Superconducting Cloud Chamber

We propose a new particle-trajectory detector composed of Josephson junctions, named the superconducting cloud chamber. By measuring the quantum phase difference, this device can detect charged particles with extremely low kinetic energy, providing a new method for detecting slow-moving particles. It can also be utilized to detect millicharged dark matter particles thermalized with the Earth's environment within the mass range of 10^{3}∼10^{10} GeV.

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Physical Review Letters
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2026-01-06
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https://doi.org/10.1103/r3rb-zhyl
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Computational Physics and Python Applications
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Superconducting Cloud Chamber

Bo Gao, Tsutomu T. Yanagida, Jie Sheng
Physical Review Letters
Computational Physics and Python Applications
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Superconducting Cloud Chamber

Bo Gao, Tsutomu T. Yanagida, Jie Sheng
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Abstract

We propose a new particle-trajectory detector composed of Josephson junctions, named the superconducting cloud chamber. By measuring the quantum phase difference, this device can detect charged particles with extremely low kinetic energy, providing a new method for detecting slow-moving particles. It can also be utilized to detect millicharged dark matter particles thermalized with the Earth's environment within the mass range of 10^{3}∼10^{10} GeV.

Physical Review LettersVol. 136(6)
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (JP), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 100%
Computational Physics and Python Applications
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