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Implications of the first detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with Liquid Argon

The CENNS-10 experiment of the COHERENT collaboration has recently reported the first detection of coherent-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) in liquid Argon with more than $3 \sigma$ significance. In this work, we exploit the new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-10 O. G. Miranda , D. K. Papoulias , G. Sanchez Garcia , O. Sanders , M. Tórtola , J. W. F. Valle

Discovery potential for supernova relic neutrinos with slow liquid scintillator detectors

Detection of supernova relic neutrinos could provide key support for our current understanding of stellar and cosmological evolution, and precise measurements of these neutrinos could yield novel insights into the universe. In this paper,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-10 Hanyu Wei , Zhe Wang , Shaomin Chen

Calibration of calorimetric measurement in a liquid argon time projection chamber

The liquid argon time projection chamber provides high resolution event images and excellent calorimetric resolution for studying neutrino physics and searching for beyond standard model physics. In this article, we review the main physics…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-12 Tingjun Yang

mini-TimeCube as a Neutron Scatter Camera

We present Monte Carlo (MC) simulation results from a study of a compact plastic-scintillator detector suitable for imaging fast neutrons in the 1 -- 10 MeV energy range: the miniTimeCube (mTC). Originally designed for antineutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-03-06 Glenn R. Jocher , John Koblanski , Viacheslav A. Li , Sergey Negrashov , Ryan C. Dorrill , Kurtis Nishimura , Michinari Sakai , John G. Learned , Shawn Usman

Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering

The coherent elastic scattering of neutrinos off nuclei has eluded detection for four decades, even though its predicted cross-section is the largest by far of all low-energy neutrino couplings. This mode of interaction provides new…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-08-07 D. Akimov , J. B. Albert , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , B. Becker , V. Belov , A. Brown , A. Bolozdynya , B. Cabrera-Palmer , M. Cervantes , J. I. Collar , R. J. Cooper , R. L. Cooper , C. Cuesta , D. J. Dean , J. A. Detwiler , A. Eberhardt , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , E. M. Erkela , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , N. E. Fields , W. Fox , Z. Fu , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , M. Hai , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , D. Hornback , T. W. Hossbach , E. B. Iverson , L. J. Kaufman , S. Ki , S. R. Klein , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , M. Kremer , A. Kumpan , C. Leadbetter , L. Li , W. Lu , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , K. Miller , H. Moreno , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , J. L. Orrell , C. T. Overman , D. S. Parno , S. Penttila , G. Perumpilly , H. Ray , J. Raybern , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rimal , D. Rudik , K. Scholberg , B. J. Scholz , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , A. Shakirov , S. Suchyta , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , R. T. Thornton , I. Tolstukhin , J. Vanderwerp , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , Z. Wan , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , A. Zawada , J. Zettlemoyer , A. M. Zderic

Search for Coherent Elastic Scattering of Solar $^8$B Neutrinos in the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment

We report on a search for nuclear recoil signals from solar $^8$B neutrinos elastically scattering off xenon nuclei in XENON1T data, lowering the energy threshold from 2.6 keV to 1.6 keV. We develop a variety of novel techniques to limit…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-03-17 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , S. Andaloro , V. C. Antochi , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , 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. Cuenca , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , A. Depoian , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , F. Gao , L. Grandi , 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 , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , 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 , M. Pierre , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , 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 , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Ye , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

Table-top setup for investigating the scintillation properties of liquid argon

The spectral and temporal light emission properties of liquid argon have been studied in the context of its use in large liquid rare-gas detectors for detecting Dark Matter particles in astronomy. A table-top setup has been developed.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-25 T. Heindl , T. Dandl , A. Fedenev , M. Hofmann , R. Krücken , L. Oberauer , W. Potzel , J. Wieser , A. Ulrich

Ultra-Low-Energy Germanium Detector for Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering and Dark Matter Searches

The status and plans of a research program on the development of ultra-low-energy germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities are reported. We survey the scientific goals which include the observation of neutrino-nucleus coherent…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Henry T. Wong

A tagged low-momentum kaon test-beam exposure with a 250L LAr TPC (J-PARC T32)

At the beginning of 2010, we presented at the J-PARC PAC an R$&$D program towards large (100 kton scale) liquid argon TPCs, suitable to investigate, in conjunction with the J-PARC neutrino beam, the possibility of CP violation in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-31 O. Araoka , A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. DiLuise , U. Degunda , L. Epprecht , L. Esposito , A. Gendotti , T. Hasegawa , S. Horikawa , K. Kasami , N. Kimura , L. Knecht , T. Kobayashi , C. Lazzaro , D. Lussi , M. Maki , A. Marchionni , T. Maruyama , A. Meregaglia , T. Mitani , Y. Nagasaka , J. Naganoma , H. Naito , S. Narita , G. Natterer , K. Nishikawa , A. Okamoto , H. Okamoto , F. Petrolo , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , C. Strabel , M. Tanaka , T. Viant , Y. Yamanoi , K. Yorita , M. Yoshioka

A laserball calibration device for the SNO+ scintillator phase

Located 2 km underground in SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada, SNO+ is a large scale liquid scintillator experiment that primarily aims to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. Whilst SNO+ has light and radioactive calibration sources external…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-19 S. Valder , A. Gibson-Foster , E. Falk , S. J. M. Peeters , C. Mills , M. Nirkko , M. Rigan , J. Sinclair

Passive low energy nuclear recoil detection with color centers -- PALEOCCENE

The PALEOCCENE concept offers the potential for room-temperature, passive and robust detectors in the gram to kilogram range for the detection of low-energy nuclear recoil events. Nuclear recoil events can be caused by neutron scattering,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-11 Krystal Alfonso , Gabriela R. Araujo , Laura Baudis , Nathaniel Bowden , Bernadette K. Cogswell , Anna Erickson , Michelle Galloway , Adam A. Hecht , Rathsara R. H. Herath Mudiyanselage , Patrick Huber , Igor Jovanovic , Giti A. Khodaparast , Brenden A. Magill , Thomas O'Donnell , Nicholas W. G. Smith , Xianyi Zhang

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant for light dark matter interactions. In this work, we present…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-14 F. Acerbi , P. Adhikari , P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Angiolilli , E. Aprile , M. Atzori Corona , D. J. Auty , M. Ave , I. C. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , A. I. Barrado Olmedo , P. Barrillon , G. Batignani , S. Bharat , P. Bhowmick , S. Blua , V. Bocci , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , T. Braun , A. Buchowicz , S. Bussino , J. Busto , M. Cadeddu , R. Calabrese , V. Camillo , A. Caminata , N. Canci , M. Caravati , M. Cárdenas-Montes , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , P. Cavalcante , S. Cebrian , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , S. Choudhary , L. Cifarelli , B. Cleveland , Y. Coadou , I. Coarasa , V. Cocco , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , A. F. V. Cortez , B. S. Costa , M. Czubak , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , A. Dainty , G. Darbo , S. Davini , R. de Asmundis , S. De Cecco , M. De Napoli , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , L. Di Noto , P. Di Stefano , L. K. Dias , D. Díaz Mairena , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , V. Dronik , A. Elersich , T. Erjavec , N. Fearon , M. Fernández Díaz , L. Ferro , A. Ficorella , G. Fiorillo , D. Fleming , P. Franchini , D. Franco , H. Frandini Gatti , E. Frolov , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Galiński , G. Gallina , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gawdzik , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , L. Grandi , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , J. Guerrero Cánovas , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , A. L. Hallin , M. Haranczyk , B. Harrop , T. Hessel , C. Hidalgo , J. Hollingham , J. Hu , F. Hubaut , D. Huff , T. Hugues , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , A. Jamil , C. Jillings , R. Keloth , N. Kemmerich , M. Kimura , A. Klenin , K. Kondo , G. Korga , L. Kotsiopoulou , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , P. Kunzé , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. Kuzwa , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , A. Leoni , L. Lidey , J. Lipp , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , O. Lychagina , O. Macfadyen , I. Machts , I. N. Machulin , S. Manecki , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Marasciulli , S. M. Mari , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , M. Martinez , C. J. Martoff , G. Matteucci , K. Mavrokoridis , A. B. McDonald , S. Merzi , A. Messina , R. Milincic , S. Minutoli , A. Mitra , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , A. Morsy , V. N. Muratova , M. Murra , P. Musico , R. Nania , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , E. Nikoloudaki , I. Nikulin , J. Nowak , K. Olchanski , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , A. Padmanabhan , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , D. Papi , B. Park , G. Pastuszak , G. Paternoster , R. Pavarani , A. Peck , K. Pelczar , R. Perez , V. Pesudo , S. Piacentini , N. Pino , G. Plante , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , E. Preosti , D. Price , M. Pronesti , S. Puglia , M. Queiroga Bazetto , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , A. Ramirez , S. Ravinthiran , M. Razeti , A. L. Renshaw , A. Repond , M. Rescigno , S. Resconi , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , A. Ritchie-Yates , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , D. Rudik , J. Runge , M. A. Sabia , D. Sablone , P. Salomone , O. Samoylov , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , E. M. Santos , I. Sargeant , M. L. Sarsa , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , F. G. Schuckman , D. A. Semenov , C. Seoane , M. Sestu , V. Shalamova , S. Sharma Poudel , A. Sheshukov , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , F. Spadoni , M. Spangenberg , A. Steri , V. Stornelli , S. Stracka , A. Sung , C. Sunny , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , O. Taborda , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , G. Testera , K. Thieme , A. Thompson , S. Torres-Lara , A. Tricomi , S. Tullio , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Van Uffelen , P. Ventura , G. Vera Díaz , S. Viel , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , B. Vyas , M. Wada , M. Walczak , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , L. Williams , M. M. Wojcik , M. Wojcik , C. Yang , J. Yin , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

The GAP-TPC

Several experiments have been conducted worldwide, with the goal of observing low-energy nuclear recoils induced by WIMPs scattering off target nuclei in ultra-sensitive, low-background detectors. In the last few decades noble liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-23 B. Rossi , A. Anastasio , A. Boiano , S. Catalanotti , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , P. Di Meo , G. Longo , A. Vanzanella , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , G. Fiorillo

Improvement and Characterisation of the ArCLight Large-Area Dielectric Light Detector for Liquid-Argon Time Projection Chambers

The detection of scintillation light in noble-liquid detectors is necessary for identifying neutrino interaction candidates from beam, astrophysical, or solar sources. Large monolithic detectors typically have highly efficient light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-05 Jonas Bürgi , Livio Calivers , Richard Diurba , Fabian Frieden , Anja Gauch , Laura Francesca Iacob , Igor Kreslo , Jan Kunzmann , Saba Parsa , Michele Weber

Cosmic Ray Measurements Using Charge and Light Readout in a Pixelated Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid argon time projection chambers have emerged as a competitive technology for detecting solar neutrinos. The SoLAr collaboration was formed to explore argon detectors with pixelated light and charge readout, aiming for high detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-12 SoLAr Collaboration , N. Anfimov , A. Branca , J. Bürgi , L. Calivers , P. Carniti , E. Calvo , E. Cristaldo , C. Cuesta , F. Declich , R. Diurba , P. Dunne , D. A. Dwyer , J. Evans , A. C. Ezeribe , A. Gauch , I. Gil-Botella , C. Gotti , S. Greenberg , D. Guffanti , A. Karcher , J. Kunzmann , N. Lane , S. Manthey Corchado , N. McConkey , A. Minotti , A. Navrer-Agasson , S. Parsa , G. Pessina , G. Ruiz Ferreira , B. Russell , S. Söldner-Rembold , A. M. Szelc , A. Tapper , F. Terranova , C. Tognina , D. Trotta , S. Tufanli , H. Vieira de Souza , G. Vitti Stenico , A. Verdugo , M. Weber , I. Xiotidis

LANNDD - A line of liquid argon TPC detectors scalable in mass from 200 Tons to 100 Ktons

A scalable line of liquid argon TPC detectors is described, based on a three dimensional cubic frame array immersed on a common liquid argon volume. The paper describes general lines, main construction criteria, crucial points, parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-20 David B. Cline , Fabrizio Raffaelli , Franco Sergiampietri

LArIAT: Liquid Argon In A Testbeam

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are ideal detectors for precision neutrino physics. These detectors, when located deep underground, can also be used for measurements of proton decay, and astrophysical neutrinos. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-01 J. Paley , D. Gastler , E. Kearns , R. Linehan , R. Patterson , W. Foremen , J. Ho , D. Schmitz , R. Johnson , J. St. John , R. Acciarri , P. Adamson , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , B. Baller , A. Hahn , D. Jensen , T. Junk , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , P. Kryczynski , H. Lippincott , A. Marchionni , K. Nishikawa , J. Raaf , E. Ramberg , B. Rebel , M. Stancari , G. Zeller , M. Wascko , T. Maruyama , E. Iwai , S. Kunori , C. Mauger , F. Blaszczyk , W. Metcalf , A. Olivier , M. Tzanov , J. Evans , P. Guzowski , C. Bromberg , D. Edmunds , D. Shooltz , R. Gran , A. Habig , K. Kaess , S. Dytman , J. Asaadi , M. Soderberg , J. Esquivel , A. Farbin , S. Park , J. Yu , J. Huang , K. Lang , R. Nichol , A. Holin , J. Thomas , M. Kordosky , M. Stephens , P. Vahle , B. T. Fleming , F. Cavanna , E. Church , E. Gramellini , O. Palamara , A. Szelc

Improved Spin-Dependent WIMP Limits from a Bubble Chamber

Bubble Chambers provided the dominant particle detection technology in accelerator experiments for several decades, eventually falling into disuse with the advent of other techniques. We report here on the first period of operation of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 E. Behnke , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , K. Crum , M. Crisler , M. Hu , I. Levine , D. Nakazawa , H. Nguyen , B. Odom , E. Ramberg , J. Rasmussen , N. Riley , A. Sonnenschein , M. Szydagis , R. Tschirhart

Nuclear recoil response of liquid xenon and its impact on solar 8B neutrino and dark matter searches

Knowledge of the ionization and scintillation responses of liquid xenon (LXe) to nuclear recoils is crucial for LXe-based dark matter experiments. Current calibrations carry large uncertainties in the low-energy region below $\sim3$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-09 X. Xiang , R. J. Gaitskell , R. Liu , J. Bang , J. Xu , W. H. Lippincott , J. Aalbers , J. E. Y. Dobson , M. Szydagis , G. R. C. Rischbieter , N. Parveen , D. Q. Huang , I. Olcina , R. J. James , J. A. Nikoleyczik

Stable operation with gain of a double phase Liquid Argon LEM-TPC with a 1 mm thick segmented LEM

In this paper we present results from a test of a small Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric device capable of charge amplification,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-28 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant