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Publications (26)

physics.ins-det2020

A density-based clustering algorithm for the CYGNO data analysis

E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26

Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) working in combination with Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) produce a very sensitive detector capable of observing low energy events. This is achiev…

physics.ins-det2026

Upgrade of the Trigger and Data Acquisition System for Continuous Imaging and Multi-Camera Operation in CYGNO

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

The CYGNO experiment employs an optical readout to image particle interactions in a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC), combining cameras and photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to ach…

physics.ins-det2015

A facility to Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) at the CERN SPS

SHiP Collaboration, M. Anelli, S. Aoki +233

A new general purpose fixed target facility is proposed at the CERN SPS accelerator which is aimed at exploring the domain of hidden particles and make measurements with tau neutri…

hep-ex2018

Search for at NA62

NA62 Collaboration, G. Aglieri Rinella, R. Aliberti +249

is one of the theoretically cleanest meson decay where to look for indirect effects of new physics complementary to LHC searches. The NA62 exp…

physics.ins-det2026

Fast reconstruction-based ROI triggering via anomaly detection in the CYGNO optical TPC

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

Optical-readout Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) produce megapixel-scale images whose fine-grained topological information is essential for rare-event searches, but whose size chall…

physics.ins-det2024

Enhancing the light yield of He:CF based gaseous detector

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +51

The CYGNO experiment aims to build a large ( m) directional detector for rare event searches, such as nuclear recoils (NRs) induced by dark matter (DM), such a…

physics.ins-det2023

The CYGNO experiment, a directional detector for direct Dark Matter searches

F. D. Amaro, E. Baracchini, L. Benussi +44

The CYGNO project aims at the development of a high precision optical readout gaseous Tima Projection Chamber (TPC) for directional dark matter (DM) searches, to be hosted at Labor…

hep-ex2014

Prospects for at CERN in NA62

G. Aglieri Rinella, R. Aliberti, F. Ambrosino +201

The NA62 experiment will begin taking data in 2015. Its primary purpose is a 10% measurement of the branching ratio of the ultrarare kaon decay , using th…

physics.ins-det2020

Characterisation and performance of the PADME electromagnetic calorimeter

P. Albicocco, J. Alexander, F. Bossi +42

The PADME experiment at the LNF Beam Test Facility searches for dark photons produced in the annihilation of positrons with the electrons of a fix target. The strategy is to look f…

physics.ins-det2026

Dark Matter Sensitivity of the CYGNO Detector with HFO-1234ze Enhanced Gas Mixtures

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +42

The CYGNO collaboration introduces an innovative approach to direct dark matter detection, proposing a high-resolution optical Time Projection Chamber. It operates at atmospheric p…

physics.ins-det2019

Characterization and Performance of PADME's Cherenkov-Based Small-Angle Calorimeter

A. Frankenthal, J. Alexander, B. Buonomo +22

The PADME experiment, at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF), in Italy, will search for invisible decays of the hypothetical dark photon via the process $e^+e^-\rightarrow Î…

physics.ins-det2024

Charge Amplification in Low Pressure CF4:SF6:He Mixtures with a Multi-Mesh ThGEM for Directional Dark Matter Searches

F. D. Amaro, E. Baracchini, L. Benussi +46

The CYGNO collaboration is developing next generation directional Dark Matter (DM) detection experiments, using gaseous Time Projection Chambers (TPCs), as a robust method for iden…

physics.ins-det2025

Characterization of cutting-edge CMOS Active Pixel sensors within the CYGNO Experiment

B. D. Almeida, F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti +43

Time Projection Chambers equipped with Gas Electron Multipliers and optical readout by scientific CMOS cameras are a promising technology for low-energy particle detection, as demo…

physics.ins-det2026

He-CF4-CH4 ternary mixtures as target gas for the CYGNO directional dark matter experiment

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

The CYGNO collaboration is advancing a high-resolution optical Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for directional dark matter searches and solar neutrino spectroscopy at LNGS. The detec…

physics.ins-det2026

Characterization of field cage and cathode for low radioactivity operation with the CYGNO experiment

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +48

Dark matter, which is considered to account for approximately the 27% of the Universe's energy-mass content, remains an open issue in modern particle physics along with its composi…

physics.ins-det2020

First evidence of luminescence in a He/CF gas mixture induced by non-ionizing electrons

E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +25

Optical readout of Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) provides very interesting performances and has been proposed for different applications in particle physics. In particular, thanks…

physics.ins-det2020

A 1 m Gas Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout for Directional Dark Matter Searches: the CYGNO Experiment

E. Baracchini, R. Bedogni, F. Bellini +25

The aim of the CYGNO project is the construction and operation of a 1~m gas TPC for directional dark matter searches and coherent neutrino scattering measurements, as a prototy…

physics.ins-det2020

Stability and detection performance of a GEM-based Optical Readout TPC with He/CF gas mixtures

E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26

The performance and long term stability of an optically readout Time Projection Chamber with an electron amplification structure based on three Gas Electron Multipliers was studied…

physics.ins-det2026

The CYGNO experiment: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for rare events searches

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +39

The CYGNO collaboration is developing a novel strategy for directional Dark Matter searches based on a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC). The detector is optimized for the expl…

physics.ins-det2020

CYGNO: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for dark matter directional search

E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26

The CYGNO project has the goal to use a gaseous TPC with optical readout to detect dark matter and solar neutrinos with low energy threshold and directionality. The CYGNO demonstra…

physics.ins-det2022

Commissioning of the PADME experiment with a positron beam

P. Albicocco, R. Assiro, F. Bossi +53

The PADME experiment is designed to search for a hypothetical dark photon produced in positron-electron annihilation using a bunched positron beam at the Beam Test Fac…

physics.ins-det2021

Performance of an optically read out time projection chamber with ultra-relativistic electrons

V. C. Antochi, E. Baracchini, L. Benussi +28

The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is an ideal candidate to finely study the charged particle ionization in a gaseous medium. Large volumes TPCs can be read out with a suitable numb…

physics.ins-det2026

Simulation of the CYGNO Gaseous TPC Optical Readout

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

Gaseous Time Projection Chambers with Optical Readout are sensitive detectors suitable for 3D measurement of low-energy O(1 keV) particles and are proposed for detecting rare event…

physics.ins-det2026

Trigger Optimization and Event Classification for Dark Matter Searches in the CYGNO Experiment Using Machine Learning

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +40

The CYGNO experiment employs an optical-readout Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to search for rare low-energy interactions using finely resolved scintillation images. While the optic…

physics.ins-det2026

First Optical Observation of Negative Ion Drift at Surface Pressure

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

We report the first observation of Negative Ion Drift (NID) at surface pressure of mbar at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in a He:CF:SF mixture using an op…

physics.ins-det2017

High-resolution tracking in a GEM-Emulsion detector

A. Alexandrov, G. Bencivenni, M. Bertani +15

SHiP (Search for Hidden Particles) is a beam dump experiment proposed at the CERN SPS aiming at the observation of long lived particles very weakly coupled with ordinary matter mos…