TY - RPRT TI - Spontaneous generation of athermal phonon bursts within bulk silicon causing excess noise, low energy background events, and quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting sensors AU - Chang, C. L. [Argonne National Laboratory 1 , 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, Illinois 60439,; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago 2 , 5640 S Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637,; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, Eckhardt 3 , 5640 S Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637,] (ORCID:0000000263110448) AU - Chang, Y.-Y. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:000000026441980X) AU - Garcia-Sciveres, M. [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,; International Center for Quantum-Field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles (QUP, WPI), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) 6 , Oho 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801,] (ORCID:0000000258004210) AU - Guo, W. [Department of Mechanical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University 7 , 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310,; National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 8 , 1800 E Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310,] (ORCID:0000000294663213) AU - Hertel, S. A. [University of Massachusetts, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Department of Physics 9 , 101 Stockbridge Hall, 80 Campus Center Way, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337,] (ORCID:0009000579191923) AU - Li, X. [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000331333660) AU - Lin, J. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000299708150) AU - Lisovenko, M. [Argonne National Laboratory 1 , 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, Illinois 60439,] (ORCID:0000000229463944) AU - Mahapatra, R. [Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University 10 , 4242 TAMU, 578 University Dr., College Station, Texas 77843-4242,] (ORCID:0000000302861114) AU - Matava, W. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000299397786) AU - McKinsey, Daniel N. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,] AU - Patel, P. K. [University of Massachusetts, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Department of Physics 9 , 101 Stockbridge Hall, 80 Campus Center Way, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337,] (ORCID:0000000223302242) AU - Penning, B. [Department of Physics, University of Zurich 11 , Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich,] (ORCID:0000000190209112) AU - Pinckney, H. D. [University of Massachusetts, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Department of Physics 9 , 101 Stockbridge Hall, 80 Campus Center Way, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337,] (ORCID:0000000209856070) AU - Platt, M. [Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University 10 , 4242 TAMU, 578 University Dr., College Station, Texas 77843-4242,] AU - Pyle, M. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000234906754) AU - Qi, Y. [Department of Mechanical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University 7 , 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310,; National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 8 , 1800 E Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, Florida 32310,] (ORCID:0009000887271925) AU - Reed, M. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000196151388) AU - Rydstrom, I. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:000900005969368X) AU - Romani, R. K. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000295561876) AU - Sadoulet, B. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000239460886) AU - Serfass, B. [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000346814109) AU - Sorensen, P. [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000172902175) AU - Suerfu, B. [International Center for Quantum-Field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles (QUP, WPI), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) 6 , Oho 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801,] (ORCID:0000000302597392) AU - Velan, V. [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000176693235) AU - Wang, G. [Argonne National Laboratory 1 , 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, Illinois 60439,] (ORCID:0000000313853806) AU - Wang, Yue [Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 4 , 366 LeConte Hall 7300, Berkeley, California 94720,; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:0000000218872451) AU - Williams, M. R. [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 , 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720,] (ORCID:000000026540436X) AU - Yefremenko, V. G. [Argonne National Laboratory 1 , 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, Illinois 60439,] PY - 2025 DO - 10.1063/5.0281876 UR - https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3017831 ID - 3017831 ER -