Publications

The PICO collaboration has a strong record of sharing results with the community, especially through peer-reviewed publications. In addition, we are excited to have partnered with other collaborations to take combined looks at mutually interesting physics questions.

Latest Papers

(reverse-ordered in time)

Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter in the PICO-60 C$_{3}$F$_{8}$ Bubble Chamber PICO Collaboration • E. Adams (Queen’s U., Kingston) et al. e-Print: 2504.13089 [hep-ex]

Search for inelastic dark matter-nucleus scattering with the PICO-60 CF3I and C3F8 bubble chambers PICO Collaboration. E. Adams(Queen’s U., Kingston) et al. Jan 21, 2023. 7 pp. Phys.Rev.D 108 (2023) 6, 062003. e-Print: 2301.08993 [astro-ph.CO]

Determining the bubble nucleation efficiency of low-energy nuclear recoils in superheated C3F8 dark matter detectors PICO Collaboration. B. Ali (IEAP CTU, Prague) et al. (May 11, 2022) Phys.Rev.D 106 (2022) 12, 122003. e-Print: 2205.05771 [physics.ins-det]

Nucleation efficiency of nuclear recoils in bubble chambers SBC and PICO Collaborations. Daniel Durnford (Alberta U.) et al. (Nov 1, 2021) JINST 17 (2022) 01, C01030. e-Print: 2111.01175 [astro-ph.IM]

PICO-500: A tonne scale bubble chamber for the search of dark matter PICO Collaboration. A.S. García-Viltres (Mexico U.) et al. (Jan, 2021) Nuovo Cim.C 45 (2021)

PICO-60 Results and PICO-40L Status PICO Collaboration. C.B. Krauss (Alberta U.) for the collaboration. (Mar 21, 2020) J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 1468 (2020) 1, 012043

Velocity Independent Constraints on Spin-Dependent DM-Nucleon Interactions from IceCube and PICO IceCube and PICO Collaborations. M.G. Aartsen (Canterbury U.) et al. (Jul 29, 2019) Eur.Phys.J.C 80 (2020) 9, 819. e-Print: 1907.12509 [astro-ph.HE]

Data-Driven Modeling of Electron Recoil Nucleation in PICO C33​F88​ Bubble Chambers PICO Collaboration. C. Amole (Queen’s U., Kingston) et al. (May 29, 2019) Phys.Rev.D 100 (2019) 8, 082006. e-Print: 1905.12522 [physics.ins-det]

Dark Matter Search Results from the Complete Exposure of the PICO-60 C3F8 Bubble Chamber PICO Collaboration (C. Amole (Queen’s U., Kingston)et al.). Feb 11, 2019. 9 pp.  Phys.Rev. D 100 (2019) no.2, 022001 – Published 9 July 2019

Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO−60 C3F8 Bubble Chamber C. Amole et al. (PICO Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 251301 – Published 23 June 2017

Improved dark matter search results from PICO-2L Run 2 C. Amole et al. March 21, 2016. Phys Rev D, 93(6), 061101.

Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-60 CF3I Bubble Chamber C. Amole et al.. Oct 26, 2015.  Phys Rev D, 2016 vol. 93 (5) p. 052014  (also: e-Print: arXiv:1510.07754)

Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-2L C3F8 Bubble Chamber (PICO Collaboration) C. Amole et al., Mar 2015, 6 pp.  Phys.Rev.Lett. 114 (2015) 23, 231302  (also:http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.00008)

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Related Papers

Modeling emission of acoustic energy during bubble expansion in PICO bubble chambers Tetiana Kozynets*, Scott Fallows, and Carsten B. Krauss Phys. Rev. D 100, 052001 – Published 3 September, 2019

Sensitivity of the PICO-500 bubble chamber to supernova neutrinos through coherent nuclear elastic scattering Tetiana Kozynets, Scott Fallows, Carsten B. Krauss Astroparticle Physics. Volume 105, February 2019, Pages 25-30

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Legacy Papers (both PICASSO and COUPP)

Discrimination of Nuclear Recoils from Alpha Particles with Superheated Liquids
(PICASSO Collaboration) F. Aubin et al;
New Journal of Physics 10 (2008) 103017

Constraints on Low-Mass WIMP Interactions on 19F from PICASSO
(PICASSO Collaboration) S. Archambault et al., Feb 2012. 23 pp. 
Phys.Lett. B711 (2012) 153-161

Direct measurement of the bubble-nucleation energy threshold in a CF3I bubble chamber
(COUPP Collaboration) E. Behnke et al, 
Phys. Rev. D 88, 021101(R) (2013) [5 pages]

First Dark Matter Search Results from a 4-kg CF3I Bubble Chamber Operated in a Deep Underground Site
(COUPP Collaboration) E. Behnke et al.,. Apr 2012. 8 pp.  
Phys.Rev. D86 (2012) 052001