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@ARTICLE{RubieraGimeno:626717,
author = {Rubiera Gimeno, José Alejandro and Isleif,
Katharina-Sophie and Januschek, Friederike and Lindner, Axel
and Meyer, Manuel and Othman, Gulden and Rivasto, Elmeri and
Shah, Rikhav and Schwemmbauer, Christina},
title = {{S}imulation and measurement of {B}lack {B}ody {R}adiation
background in a {T}ransition {E}dge {S}ensor},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-01514, arXiv:2505.08555},
year = {2025},
note = {13 pages, 11 figures},
abstract = {The Any Light Particle Search~II (ALPS~II) experiment at
DESY, Hamburg, is a Light-Shining-through-a-Wall (LSW)
experiment aiming to probe the existence of axions and
axion-like particles (ALPs), which are candidates for dark
matter. Data collection in ALPS~II is underway utilizing a
heterodyne-based detection scheme. A complementary run for
confirmation or as an alternative method is planned using
single photon detection, requiring a sensor capable of
measuring low-energy photons ($1064\,\mathrm{nm}$,
$1.165\,\mathrm{eV}$) with high efficiency (higher than
$50\,\\%$) and a low background rate (below
$7.7\cdot10^{-6}\,\mathrm{cps}$). To meet these
requirements, we are investigating a tungsten Transition
Edge Sensor (TES) provided by NIST, which operates in its
superconducting transition region at millikelvin
temperatures. This sensor exploits the drastic change in
resistance caused by the absorption of a single photon.We
find that the background observed in the setup with a
fiber-coupled TES is consistent with Black Body Radiation
(BBR) as the primary background contributor.A framework was
developed to simulate BBR propagation to the TES under
realistic conditions.The framework not only allows the
exploration of background reduction strategies, such as
improving the TES energy resolution, but also reproduces,
within uncertainties, the spectral distribution of the
observed background. These simulations have been validated
with experimental data, confirming the modeled background
distribution and thatthe improved energy resolutionreduces
the background rate in the $1064\,\mathrm{nm}$ signal region
by one order of magnitude to a rate in the order of
$10^{-4}\,\mathrm{cps}$.However, this rate must be reduced
to meet the ALPS II requirements.},
cin = {ALPS},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)ALPS-20130318},
pnm = {611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611) / DFG
project G:(GEPRIS)390833306 - EXC 2121: Quantum Universe
(390833306)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611 / G:(GEPRIS)390833306},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)ALPS-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)25},
eprint = {2505.08555},
howpublished = {arXiv:2505.08555},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:2505.08555;\%\%$},
doi = {10.3204/PUBDB-2025-01514},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/626717},
}