发表机构
Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Jožef Stefan Institute; Center for Mathematical Science and Advanced Technology (MAT), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC); Quantum Technology Center, University of Maryland; INFN Milano; Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University; Department of Physics, University of Zurich; Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen’s University; Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont（卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院粒子物理研究所; 约瑟夫·斯蒂芬研究所; 日本海洋地球科学技术厅（JAMSTEC）数学科学与先进技术中心（MAT）; 马里兰大学量子技术中心; 意大利国家核物理研究所米兰分部; 女王大学机械与材料工程系; 苏黎世大学物理系; 女王大学物理、工程物理与天文系; 克莱蒙物理实验室）
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本文介绍MDvDM'26会议论文集，概述矿物探测器这一新兴粒子探测概念在理论、计算和实验方面的进展，及其在中微子监测、暗物质探测和古探测器研究中的应用潜力。
AI 中文摘要
第四届“中微子与暗物质的矿物探测”（MDvDM'26）会议于2026年4月14日至17日在德国卡尔斯鲁厄举行，由卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院（KIT）天体粒子物理研究所（IAP）主办。本论文集详细介绍了MDvDM'26期间提交的贡献，展示了在实现矿物探测器概念方面理论、计算和实验研究取得的空前进展。矿物探测器是一种新兴的粒子探测概念，近年来由于现代计算和高分辨率显微镜技术的出现而日益受到重视。天然和合成晶体能够保留由核反冲引起的微观损伤特征，随后可通过各种微米和纳米分辨率的显微镜技术进行读取。在实验室时间尺度上，矿物探测器可用于反应堆中微子监测和暗物质探测，并有可能测量所诱发核反冲的方向和能量。独特的是，古老的天然晶体（即所谓的古探测器）在地质时间尺度上记录了核反冲，可用于研究天体物理中微子、宇宙射线、暗物质和重奇异粒子，以及它们在我们银河系生命周期内的通量变化。近年来，国际MDvDM社区一直在成功应对与实现矿物探测器概念相关的挑战，为全面实验计划和未来潜在发现开辟了道路。
英文摘要
The fourth "Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter" (MDvDM'26) meeting was held April 14-17, 2026 in Karlsruhe, Germany, hosted by the Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). These proceedings detail the contributions that were presented during MDvDM'26, illustrating the unprecedented progress in theoretical, computational and experimental studies towards the realization of the concept of mineral detectors. Mineral detectors represent an emerging particle detection concept that has risen in prominence in recent years due to the advent of modern computational and high-resolution microscopy techniques. Natural and synthetic crystals are capable of retaining microscopic damage features induced by nuclear recoils, which could be then read out with a variety of micrometer and nanometer resolution microscopy techniques. On laboratory time scales mineral detectors could be employed for reactor neutrino monitoring and dark matter detection, with the potential to measure the directions as well as the energies of the induced nuclear recoils. Uniquely, ancient natural crystals (so-called paleo-detectors) that have been recording nuclear recoils over geological timescales could be used for studying astrophysical neutrinos, cosmic rays, dark matter and heavy exotic particles, as well as the variation of their fluxes over our Galaxy's lifetime. In recent years the international MDvDM community has been successfully tackling the challenges associated with realizing the concept of mineral detectors, opening the pathway towards a fully fledged experimental program and potential future discoveries.
CommentsSummary and proceedings of the MDvDM'26 conference, April 14-17 2026 in Karlsruhe, Germany
