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Phonon and light read out of a Li$_2$MoO$_4$ crystal with multiplexed kinetic inductance detectors

Molybdenum based crystals such as Li$_2$MoO$_4$ and CaMoO$_4$ are emerging as leading candidates for next generation experiments searching for neutrino-less double beta decay with cryogenic calorimeters (CUPID, AMoRE). The exquisite energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-30 N. Casali , L. Cardani , I. Colantoni , A. Cruciani , S. Di Domizio , M. Martinez , G. Pettinari , M. Vignati

Searching for Beyond the Standard Model physics using the improved description of $^{100}$Mo $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay spectral shape with CUPID-Mo

The current experiments searching for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay also collect large statistics of Standard Model allowed two-neutrino double-$\beta$ ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay events. These can be used to search for…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-08-29 C. Augier , A. S. Barabash , F. Bellini , G. Benato , M. Beretta , L. Bergé , J. Billard , Yu. A. Borovlev , L. Cardani , N. Casali , A. Cazes , E. Celi , M. Chapellier , D. Chiesa , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , M. De Jesus , T. Dixon , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , F. Ferri , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , V. D. Grigorieva , M. Gros , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , R. Huang , L. Imbert , A. Juillard , H. Khalife , M. Kleifges , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , J. Kotila , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , E. P. Makarov , P. de Marcillac , R. Mariam , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , X. F. Navick , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , E. Olivieri , J. L. Ouellet , L. Pagnanini , L. Pattavina , B. Paul , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , Th. Redon , A. Rojas , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , Y. Shen , V. N. Shlegel , F. Šimkovic , V. Singh , C. Tomei , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , L. Vagneron , M. Velázquez , B. War , B. Welliver , L. Winslow , M. Xue , E. Yakushev , M. Zarytskyy , A. S. Zolotarova

Study on Neutron-induced Background in the CRESST Experiment

CRESST II is an experiment for direct WIMP search, using cryogenic detectors. The ratio of the two signals (temperature rise and scintillation light) measured for each interaction is an excellent parameter for discrimination of radioactive…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Wulandari , F. von Feilitzsch , M. Huber , Th. Jagemann , J. Jochum , T. Lachenmaier , J. -C. Lanfranchi , W. Potzel , W. Rau , M. Stark , S. Waller

Data quality assurance for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an experiment constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decays in germanium-76 and to demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a large-scale experiment in a phased and modular fashion. It consists of two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-30 J. Myslik , N. Abgrall , S. I. Alvis , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , F. E. Bertrand , T. Bode , A. W. Bradley , V. Brudanin , M. Busch , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P-H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , C. Dunagan , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , C. R. Haufe , L. Hehn , R. Henning , E. W. Hoppe , M. A. Howe , K. J. Keeter , M. F. Kidd , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , A. M. Lopez , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , S. Mertens , C. O'Shaughnessy , G. Othman , W. Pettus , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , N. W. Ruof , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , A. M. Suriano , D. Tedeschi , J. E. Trimble , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , K. Vetter , K. Vorren , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , C-H. Yu , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu

The Majorana Demonstrator search for neutrinoless double beta decay

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44.8-kg (29.7 kg enriched >88% in Ge-76) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in Ge-76. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-30 C. Cuesta , M. Buuck , J. A. Detwiler , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , J. Leon , R. G. H. Robertson , N. Abgrall , A. W. Bradley , Y-D. Chan , S. Mertens , A. W. P. Poon , K. Vetter , I. J. Arnquist , E. W. Hoppe , R. T. Kouzes , J. L. Orrell , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , S. I. Konovalov , V. Yumatov , F. E. Bertrand , A. Galindo-Uribarri , D. C. Radford , R. L. Varner , C. -H. Yu , V. Brudanin , M. Shirchenko , S. Vasilyev , E. Yakushev , I. Zhitnikov , M. Busch , T. S. Caldwell , T. Gilliss , R. Henning , M. A. Howe , J. MacMullin , S. J. Meijer , C. O'Shaughnessy , J. Rager , B. Shanks , J. E. Trimble , K. Vorren , W. Xu , C. D. Christofferson , C. Dunagan , A. M. Suriano , P. -H. Chu , S. R. Elliott , R. Massarczyk , K. Rielage , B. R. White , Yu. Efremenko , A. M. Lopez , H. Ejiri , A. Fullmer , G. K. Giovanetti , M. P. Green , V. E. Guiseppe , D. Tedeschi , C. Wiseman , B. R. Jasinski , K. J. Keeter , M. F. Kidd , R. D. Martin , E. Romero-Romero , J. F. Wilkerson

Comparison of the measured atmospheric muon rate with Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity study for detection of prompt atmospheric muons with KM3NeT

The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next generation undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. The data sample collected between December…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-08-11 Piotr Kalaczyński

BINGO innovative assembly for background reduction in bolometric $0\nu\beta\beta$ experiments

BINGO is a project aiming to set the grounds for large-scale bolometric neutrinoless double-beta-decay experiments capable of investigating the effective Majorana neutrino mass at a few meV level. It focuses on developing innovative…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-07 A. Armatol , C. Augier , I. C. Bandac , D. Baudin , G. Benato , V. Berest , L. Bergé , J. Billard , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , P. Carniti , M. Chapellier , F. A. Danevich , M. De Jesus , T. Dixon , L. Dumoulin , F. Ferri , J. Gascon , A. Giuliani , H. Gomez , C. Gotti , Ph. Gras , M. Gros , A. Juillard , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , M. Lefevre , P. Loaiza , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , M. Martinez , Ph. Mas , E. Mazzucato , J. F. Millot , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , A. Rojas , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , O. Tellier , V. I. Tretyak , G. Warot , Th. Zampieri , M. M. Zarytskyy , A. Zolotarova

Cosmogenic Backgrounds to 0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta} in EXO-200

As neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments become more sensitive and intrinsic radioactivity in detector materials is reduced, previously minor contributions to the background must be understood and eliminated. With this in mind,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-05-20 200 Collaboration , J. B. Albert , D. J. Auty , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , T. Daniels , M. Danilov , S. J. Daugherty , J. Davis , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. DeVoe , T. Didberidze , J. Dilling , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , M. Dunford , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , W. Feldmeier , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , D. Fudenberg , R. Gornea , K. Graham , G. Gratta , C. Hall , S. Herrin , M. Hughes , M. J. Jewell , A. Johnson , T. N. Johnson , S. Johnston , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Killick , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , D. S. Leonard , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , J. Ling , R. MacLellan , M. G. Marino , B. Mong , D. Moore , O. Njoya , R. Nelson , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , C. Y. Prescott , F. Retière , P. C. Rowson , J. J. Russell , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , E. Smith , V. Stekhanov , M. Tarka , T. Tolba , R. Tsang , K. Twelker , J. -L. Vuilleumier , A. Waite , J. Walton , T. Walton , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , J. Wood , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya. Zeldovich

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search

The MAJORANA collaboration is pursuing the development of the so-called MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. The DEMONSTRATOR is intended to perform research and development towards a tonne-scale germanium-based experiment to search for the neutrinoless…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Reyco Henning

Belle II sensitivity to long-lived dark photons

In this letter we point out that the Belle II experiment has a unique sensitivity to visibly decaying long-lived dark photons. Concentrating on the signatures with a single high energy photon in association with a displaced pair of charged…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-10 Torben Ferber , Camilo Garcia-Cely , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg

Low energy neutron background in deep underground laboratories

The natural neutron background influences the maximum achievable sensitivity in most deep underground nuclear, astroparticle and double-beta decay physics experiments. Reliable neutron flux numbers are an important ingredient in the design…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-17 Andreas Best , Joachim Gorres , Matthias Junker , Karl-Ludwig Kratz , Matthias Laubenstein , Alexander Long , Stefano Nisi , Karl Smith , Michael Wiescher

Dark matter search with the SABRE experiment

The SABRE (Sodium Iodide with Active Background Rejection) experiment will search for an annually modulating signal from dark matter particles in our Galaxy using an array of ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detectors surrounded by an active scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-24 Paolo Montini

Neutrinoless double-beta decay with massive scalar emission

Searches for neutrino-less double-beta decay ($0\nu2\beta$) place an important constraint on models where light fields beyond the Standard Model participate in the neutrino mass mechanism. While $0\nu2\beta$ experimental collaborations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-26 Kfir Blum , Yosef Nir , Michal Shavit

Potential of a next generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiment based on ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay probes lepton number conservation with high sensitivity and investigates the neutrino nature and mass scale. Experiments presently in preparation will cover the quasi-degeneracy region of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 J. W. Beeman , F. A. Danevich , V. Ya. Degoda , E. N. Galashov , A. Giuliani , V. V. Kobychev , M. Mancuso , S. Marnieros , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , G. Pessina , C. Rusconi , V. N. Shlegel , V. I. Tretyak , Ya. V. Vasiliev

Experimental efforts in search of 76Ge Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Neutrinoless double beta decay is one of the most sensitive approaches in non-accelerator particle physics to take us into a regime of physics beyond the standard model. This article is a brief review of the experiments in search of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-03-12 Somnath Choudhury

Non-destructive interrogation of nuclear waste barrels through muon tomography: A Monte Carlo study based on dual-parameter analysis via GEANT4 simulations

In this study, we employ the Monte Carlo simulations by using the GEANT4 code to demonstrate the capability of muon tomography based on the dual-parameter analysis in the examination of the nuclear waste barrels. Our current hodoscope setup…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-06 Ahmet Ilker Topuz , Madis Kiisk , Andrea Giammanco

Results of the NEMO-3 Double Beta Decay Experiment

The NEMO-3 experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay for 2 main isotopes (100Mo and 82Se) and is studying the two-neutrino double beta decay of seven isotopes. The experiment has been taking data since 2003 and, up to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Mathieu BONGRAND

COMET Phase-I Technical Design Report

The Technical Design for the COMET Phase-I experiment is presented in this paper. COMET is an experiment at J-PARC, Japan, which will search for neutrinoless conversion of muons into electrons in the field of an aluminium nucleus ($\mu-e$…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-20 The COMET Collaboration , R. Abramishvili , G. Adamov , R. R. Akhmetshin , A. Allin , J. C. Angélique , V. Anishchik , M. Aoki , D. Aznabayev , I. Bagaturia , G. Ban , Y. Ban , D. Bauer , D. Baygarashev , A. E. Bondar , C. Cârloganu , B. Carniol , T. T. Chau , J. K. Chen , S. J. Chen , Y. E. Cheung , W. da Silva , P. D. Dauncey , C. Densham , G. Devidze , P. Dornan , A. Drutskoy , V. Duginov , Y. Eguchi , L. B. Epshteyn , P. Evtoukhovich , S. Fayer , G. V. Fedotovich , M. Finger , M. Finger , Y. Fujii , Y. Fukao , J. L. Gabriel , P. Gay , E. Gillies , D. N. Grigoriev , K. Gritsay , V. H. Hai , E. Hamada , I. H. Hashim , S. Hashimoto , O. Hayashi , T. Hayashi , T. Hiasa , Z. A. Ibrahim , Y. Igarashi , F. V. Ignatov , M. Iio , K. Ishibashi , A. Issadykov , T. Itahashi , A. Jansen , X. S. Jiang , P. Jonsson , T. Kachelhoffer , V. Kalinnikov , E. Kaneva , F. Kapusta , H. Katayama , K. Kawagoe , R. Kawashima , N. Kazak , V. F. Kazanin , O. Kemularia , A. Khvedelidze , M. Koike , T. Kormoll , G. A. Kozlov , A. N. Kozyrev , M. Kravchenko , B. Krikler , G. Kumsiashvili , Y. Kuno , Y. Kuriyama , Y. Kurochkin , A. Kurup , B. Lagrange , J. Lai , M. J. Lee , H. B. Li , R. P. Litchfield , W. G. Li , T. Loan , D. Lomidze , I. Lomidze , P. Loveridge , G. Macharashvili , Y. Makida , Y. J. Mao , O. Markin , Y. Matsuda , A. Melkadze , A. Melnik , T. Mibe , S. Mihara , N. Miyamoto , Y. Miyazaki , F. Mohamad Idris , K. A. Mohamed Kamal Azmi , A. Moiseenko , M. Moritsu , Y. Mori , T. Motoishi , H. Nakai , Y. Nakai , T. Nakamoto , Y. Nakamura , Y. Nakatsugawa , Y. Nakazawa , J. Nash , H. Natori , V. Niess , M. Nioradze , H. Nishiguchi , K. Noguchi , T. Numao , J. O'Dell , T. Ogitsu , S. Ohta , K. Oishi , K. Okamoto , T. Okamura , K. Okinaka , C. Omori , T. Ota , J. Pasternak , A. Paulau , D. Picters , V. Ponariadov , G. Quémener , A. A. Ruban , V. Rusinov , B. Sabirov , H. Sakamoto , P. Sarin , K. Sasaki , A. Sato , J. Sato , Y. K. Semertzidis , N. Shigyo , Dz. Shoukavy , M. Slunecka , D. Stöckinger , M. Sugano , T. Tachimoto , T. Takayanagi , M. Tanaka , J. Tang , C. V. Tao , A. M. Teixeira , Y. Tevzadze , T. Thanh , J. Tojo , S. S. Tolmachev , M. Tomasek , M. Tomizawa , T. Toriashvili , H. Trang , I. Trekov , Z. Tsamalaidze , N. Tsverava , T. Uchida , Y. Uchida , K. Ueno , E. Velicheva , A. Volkov , V. Vrba , W. A. T. Wan Abdullah , P. Warin-Charpentier , M. L. Wong , T. S. Wong , C. Wu , T. Y. Xing , H. Yamaguchi , A. Yamamoto , M. Yamanaka , T. Yamane , Y. Yang , T. Yano , W. C. Yao , B. Yeo , H. Yoshida , M. Yoshida , T. Yoshioka , Y. Yuan , Yu. V. Yudin , M. V. Zdorovets , J. Zhang , Y. Zhang , K. Zuber

The neutron background of the XENON100 dark matter experiment

The XENON100 experiment, installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), aims to directly detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering off xenon nuclei.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Brown , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , F. Kaether , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , F. V. Massoli , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , A. Molinario , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , N. Priel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. ScottoLavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

Probing light mediators at the MUonE experiment

The MUonE experiment, that aims to provide a precise measurement of the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the muon $g-2$ via elastic muon-electron scattering, has also the potential to explore the parameter space of light new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-15 Giovanni Grilli di Cortona , Enrico Nardi