Superconducting Cloud Chamber
Bo Gao, Jie Sheng, Tsutomu T. Yanagida · Physical Review Letters · 2026
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}∼10^{10} GeV.