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astro-ph.IM2025

Ge-based Quantum Sensors for Low-Energy Physics

D. -M. Mei, N. Budhathoki, S. A. Panamaldeniya +5

We present \textbf{GeQuLEP} (Germanium-based Quantum Sensors for Low-Energy Physics), a conceptual design for an advanced quantum sensing platform integrating high-purity germanium…

hep-ex2025

First Results on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the LEGEND-200 Experiment

H. Acharya, N. Ackermann, M. Agostini +256

The LEGEND collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta () decay by operating high-purity germanium detectors enriched in Ge in a low-background liquid a…

physics.ins-det2025

Evaluating the Effective Segregation Coefficient in High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) Crystals for Ge Detector Development in Rare-Event Searches

S. Chhetri, D. -M. Mei, S. Bhattarai +5

The performance and scalability of rare-event physics experiments depend on large-volume, detector-grade high-purity germanium (HPGe) crystals with precise control of impurity segr…

physics.ins-det2026

Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment

The LEGEND Collaboration, H. Acharya, M. Agostini +259

This paper describes the energy scale procedures and germanium detectors performance in the LEGEND-200 experiment, a critical component for the first unblinding in the search for n…

hep-ph2025

Probing low-mass dark matter from sub-MeV to sub-GeV with germanium-based quantum phononic spectroscopy

D. -M. Mei, N. Budhathoki, S. A. Panamaldeniya +5

We present a germanium phonon-to-charge transducer that integrates a slow-phonon phononic-crystal (PnC) region with radio-frequency quantum point-contact (RF-QPC) readout at 4 K, a…

quant-ph2025

Phonon-Coupled Hole-Spin Qubits in High-Purity Germanium: Design and Modeling of a Scalable Architecture

D. -M. Mei, S. A. Panamaldeniya, K. Dong +3

We present a design and modeling of a scalable quantum processor architecture utilizing hole-spin qubits defined in gate-controlled germanium (Ge) quantum dots, where coherent spin…