle-Amplifying Transmon (SQUAT): A qubit-based sensor for meV scale phonons and single THz photons. Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 054009 (2024). arXiv:2310.01345
  • Quantum sensors for high energy physics. arXiv:2311.01930
  • Das, A., Kurinsky, N., Leane, R.K. Detecting dark matter induced power in quantum devices. PoS TAUP2023, 021 (2024). arXiv:2311.07857
  • Two-stage cryogenic HEMT-based amplifier for low temperature detectors. J. Low Temp. Phys. 214, 256–262 (2024). arXiv:2311.02229
  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. First measurement of the nuclear-recoil ionization yield in silicon at 100 eV. Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091801 (2023). arXiv:2303.02196
  • Kelsey, M. et al. G4CMP: Condensed matter physics simulation using the Geant4 toolkit. Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 1055, 168473 (2023). arXiv:2302.05998
  • Mineral detection of neutrinos and dark matter. A whitepaper. Phys. Dark Univ. 41, 101245 (2023). arXiv:2301.07118
  • Boyd, C. et al. Directional detection of dark matter with anisotropic response functions. Phys. Rev. D 108, 015015 (2023). arXiv:2212.04505

2022

  • Report of the Topical Group on Particle Dark Matter for Snowmass 2021. arXiv:2209.07426
  • Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: The landscape of low-threshold dark matter direct detection in the next decade. arXiv:2203.08297
  • Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Modeling, statistics, simulations, and computing needs for direct dark matter detection. arXiv:2203.07700
  • Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier White Paper: Calibrations and backgrounds for dark matter direct detection. arXiv:2203.07623

2021

  • Broadband solenoidal haloscope for terahertz axion detection. Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 131801 (2022). arXiv:2111.12103
  • Directional detection of light dark matter in superconductors. Phys. Rev. D 107, 076015 (2023). arXiv:2109.04473
  • Design and performance of a terahertz Fourier transform spectrometer for axion dark matter experiments.JINST 17, P06014 (2022). arXiv:2104.07157
  • Determining dark matter–electron scattering rates from the dielectric function. Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 151802 (2021). arXiv:2101.08263
  • Design and characterization of a phonon-mediated cryogenic particle detector with an eV-scale threshold and 100 keV-scale dynamic range. Phys. Rev. D 104, 032010 (2021). arXiv:2012.12430
  • Correlated charge noise and relaxation errors in superconducting qubits. Nature 594, 369–373 (2021). arXiv:2012.06029
  • Effect on dark matter exclusion limits from new silicon photoelectric absorption measurements. Phys. Rev. D104, 063002 (2021). arXiv:2010.15874
  • Photoelectric absorption cross section of silicon near the bandgap from room temperature to sub-Kelvin temperature. AIP Adv. 11, 025120 (2021). arXiv:2010.15844
  • Silicon carbide detectors for sub-GeV dark matter. Phys. Rev. D 103, 075002 (2021). arXiv:2008.08560
  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. Light dark matter search with a high-resolution athermal phonon detector operated above ground. Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 061801 (2021). arXiv:2007.14289
  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. Constraints on low-mass, relic dark matter candidates from a surface-operated SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector. Phys. Rev. D 102, 091101 (2020). arXiv:2005.14067
  • Ionization yield in silicon for eV-scale electron-recoil processes. Phys. Rev. D 102, 063026 (2020). arXiv:2004.10709
  • Characterizing TES power noise for future single optical-phonon and infrared-photon detectors. AIP Adv. 10, 085221 (2020). arXiv:2004.10257

Selected Earlier Publications

  • SuperCDMS Collaboration. First dark matter constraints from a SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector.Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 051301 (2018). arXiv:1804.10697
  • Measuring the impact ionization and charge trapping probabilities in SuperCDMS HVeV phonon sensing detectors. Phys. Rev. D 101, 031101 (2020). arXiv:1910.02162
  • Single electron-hole pair sensitive silicon detector with surface event discrimination. Nucl. Instrum. Methods A963, 163757 (2020). arXiv:1903.06517
  • Diamond detectors for direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter. Phys. Rev. D 99, 123005 (2019). arXiv:1901.07569
  • Romani, R.W. et al. Thermal detection of single e-h pairs in a biased silicon crystal detector. Appl. Phys. Lett.112, 043501 (2018). arXiv:1710.09335