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We present results of a search for spin-independent dark matter-nucleus interactions in a $1{\mathrm{cm}}^2$by 1 mm thick (0.233 g) high-resolution silicon athermal phonon detector operated above ground. For interactions in the substrate, this detector achieves an rms baseline energy resolution of $361.5\left(4\right)\mathrm{m}\mathrm{eV}$(statistical error), the best for any athermal phonon detector to date. With an exposure of $0.233\mathrm{g}\times 12$hours, we place the most stringent constraints on dark matter masses between 44 and $87\mathrm{M}\mathrm{eV}/{\mathrm{c}}^2$, with the lowest unexplored cross section of $4\times {10}^{-32}{\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}}^2$at $87\mathrm{M}\mathrm{eV}/{\mathrm{c}}^2$. We employ a conservative salting technique to reach the lowest dark matter mass ever probed via direct detection experiment. This constraint is enabled by two-channel rejection of low energy backgrounds that are coupled to individual sensors. 

This article presents constraints on dark-matter-electron interactions obtained from the first underground data-taking campaign with multiple SuperCDMS HVeV detectors operated in the same housing. An exposure of $7.63\mathrm{g}\text{−}\mathrm{days}$is used to set upper limits on the dark-matter-electron scattering cross section for dark matter masses between 0.5 and $1000\mathrm{MeV}/c^2$, as well as upper limits on dark photon kinetic mixing and axionlike particle axioelectric coupling for masses between 1.2 and $23.3\mathrm{eV}/c^2$. Compared to an earlier HVeV search, sensitivity was improved as a result of an increased overburden of 225 meters of water equivalent, an anticoincidence event selection, and better pile-up rejection. In the case of dark-matter-electron scattering via a heavy mediator, an improvement by up to a factor of 25 in cross section sensitivity was achieved. Published by the American Physical Society2025 

Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the significant impact of this excess on the dark matter or neutrino sensitivity of these experiments, a collective effort has been started to share the knowledge about the individual observations. For this, the EXCESS Workshop was initiated. In its first iteration in June 2021, ten rare event search collaborations contributed to this initiative via talks and discussions. The contributing collaborations were CONNIE, CRESST, DAMIC, EDELWEISS, MINER, NEWS-G, NUCLEUS, RICOCHET, SENSEI and SuperCDMS. They presented data about their observed energy spectra and known backgrounds together with details about the respective measurements. In this paper, we summarize the presented information and give a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences between the distinct measurements. The provided data is furthermore publicly available on the workshop's data repository together with a plotting tool for visualization.