Solid Xenon Bolometers

Cryogenic liquid noble detectors have become an attractive option for exploring beyond the standard model physics. Current experiments are using these detectors to search for dark matter interactions, neutrinoless double beta decay, and other phenomena. Improved energy resolution can be leveraged from being able to read out two energy channels: ionization and scintillation. Experimentally, a microscopic anti-correlation behavior between these signals has been observed that has not been described from first principles. Solid xenon bolometers, under development at Drexel University, would be able to detect heat signals in addition to ionization and scintillation. By making measurements in all three channels, these bolometers may provide useful information about the microscopic anti-correlation phenomenon in detector energy response.