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Nuclear recoil identification in a scientific charge-coupled device

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.043008

McGuire, K. J.; Chavarria, A. E.; Castello-Mor, N.; Lee, S.; Kilminster, B.; Vilar, R.; Alvarez, A.; Jung, J.; Cuevas-Zepeda, J.; De_Dominicis, C.; et al (August 2024, Physical Review D)
The DAMIC-M Low Background Chamber

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/11/T11010

Arnquist, I; Avalos, N; Bailly, P; Baxter, D; Bertou, X; Bogdan, M; Bourgeois, C; Brandt, J; Cadiou, A; Castelló-Mor, N; et al (November 2024, Journal of Instrumentation)

Abstract The DArk Matter In CCDs at Modane (DAMIC-M) experiment is designed to search for light dark matter (m_χ< 10 GeV/c²) at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM) in France. DAMIC-M will use skipper charge-coupled devices (CCDs) as a kg-scale active detector target. Its single-electron resolution will enable eV-scale energy thresholds and thus world-leading sensitivity to a range of hidden sector dark matter candidates. A DAMIC-M prototype, the Low Background Chamber (LBC), has been taking data at LSM since 2022. The LBC provides a low-background environment, which has been used to characterize skipper CCDs, study dark current, and measure radiopurity of materials planned for DAMIC-M. It also allows testing of various subsystems like readout electronics, data acquisition software, and slow control. This paper describes the technical design and performance of the LBC.
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Search for Daily Modulation of MeV Dark Matter Signals with DAMIC-M

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.101006

Arnquist, I; Avalos, N; Baxter, D; Bertou, X; Castelló-Mor, N; Chavarria, A E; Cuevas-Zepeda, J; Dastgheibi-Fard, A; De_Dominicis, C; Deligny, O; et al (March 2024, Physical Review Letters)

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Confirmation of the spectral excess in DAMIC at SNOLAB with skipper CCDs

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.062007

Aguilar-Arevalo, A.; Arnquist, I.; Avalos, N.; Barak, L.; Baxter, D.; Bertou, X.; Bloch, I. M.; Botti, A. M.; Cababie, M.; Cancelo, G.; et al (March 2024, Physical Review D)