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Publications (17)

physics.app-ph2026

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…

nucl-ex2016

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…

physics.ins-det2026

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…

physics.ins-det2024

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…

physics.ins-det2026

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…

hep-th2022

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…

physics.ins-det2021

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…

physics.ins-det2020

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…

nucl-ex2024

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…

physics.app-ph2023

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…

hep-th2022

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…

nucl-ex2026

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…

nucl-ex2026

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…

physics.bio-ph2023

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…

physics.ins-det2025

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…

physics.ins-det2025

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…

nucl-ex2025

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…