Passive low energy nuclear recoil detection with color centers -- PALEOCCENE

Authors :: Alfonso, Krystal
Araujo, Gabriela R.
Baudis, Laura
Bowden, Nathaniel
Cogswell, Bernadette K.
Erickson, Anna
Galloway, Michelle
Hecht, Adam A.
Mudiyanselage, Rathsara R. H. Herath
Huber, Patrick
Jovanovic, Igor
Khodaparast, Giti A.
Magill, Brenden A.
O'Donnell, Thomas
Smith, Nicholas W. G.
Zhang, Xianyi
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: The PALEOCCENE concept offers the potential for room-temperature, passive and robust detectors in the gram to kilogram range for the detection of low-energy nuclear recoil events. Nuclear recoil events can be caused by neutron scattering, coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CEvNS) or dark matter scattering and therefore, PALEOCCENE could find applications in all three areas. In this white paper we present current and planned R&D efforts to study the feasibility of this technique.<br />Comment: 22 pages, 6 figures, comments welcome. White paper contribution to Snowmass 2021