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Development Status of the KIPM Detector Consortium
Abstract
A kinetic inductance phonon-mediated detector is a calorimeter that uses kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) to read out phonon signals from the device substrate. We have established a consortium comprising university and national lab groups dedicated to advancing the state of the art in these detectors, with the ultimate goal of designing a detector with sub-eV threshold on energy deposited in the substrate, enabling searches for both light dark matter and low-energy neutrino interactions. This consortium brings together experts in KID design, phonon and quasi-particle dynamics, and noise modeling, along with specialized fabrication facilities, test platforms, and unique calibration capabilities. Recently, our consortium has demonstrated a resolution on energy absorbed by the sensor of 2.1 eV, the current record for phonon-sensitive KIDs. However, due to ∼ 1% phonon collection efficiency, the overall detector resolution was limited to 320 eV. Finally, the current focus of the consortium is modeling and improving the phonon collection efficiency and implementing low-T c superconductors, both of which serve to improve the overall energy resolution and threshold of the detectors.
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Temples, Dylan J. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)] (ORCID:000000016017254X), Smith, Zoë J. [Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology], Dang, Selby Q. [Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology] (ORCID:0009000673892064), Aralis, Taylor [Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology], Cap, Chi [California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)] (ORCID:0009000913614240), Chang, Clarence [Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP)] (ORCID:0000000263110448), Chang, Yen-Yung [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Garcia-Sciveres, Maurice [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Golwala, Sunil [California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000210987174), Ho, William [Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)], Kurinsky, Noah [Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology] (ORCID:000000025872519X), Li, Kungang [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Li, Xinran [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Lisovenko, Marharyta [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000229463944), Panner, Elizabeth [Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States)], Ramanathan, Karthik [Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)] (ORCID:0000000342157834), Ray, Shilin [California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)], Sandoval, Brandon [California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)], Suzuki, Aritoki [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)] (ORCID:000000018101468X), Wang, Gensheng [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000313853806), Wen, Osmond [Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology], Williams, Michael [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Xiong, Junwen Robin [California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)], Yefremenko, Volodymyr [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000157161751). 2026-04-09. Development Status of the KIPM Detector Consortium. https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2026.3680780
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