Publications (60)
Study of tau neutrinos and non-unitary neutrino mixing with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +274
Oscillations of atmospheric muon and electron neutrinos produce tau neutrinos with energies in the GeV range, which can be observed by the ORCA detector of the KM3NeT neutrino tele…
Electron shakeoff following the \b{eta}+ decay of 19Ne+ and 35Ar+ trapped ions
X. Fabian, X. Fléchard, B. Pons +16
The electron shakeoff of 19F and 35Cl atoms resulting from the \b{eta}+ decay of 19Ne+ and 35Ar+ ions has been investigated using a Paul trap coupled to a time of flight recoil-ion…
Atmospheric neutrino constraints on Lorentz invariance violation with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +294
Lorentz invariance is a fundamental symmetry underlying both the Standard Model of particle physics and General Relativity. Testing its validity provides a direct means of searchin…
Search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +285
The existence of an eV-scale sterile neutrino has been proposed to explain several anomalous experimental results obtained over the course of the past 25 years. The first search fo…
Development of a Quality Assurance Process for the SoLid Experiment
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, G. Ban +53
The SoLid experiment has been designed to search for an oscillation pattern induced by a light sterile neutrino state, utilising the BR2 reactor of SCKCEN, in Belgium. The…
Probing New Physics Models of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with SuperNEMO
R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. Baker +79
The possibility to probe new physics scenarios of light Majorana neutrino exchange and right-handed currents at the planned next generation neutrinoless double beta decay experimen…
The Online Data Filter for the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescopes
O. Adriani, S. Aiello, A. Albert +279
The KM3NeT research infrastructure comprises two neutrino telescopes located in the deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea, namely ORCA and ARCA. KM3NeT/ORCA is designed for the meas…
Search for Very-Short-Baseline Oscillations of Reactor Antineutrinos with the SoLid Detector
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, L. Arnold +57
In this letter we report the first scientific result based on antineutrinos emitted from the BR2 reactor at SCK CEN. The SoLid experiment uses a novel type of highly granular detec…
gSeaGen code by KM3NeT: an efficient tool to propagate muons simulated with CORSIKA
S. Aiello, A. Albert, A. R. Alhebsi +260
The KM3NeT Collaboration has tackled a common challenge faced by the astroparticle physics community, namely adapting the experiment-specific simulation software to work with the C…
The BiPo-3 detector for the measurement of ultra low natural radioactivities of thin materials
A. S. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville, E. Birdsall +93
The BiPo-3 detector, running in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, LSC, Spain) since 2013, is a low-radioactivity detector dedicated to meas…
Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment
NEMO Collaboration, J. Argyriades, R. Arnold +62
In the double beta decay experiment NEMO~3 a precise knowledge of the background in the signal region is of outstanding importance. This article presents the methods used in NEMO~3…
KM3NeT Constraint on Lorentz-Violating Superluminal Neutrino Velocity
KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, S. Aiello +290
Lorentz invariance is a fundamental symmetry of spacetime and foundational to modern physics. One of its most important consequences is the constancy of the speed of light. This in…
Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of Mo with the NEMO-3 Detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +81
We report the results of a search for the neutrinoless double- decay (0) of Mo, using the NEMO-3 detector to reconstruct the full topology of the final state ev…
Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +260
KM3NeT/ORCA is a water Cherenkov neutrino detector under construction and anchored at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The detector is designed to study oscillations of atmosph…
Constraining gamma-ray burst parameters with the first ultra-high energy neutrino event KM3-230213A
KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +278
Context: The detection of the highest energy neutrino observed to date by KM3NeT, with an estimated energy of 220 PeV, opens up new possibilities for the study and identification o…
Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator
X. Aguerre, A. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville +77
The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of \textsuperscript{82}Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter.…
Measurement of the double-beta decay half-life and search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of with the NEMO-3 detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +96
The NEMO-3 experiment at the Modane Underground Laboratory has investigated the double- decay of . Using yr of data recorded with a sample…
Embedded Software of the KM3NeT Central Logic Board
S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre +271
The KM3NeT Collaboration is building and operating two deep sea neutrino telescopes at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The telescopes consist of latices of photomultiplier tub…
Measurement of the Decay Half-Life and Search for the Decay of Cd with the NEMO-3 Detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +94
The NEMO-3 experiment measured the half-life of the decay and searched for the decay of Cd. Using g of Cd installed in the detector with a…
Calorimeter development for the SuperNEMO double beta decay experiment
A. S. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville, S. Blot +95
SuperNEMO is a double- decay experiment, which will employ the successful tracker-calorimeter technique used in the recently completed NEMO-3 experiment. SuperNEMO will impleme…
Search for Neutrino Emission from GRB 221009A using the KM3NeT ARCA and ORCA detectors
S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi +273
Gamma-ray bursts are promising candidate sources of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. The recent GRB 221009A event, identified as the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected, pr…
Measurement of the distribution of Bi depositions on calibration sources for SuperNEMO
R. Arnold, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +97
The SuperNEMO experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (), and study the Standard-Model double-beta decay process (). The SuperNEMO technology ca…
Detailed studies of Mo two-neutrino double beta decay in NEMO-3
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +103
The full data set of the NEMO-3 experiment has been used to measure the half-life of the two-neutrino double beta decay of Mo to the ground state of Ru, $T_{1/2} =…
Combined sensitivity of JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA to the neutrino mass ordering
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +275
This article presents the potential of a combined analysis of the JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA experiments to determine the neutrino mass ordering. This combination is particularly interes…
Probing invisible neutrino decay with KM3NeT-ORCA
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +252
In the era of precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters, upcoming neutrino experiments will also be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard Model. KM3NeT/ORCA…
Implementation and first results of the KM3NeT real-time core-collapse supernova neutrino search
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +242
The KM3NeT research infrastructure is under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. KM3NeT will study atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos with two multi-purpose neutrino detecto…
Testing Heavy Dark Matter Decay as the Origin of KM3-230213A
KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, J. A. Aguilar +287
This work explores the hypothesis that the ultra-high-energy neutrino event KM3-230213A originates from the decay of a heavy dark matter particle with a mass above PeV scale. The a…
Search for Periodic Modulations of the Rate of Double-Beta Decay of Mo in the NEMO-3 Detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +105
Double-beta decays of Mo from the 6.0195-year exposure of a 6.914 kg high-purity sample were recorded by the NEMO-3 experiment that searched for neutrinoless double-beta de…
Search for neutrinoless quadruple- decay of Nd with the NEMO-3 detector
R. Arnold, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +96
We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple- decay of Nd using a total exposure of $0.1…
Nanobeacon: A time calibration device for the KM3NeT neutrino telescope
S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi +238
The KM3NeT Collaboration is currently constructing a multi-site high-energy neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea consisting of matrices of pressure-resistant glass spheres,…
Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors
J. Argyriades, R. Arnold, C. Augier +90
We have constructed a GEANT4-based detailed software model of photon transport in plastic scintillator blocks and have used it to study the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO calorimeters employ…
Search for non-standard neutrino interactions with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
S. Aiello, A. Albert, A. R. Alhebsi +261
KM3NeT/ORCA is an underwater neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. Its primary scientific goal is to measure the atmospheric neutrino oscillation paramete…
The Power Board of the KM3NeT Digital Optical Module: design, upgrade, and production
S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre +281
The KM3NeT Collaboration is building an underwater neutrino observatory at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea consisting of two neutrino telescopes, both composed of a three-dimen…
Measurement of double- decay of Nd to the 0 excited state of Sm in NEMO-3
3 Collaboration, X. Aguerre, R. Arnold +92
The NEMO-3 results for the double- decay of Nd to the 0 and 2 excited states of Sm are reported. The data recorded during 5.25 yr with 36.6 g of the…
The E00-110 experiment in Jefferson Lab's Hall A: Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering off the Proton at 6 GeV
M. Defurne, M. Amaryan, K. A. Aniol +78
We present final results on the photon electroproduction () cross section in the deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) regime and the valence quark reg…
Optimizing the potential of KM3NeT in detecting core-collapse supernovae
KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +285
Core-collapse supernovae mark the end of life of massive stars. However, despite their importance in astrophysics, their underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Neutrinos that emerge…
A novel segmented-scintillator antineutrino detector
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, L. Arnold +53
The next generation of very-short-baseline reactor experiments will require compact detectors operating at surface level and close to a nuclear reactor. This paper presents a new d…
Searches for neutrino counterparts of gravitational waves from the LIGO/Virgo third observing run with KM3NeT
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +273
The KM3NeT neutrino telescope is currently being deployed at two different sites in the Mediterranean Sea. First searches for astrophysical neutrinos have been performed using data…
Measurement of the 2 decay half-life of Nd and a search for 0 decay processes with the full exposure from the NEMO-3 detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +92
We present results from a search for neutrinoless double- () decay using 36.6 g of the isotope Nd with data corresponding to a live time of 5.25 y recorded wit…
The G0 Experiment: Apparatus for Parity-Violating Electron Scattering Measurements at Forward and Backward Angles
G0 Collaboration, D. Androic, D. S. Armstrong +127
In the G0 experiment, performed at Jefferson Lab, the parity-violating elastic scattering of electrons from protons and quasi-elastic scattering from deuterons is measured in order…
On the Potential Galactic Origin of the Ultra-High-Energy Event KM3-230213A
O. Adriani, S. Aiello, A. Albert +286
The KM3NeT observatory detected the most energetic neutrino candidate ever observed, with an energy between 72 PeV and 2.6 EeV at the 90% confidence level. The observed neutrino is…
Prospects for combined analyses of hadronic emission from -ray sources in the Milky Way with CTA and KM3NeT
T. Unbehaun, L. Mohrmann, S. Funk +271
The Cherenkov Telescope Array and the KM3NeT neutrino telescopes are major upcoming facilities in the fields of -ray and neutrino astronomy, respectively. Possible simultaneous…
Search for the double-beta decay of 82Se to the excited states of 82Kr with NEMO-3
3 collaboration, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +104
The double-beta decay of 82Se to the 0+1 excited state of 82Kr has been studied with the NEMO-3 detector using 0.93 kg of enriched 82Se measured for 4.75 y, corresponding to an exp…
Commissioning and Operation of the Readout System for the SoLid Neutrino Detector
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, G. Ban +53
The SoLid experiment aims to measure neutrino oscillation at a baseline of 6.4 m from the BR2 nuclear reactor in Belgium. Anti-neutrinos interact via inverse beta decay (IBD), resu…
Final results on Se double beta decay to the ground state of Kr from the NEMO-3 experiment
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +96
Using data from the NEMO-3 experiment, we have measured the two-neutrino double beta decay () half-life of Se as $T_{1/2}^{2ν} = \left[ 9.39 \pm 0.17\,\left(\mbox{…
Measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector
J. Argyriades, R. Arnold, C. Augier +66
Using 9.4 g of Zr-96 and 1221 days of data from the NEMO-3 detector corresponding to 0.031 kg yr, the obtained 2vbb decay half-life measurement is [2.35 +/- 0.14(stat) +/- 0.16(sys…
The ultra-high-energy event KM3-230213A within the global neutrino landscape
KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, S. Aiello +290
On February 13th, 2023, the KM3NeT/ARCA telescope detected a neutrino candidate with an estimated energy in the hundreds of PeVs. In this article, the observation of this ultra-hig…
Probing invisible neutrino decay with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
S. Aiello, A. Albert, A. R. Alhebsi +273
In the era of precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters, it is necessary for experiments to disentangle discrepancies that may indicate physics beyond the Standard…
First Searches for Dark Matter with the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescopes
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +262
Indirect dark matter detection methods are used to observe the products of dark matter annihilations or decays originating from astrophysical objects where large amounts of dark ma…
Search for quantum decoherence in neutrino oscillations with six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
S. Aiello, A. Albert, A. R. Alhebsi +259
Neutrinos described as an open quantum system may interact with the environment which introduces stochastic perturbations to their quantum phase. This mechanism leads to a loss of…
SoLid: A short baseline reactor neutrino experiment
SoLid Collaboration, Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis +59
The SoLid experiment, short for Search for Oscillations with a Lithium-6 detector, is a new generation neutrino experiment which tries to address the key challenges for high precis…
Indication for the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos in the Double Chooz experiment
Y. Abe, C. Aberle, T. Akiri +182
The Double Chooz Experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. A ratio of 0.944 0.016 (stat) 0…
The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors
Double Chooz Collaboration, H. de Kerret, Y. Abe +247
This article describes the setup and performance of the near and far detectors in the Double Chooz experiment. The electron antineutrinos of the Chooz nuclear power plant were meas…
Results of the BiPo-1 prototype for radiopurity measurements for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils
J. Argyriades, R. Arnold, C. Augier +86
The development of BiPo detectors is dedicated to the measurement of extremely high radiopurity in Tl and Bi for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils. A mod…
Astronomy potential of KM3NeT/ARCA
S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi +275
The KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino detector is currently under construction at 3500 m depth offshore Capo Passero, Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea. The main science objectives are the detec…
Optimisation of the scintillation light collection and uniformity for the SoLid experiment
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, W. Beaumont +48
This paper presents a comprehensive optimisation study to maximise the light collection efficiency of scintillating cube elements used in the SoLid detector. Very short baseline re…
Performance of a full scale prototype detector at the BR2 reactor for the SoLid experiment
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, L. Arnold +48
The SoLid collaboration has developed a new detector technology to detect electron anti-neutrinos at close proximity to the Belgian BR2 reactor at surface level. A 288kg protot…
Result of the search for neutrinoless double- decay in Mo with the NEMO-3 experiment
R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. D. Baker +87
The NEMO-3 detector, which had been operating in the Modane Underground Laboratory from 2003 to 2010, was designed to search for neutrinoless double () decay. We repo…
G Electronics and Data Acquisition (Forward-Angle Measurements)
D. Marchand, J. Arvieux, L. Bimbot +26
The G parity-violation experiment at Jefferson Lab (Newport News, VA) is designed to determine the contribution of strange/anti-strange quark pairs to the intrinsic properties…
Measurement of the Double Beta Decay Half-life of 130Te with the NEMO-3 Detector
R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. Baker +67
This Letter reports results from the NEMO-3 experiment based on an exposure of 1275 days with 661g of 130Te in the form of enriched and natural tellurium foils. The double beta dec…