Search for Low Energy Beyond Standard Model Rare Events with the Majorana Demonstrator
ORAL
Abstract
The Majorana Demonstrator searches for rare events from beyond Standard Model physics in the energy region of 1--100 keV in parallel with its search for neutrinoless double beta decay, with an array of HPGe detectors enriched in 76Ge. Since the first release of low-energy results with 1.3 kg-y of commissioning data, the Demonstrator has collected roughly 50 kg-y of exposure. Many technical improvements to the low energy analysis have been implemented, including pulse shape discrimination, data cleaning, and improved energy threshold estimation. This improved noise event rejection allows searches for peak-like and extended signals from rare events such as bosonic dark matter, wavefunction collapse, solar axions, and more. In this talk we present our latest results for the BSM physics search of the Majorana Demonstrator.
*This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, the Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics Programs of the National Science Foundation, and the Sanford Underground Research Facility.
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Presenters
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Clint Wiseman
- University of Washington