Publications (26)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…