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Feasibility study of SiGHT: a novel ultra low background photosensor for low temperature operation

Rare event search experiments, such as those searching for dark matter and observations of neutrinoless double beta decay, require ultra low levels of radioactive background for unmistakable identification. In order to reduce the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-01 Yi Wang , Alden Fan , Giuliana Fiorillo , Cristiano Galbiati , Meng-Yun Guan , George Korga , Emilija Pantic , Alessandro Razeto , Andrew Renshaw , Biagio Rossi , Yury Suvorov , Hanguo Wang , Chang-Gen Yang

First Results from the Heidelberg Dark Matter Search Experiment

The Heidelberg Dark Matter Search Experiment (HDMS) is a new ionization Germanium experiment in a special design. Two concentric Ge crystals are housed by one cryostat system, the outer detector acting as an effective shield against…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Baudis , A. Dietz , B. Majorovits , F. Schwamm , H. Strecker , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

Projected WIMP Sensitivity of the XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

XENONnT is a dark matter direct detection experiment, utilizing 5.9 t of instrumented liquid xenon, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. In this work, we predict the experimental background and project the sensitivity of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-18 The XENON collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , F. Arneodo , D. Barge , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , B. Cimmino , M. Clark , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , A. Depoian , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , F. Gao , L. Grandi , C. Hasterok , C. Hils , K. Hiraide , L. Hoetzsch , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , F. Joerg , N. Kato , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , K. Morå , S. Moriyama , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , J. Palacio , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qin , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. Vargas , G. Volta , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Ye , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

XENON1T Dark Matter Data Analysis: Signal & Background Models, and Statistical Inference

The XENON1T experiment searches for dark matter particles through their scattering off xenon atoms in a 2 tonne liquid xenon target. The detector is a dual-phase time projection chamber, which measures simultaneously the scintillation and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-03 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , R. Itay , F. Joerg , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , B. Pelssers , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

The ASTAROTH project

The most discussed topic in direct search for dark matter is arguably the verification of the DAMA claim. In fact, the observed annual modulation of the signal rate in an array of NaI(Tl) detectors can be interpreted as the awaited…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-12 Davide D'Angelo , Andrea Zani , Franco Alessandria , Alessandro Andreani , Andrea Castoldi , Simone Coelli , Daniele Cortis , Giuseppe Di Carlo , Luca Frontini , Niccolò Gallice , Chiara Guazzoni , Valentino Liberali , Mauro Monti , Donato Orlandi , Massimo Sorbi , Alberto Stabile , Marco Statera

Phonon-mediated High-voltage Detector with Background Rejection for Low-mass Dark Matter and Reactor Coherent Neutrino Scattering Experiments

We report the first demonstration of a phonon-mediated silicon detector technology that provides a primary phonon measurement in a low-voltage region, and a simultaneous indirect measurement of the ionization signal through…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-24 H. Neog , R. Mahapatra , N. Mirabolfathi , M. Platt , A. Jastram , G. Agnolet , A. Kubik , H. Chen , B. Mohanty

PICOLON dark matter search project

PICOLON (Pure Inorganic Crystal Observatory for LOw-energy Neutr(al)ino) aims to search for cosmic dark matter by high purity NaI(Tl) scintillator. We developed extremely pure NaI(Tl) crystal by hybrid purification method. The recent result…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-02 K. Fushimi , D. Chernyak , H. Ejiri , K. Hata , R. Hazama , T. Iida , H. Ikeda , K. Imagawa , K. Inoue , H. Ishiura , H. Ito , T. Kishimoto , M. Koga , K. Kotera , A. Kozlov , K. Nakamura , R. Orito , T. Shima , Y. Takemoto , S. Umehara , Y. Urano , Y. Yamamoto , K. Yasuda , S. Yoshida

First results on low-mass dark matter from the CRESST-III experiment

The CRESST experiment, located at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, searches for dark matter particles via their elastic scattering off nuclei in a target material. The CRESST target consists of scintillating CaWO$_4$ crystals,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 CRESST collaboration , F. Petricca , G. Angloher , P. Bauer , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , X. Defay , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , P. Gorla , A. Gütlein , D. Hauff , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , J. C. Lanfranchi , A. Lagenkämper , J. Loebell , M. Mancuso , E. Mondragon , A. Münster , C. Pagliarone , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , R. Puig , F. Reindl , J. Rothe , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , M. Stahlberg , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , H. H. Trinh Thi , C. Türkoğlu , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich

Background and Technical Studies for GENIUS as a Dark Matter Experiment

The GENIUS project is a proposal for a new dark matter detector, with an increased sensitivity of three orders of magnitude relative to existing direct dark matter detection experiments. We performed a technical study and calculated the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-11-30 L. Baudis , G. Heusser , B. Majorovits , Y. Ramachers , H. Strecker , H. V. Klapdor--Kleingrothaus

In-orbit background of X-ray microcalorimeters and its effects on observations

Methods.There are no experimental data about the background experienced by microcalorimeters in the L2 orbit, and thus the particle background levels were calculated by means of Monte Carlo simulations: we considered the original design…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-23 S. Lotti , D. Cea , C. Macculi , T. Mineo , L. Natalucci , E. Perinati , L. Piro , M. Federici , B. Martino

LIME -- a gas TPC prototype for directional Dark Matter search for the CYGNO experiment

The CYGNO experiment aims at the development of a large gaseous TPC with GEM-based amplification and an optical readout by means of PMTs and scientific CMOS cameras for 3D tracking down to O(keV) energies, for the directional detection of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-05 Fernando Domingues Amaro , Elisabetta Baracchini , Luigi Benussi , Stefano Bianco , Cesidio Capoccia , Michele Caponero , Danilo Santos Cardoso , Gianluca Cavoto , André Cortez , Igor Abritta Costa , Emiliano Dané , Giorgio Dho , Flaminia Di Giambattista , Emanuele Di Marco , Giulia D'Imperio , Francesco Iacoangeli , Herman Pessoa Lima Junior , Guilherme Sebastiao Pinheiro Lopes , Giovanni Maccarrone , Rui Daniel Passos Mano , Robert Renz Marcelo Gregorio , David José Gaspar Marques , Giovanni Mazzitelli , Alasdair Gregor McLean , Andrea Messina , Cristina Maria Bernardes Monteiro , Rafael Antunes Nobrega , Igor Fonseca Pains , Emiliano Paoletti , Luciano Passamonti , Sandro Pelosi , Fabrizio Petrucci , Stefano Piacentini , Davide Piccolo , Daniele Pierluigi , Davide Pinci , Atul Prajapati , Francesco Renga , Rita Joanna da Cruz Roque , Filippo Rosatelli , Alessandro Russo , Joaquim Marques Ferreira dos Santos , Giovanna Saviano , Neil John Curwen Spooner , Roberto Tesauro , Sandro Tommasini , Samuele Torelli

Instrumentation, acquisition and analysis of the Phase II SIMPLE dark matter search signals

I describe the new instrumentation for the SIMPLE dark matter search experiment, and its use in identifying, validating and rejecting non-WIMP backgrounds in the first stage of the Phase II project measurements. Beyond intrinsic acoustic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 M. Felizardo

Direct Dark Matter search with the XENON program

We present the most recent results from XENON100, the current phase of the XENON dark matter search program. XENON100 is a dual phase time-projection chamber operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) whose ultra-low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-14 Paolo Beltrame

Lowering the energy threshold in COSINE-100 dark matter searches

COSINE-100 is a dark matter detection experiment that uses NaI(Tl) crystal detectors operating at the Yangyang underground laboratory in Korea since September 2016. Its main goal is to test the annual modulation observed by the DAMA/LIBRA…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-14 G. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. Franca , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , E. K. Lee , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

The simulation on neutron background reduction for InDEx at JUSL

Dark matter experiments are rare event search experiments that require zero background environment over very long exposures. To achieve this condition, a detailed simulation of detector geometry and experimental setup is required before the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-15 Susmita Das , Maitreyee Nandy , Mala Das

A compact and modular X and gamma-ray detector with a CsI scintillator and double-readout Silicon Drift Detectors

A future compact and modular X and gamma-ray spectrometer (XGS) has been designed and a series of prototypes have been developed and tested. The experiment envisages the use of CsI scintillator bars read out at both ends by single-cell 25…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-21 R. Campana , F. Fuschino , C. Labanti , M. Marisaldi , L. Amati , M. Fiorini , M. Uslenghi , G. Baldazzi , P. Bellutti , Y. Evangelista , I. Elmi , M. Feroci , F. Ficorella , F. Frontera , A. Picciotto , C. Piemonte , A. Rachevski , I. Rashevskaya , L. P. Rignanese , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , N. Zorzi

Physics reach of the XENON1T dark matter experiment

The XENON1T experiment is currently in the commissioning phase at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. In this article we study the experiment's expected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interaction cross section,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-25 The XENON collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , L. Arazi , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , T. Berger , P. Breur , A. Breskin , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Franco , W. Fulgione , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , C. Hasterok , R. Itay , F. Kaether , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , S. Macmullin , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. von Sivers , R. Wall , H. Wang , M. Weber , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang

Neutron Background Studies for the CRESST Dark Matter Experiment

The new detection concept applied for the direct WIMP search experiment CRESST II, which enables a clear discrimination between electron recoils and nuclear recoils, will leave neutrons as the main background. This background will soon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Wulandari , J. Jochum , W. Rau , F. von Feilitzsch

Development of an Organic Plastic Scintillator based Muon Veto Operating at Sub-Kelvin Temperatures for the NUCLEUS Experiment

The NUCLEUS experiment aims at measuring the coherent elastic scattering of nuclear reactor antineutrinos off nuclei using cryogenic calorimeters. Operating at an overburden of 3m.w.e., muon-induced backgrounds are expected to be dominant.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-21 Andreas Erhart , Victoria Wagner , Ludwig Klinkenberg , Thierry Lasserre , David Lhuillier , Claudia Nones , Rudolph Rogly , Vladimir Savu , Matthieu Vivier

ANAIS-112 status: two years results on annual modulation

ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI Scintillators) is a dark matter direct detection experiment located at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), in Spain. The goal is to confirm or refute in a model independent way the DAMA/LIBRA…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , D. Cintas , I. Coarasa , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , J. Puimedón , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , P. Villar