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Peer-reviewedCC BYPhysical review. D/Physical review. D.

Particle detection using magnetic avalanches in single-molecule magnet crystals

  • Bailey Kohn1
  • Hao Chen2,1
  • Rupak Mahapatra1
  • Glenn Agnolet1
  • Ivan Valerievich Borzenets1
  • Philip C. Bunting3
  • Jeffrey R. Long4,3
  • Minjie Lu1
  • Tom Melia5,6
  • Michael Nippe1
  • Lok Pant1
  • Surjeet Rajendran7
2 more authors
  • Anna Schmautz1
  • Amis Sharma1
7 affiliations
  1. 1Texas A&M University
  2. 2Fudan University
  3. 3University of California, Berkeley
  4. 4Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  5. 5Kavli IPMU
  6. 6The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba
  7. 7The Johns Hopkins University
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Abstract

The detection of a single quantum of energy with high efficiency and a low false positive rate is of considerable scientific interest, from serving as single quantum sensors of optical and infrared photons to enabling the direct detection of low-mass dark matter. We confirm our initial experimental demonstration of magnetic avalanches induced by scattering of quanta in single-molecule magnet (SMM) crystals made of Mn 12 acetate, establishing the use of SMMs as particle detectors for the first time. Although the current setup has an energy threshold in the MeV regime, our results motivate the exploration of a wide variety of SMMs whose properties could allow for detection of sub-eV energy depositions.

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@article{kohn2026particle,
  title = {{Particle detection using magnetic avalanches in single-molecule magnet crystals}},
  author = {Bailey Kohn and Hao Chen and Rupak Mahapatra and Glenn Agnolet and Ivan Valerievich Borzenets and Philip C. Bunting and Jeffrey R. Long and Minjie Lu and Tom Melia and Michael Nippe and Lok Pant and Surjeet Rajendran and Anna Schmautz and Amis Sharma},
  journal = {Physical review. D/Physical review. D.},
  year = {2026},
  month = may,
  doi = {10.1103/r1x8-qc2f},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1103/r1x8-qc2f},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Particle detection using magnetic avalanches in single-molecule magnet crystals
AU  - Bailey Kohn
AU  - Hao Chen
AU  - Rupak Mahapatra
AU  - Glenn Agnolet
AU  - Ivan Valerievich Borzenets
AU  - Philip C. Bunting
AU  - Jeffrey R. Long
AU  - Minjie Lu
AU  - Tom Melia
AU  - Michael Nippe
AU  - Lok Pant
AU  - Surjeet Rajendran
AU  - Anna Schmautz
AU  - Amis Sharma
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/22
JO  - Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
DO  - 10.1103/r1x8-qc2f
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1103/r1x8-qc2f
AB  - The detection of a single quantum of energy with high efficiency and a low false positive rate is of considerable scientific interest, from serving as single quantum sensors of optical and infrared photons to enabling the direct detection of low-mass dark matter. We confirm our initial experimental demonstration of magnetic avalanches induced by scattering of quanta in single-molecule magnet (SMM) crystals made of Mn 12 acetate, establishing the use of SMMs as particle detectors for the first time. Although the current setup has an energy threshold in the MeV regime, our results motivate the exploration of a wide variety of SMMs whose properties could allow for detection of sub-eV energy depositions.
SN  - 2470-0010
SN  - 2470-0029
SN  - 2470-0037
ER  -