Superconducting Cloud Chamber

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 $10^3\sim 10^{10}$GeV.

Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures. Published in PRL