The Study of a Temperature Dependence of the Dark Rate of Single Electrons Emitted from a Cathode of a Multi-Cathode Counter as a Method to Search for Hidden Photons of CDM

TL;DR

This study investigates how the dark rate of single electrons emitted from cathodes varies with temperature, aiming to detect hidden photons of cold dark matter through their influence on electron emission rates.

Contribution

It introduces a method using a multi-cathode counter to measure temperature-dependent dark rates as a novel approach to search for hidden photons of CDM.

Findings

Dark rate increases at cryogenic temperatures with bi-alkaline cathodes

Proposed measurements with copper and aluminum cathodes from 300K to 220K

Potential detection of hidden photons through electron emission anomalies

Abstract

The dark rate of single electrons emitted from a metal cathode of the counter depends upon a temperature. At cryogenic temperatures the dark rate measured with bi-alkaline cathodes of PMT has been found to increase by lowering the temperature of the detector. One of the possible interpretations of this effect suggests the energy trapping mechanism from the conversion of Hidden Photons of CDM at the surface of a photocathode. The measurements are planned by using a Multi-Cathode Counter (MCC) with a copper and aluminum cathodes of 0.2 m2 at temperatures from 300 K down to 220 K to spot the increase of cryogenic dark rate from Hidden Photons of CDM. The physical motivation and the description of the experiment are presented.