Publications (17)
Recent Developments of the VOXES Von Hamos X-ray Spectrometer for Laboratory XES and XAS Studies
Simone Manti, Alberto Clozza, Gabriel Moskal +5
VOXES is a Von Hamos X-ray spectrometer developed at the INFN National Laboratories of Frascati for high-resolution laboratory X-ray spectroscopy in the 5--20~keV range. It uses cu…
Low-energy Antikaon Interaction with Nuclei: The AMADEUS Challenge
Johann Marton, Massimilliano Bazzi, Giovanni Bellotti +25
The low-energy strong interaction of antikaons (K-) with nuclei has many facets and rep- resents a lively and challenging research field. It is interconnected to the peculiar role…
Extended X-ray energy characterization of SIDDHARTA-2 large-area Silicon Drift Detectors up to 50 keV
Francesco Clozza, Francesco Sgaramella, Leonardo Abbene +38
The SIDDHARTA-2 experiment at the DANE collider of INFN-LNF performs high precision light kaonic atoms X-ray spectroscopy to investigate the kaon-nucleon(s) strong interaction…
First Linearity and Stability Characterization for CZT Detection System in a ee Collider Environment
Leonardo Abbene, Francesco Artibani, Manuele Bettelli +40
The SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration built a new cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT, CdZnTe)-based X-ray detection system, used for the first time in the DANE electron-positron collider at I…
CZT Detectors for kaonic atoms spectroscopy
Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli +36
Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors offer excellent room-temperature energy resolution, making them well suited for X- and -ray spectroscopy in challenging environments. Wit…
Strongest atomic physics bounds on Non-Commutative Quantum Gravity Models
Kristian Piscicchia, Andrea Addazi, Antonino Marciano +18
Investigations of possible violations of the Pauli Exclusion Principle represent critical tests of the microscopic space-time structure and properties. Space-time non-commutativity…
Silicon Drift Detectors spectroscopic response during the SIDDHARTA-2 Kaonic Helium run at the DAΦNE collider
Marco Miliucci, Massimiliano Bazzi, Damir Bosnar +30
A large-area Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) system has been developed by the SIDDHARTA2 collaboration for high precision light kaonic atoms X-ray spectroscopy at the DAΦNE collide…
The FragmentatiOn Of Target Experiment (FOOT) and its DAQ system
Silvia Biondi, Andrey Alexandrov, Behcet Alpat +92
The FragmentatiOn Of Target (FOOT) experiment aims to provide precise nuclear cross-section measurements for two different fields: hadrontherapy and radio-protection in space. The…
Intermediate Mass Kaonic Atoms at DANE
Francesco Artibani, Francesco Clozza, Massimiliano Bazzi +36
The SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration aims to measure for the first time the shift and width induced on the level of kaonic deuterium by the strong interaction. In the preliminary pha…
Detecting Iron Oxidation States in Liquids with the VOXES Bragg Spectrometer
Simone Manti, Marco Miliucci, Alessandro Scordo +9
Determining the oxidation states of metals assumes great importance in various applications because a variation in the oxidation number can drastically influence the material prope…
Experimental test of Non-Commutative Quantum Gravity by VIP-2 Lead
Kristian Piscicchia, Andrea Addazi, Antonino Marciano +18
Pauli Exclusion Principle (PEP) violations induced by space-time non-commutativity, a class of universality for several models of Quantum Gravity, are investigated by the VIP-2 Lea…
Kaonic Copper and Fluorine Absolute Yields Measurement with a CZT-based Detection System at DANE
Francesco Artibani, Simone Manti, Leonardo Abbene +36
\noindent In this work, new measurements of absolute X-ray yields for several transitions in kaonic copper and, for the first time, in kaonic fluorine are reported. The data were c…
Probing Nuclear Structure with Kaonic Atoms through E2 Resonance Mixing
Simone Manti, Luca De Paolis, Leonardo Abbene +33
Kaonic atoms provide a unique laboratory to investigate the interplay between atomic, nuclear, and strong-interaction physics. In heavy nuclei, atomic transitions can couple to low…
Biophotons -- new experimental data and analysis
M. Benfatto, E. Pace, I. Davoli +8
Biophotons are an ultra-weak emission of photons in the visible energy range from living matter. In this work, we study the emission from germinating seeds using an experimental te…
Time-based Selection of Kaonic Atom X-ray Events with Quasi-Hemispherical CZT Detectors at the DAFNE collider
Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli +37
This work presents the results of a time-based event selection for searching X-ray signals from kaonic atom X-ray transition using a single quasi-hemispherical Cadmium-Zinc-Telluri…
Machine Learning Optimization of BEGe Detector Event Selection in the VIP Experiment
Simone Manti, Jason Yip, Massimiliano Bazzi +19
The VIP collaboration operates a Broad Energy Germanium detector at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory to measure radiation in the few keV to 100 keV range, aiming to search for sp…
EXKALIBUR: Towards a Kaonic Atoms Periodic Table to test Fundamental Interactions
Simone Manti, Leonardo Abbene, Francesco Artibani +34
Kaonic atoms, formed when a negatively charged kaon replaces an electron, provide a unique laboratory to test fundamental interactions at low energies. EXKALIBUR (EXtensive Kaonic…