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hep-ex2025

The ANTARES detector: two decades of neutrino searches in the Mediterranean Sea

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André +138

Interest for studying cosmic neutrinos using deep-sea detectors has increase after the discovery of a diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos by the IceCube collaboration and the possibil…

nucl-ex2010

Proton spectra from Non-Mesonic Weak Decay of p-shell Lambda-Hypernuclei and evidence for the two-nucleon induced process

M. Agnello, A. Andronenkov, G. Beer +48

New spectra from the FINUDA experiment of the Non Mesonic Weak Decay (NMWD) proton kinetic energy for 9(Lambda)Be, 11(Lambda)B, 12(Lambda)C, 13(Lambda)C, 15 (Lambda)N and 16(Lambda…

astro-ph.HE2022

Limits on the nuclearite flux using the ANTARES neutrino telescope

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +143

In this work, a search for nuclearites of strange quark matter by using nine years of ANTARES data taken in the period 2009-2017 is presented. The passage through matter of these p…

hep-ex2025

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…

physics.ins-det2020

Imaging neutron capture cross sections: i-TED proof-of-concept and future prospects based on Machine-Learning techniques

V. Babiano-Suárez, J. Lerendegui-Marco, J. Balibrea-Correa +132

i-TED is an innovative detection system which exploits Compton imaging techniques to achieve a superior signal-to-background ratio in () cross-section measurements using time…

hep-ex2026

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…

hep-ex2025

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…

astro-ph.SR2025

Discovery of lambda Boo stars in open clusters

C. Saffe, J. Alacoria, A. Alejo +7

The origin of lambda Boo stars is currently unknown. After several efforts by many authors, no bona fide lambda Boo stars have been confirmed as members of open clusters. Their det…

astro-ph.IM2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for solar atmospheric neutrinos with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +145

Solar Atmospheric Neutrinos (SAs) are produced by the interaction of cosmic rays with the solar medium. The detection of SAs would provide useful information on the composi…

nucl-ex2014

First determination of the one-proton induced Non-Mesonic Weak Decay width of p-shell Λ-Hypernuclei

M. Agnello, L. Benussi, M. Bertani +24

Previous studies of proton and neutron spectra from Non-Mesonic Weak Decay of eight Lambda-Hypernuclei (A = 5-16) have been revisited. New values of the ratio of the two-nucleon an…

hep-ex2025

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…

astro-ph.SR2025

Searching for lambda Boo stars in binary systems

J. Alacoria, C. Saffe, A. Collado +7

Our goal is to find new candidate lambda Boo stars that belong to binary systems. A detailed abundance determination of some candidates could confirm their true lambda Boo nature,…

astro-ph.IM2016

Letter of Intent for KM3NeT 2.0

S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, F. Aharonian +244

The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are i) the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and ii) the determination of the mas…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for Spatial Correlations of Neutrinos with Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays

The ANTARES collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +1042

For several decades, the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) has been an unsolved question of high-energy astrophysics. One approach for solving this puzzle is to corr…

astro-ph.IM2025

Acoustic Positioning for Deep Sea Neutrino Telescopes with a System of Piezo Sensors Integrated into Glass Spheres

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André +137

Position calibration in the deep sea is typically done by means of acoustic multilateration using three or more acoustic emitters installed at known positions. Rather than using hy…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

nucl-ex2021

Analysis of two-nucleon transfer reactions in the 20Ne + 116Cd system at 306 MeV

D. Carbone, J. L. Ferreira, S. Calabrese +46

Background: Heavy-ion induced two-nucleon transfer reactions are powerful tools to reveal peculiar aspects of the atomic nucleus, such as pairing correlations, single-particle and…

nucl-ex2019

20Ne + 76Ge elastic and inelastic scattering at 306 MeV

A. Spatafora, F. Cappuzzello, D. Carbone +46

Background: Double charge exchange (DCE) nuclear reactions have recently attracted much interest as tools to provide experimentally driven information about nuclear matrix elements…

astro-ph.HE2024

Results of the follow-up of ANTARES neutrino alerts

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André +188

High-energy neutrinos could be produced in the interaction of charged cosmic rays with matter or radiation surrounding astrophysical sources. To look for transient sources associat…

nucl-ex2011

Study of some two-body non-mesonic decays of He and He

FINUDA Collaboration, M. Agnello, L. Benussi +36

The Non-Mesonic (NM) decay of and in two-body channels has been studied by the FINUDA Collaboration. Two-body NM decays of hypernuclei are…

physics.ins-det2020

Machine Learning aided 3D-position reconstruction in large LaCl crystals

J. Balibrea-Correa, J. Lerendegui-Marco, V. Babiano +5

We investigate five different models to reconstruct the 3D -ray hit coordinates in five large \lacls monolithic crystals optically coupled to pixelated silicon photomultipliers…

nucl-ex2011

An improved determination of the two--nucleon induced non mesonic weak decay of -hypernuclei

M. Agnello, L. Benussi, M. Bertani +36

The decay of -hypernuclei without pion emission, known as Non Mesonic Weak Decay (NMWD), gives an effective tool to investigate S=1 four-baryon interactions. It was theoret…

nucl-th2022

Multi-channel experimental and theoretical constraints for the Cd(Ne,F)In charge exchange reaction at 306 MeV

S. Burrello, S. Calabrese, F. Cappuzzello +43

Charge exchange (CE) reactions offer a major opportunity to excite nuclear isovector modes, providing clues about the nuclear interaction in the medium. Moreover, double charge exc…

astro-ph.HE2021

The KM3NeT potential for the next core-collapse supernova observation with neutrinos

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +245

The KM3NeT research infrastructure is under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of two water Cherenkov neutrino detectors, ARCA and ORCA, aimed at neutrino astrophys…

physics.ins-det2008

Technical Design Report for PANDA Electromagnetic Calorimeter (EMC)

PANDA Collaboration, W. Erni, I. Keshelashvili +407

This document presents the technical layout and the envisaged performance of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter (EMC) for the PANDA target spectrometer. The EMC has been designed to m…

physics.ins-det2025

Design and performance of the prototype of the new Particle Identification system for the MAGNEX spectrometer within the NUMEN project

C. Lombardo, D. Carbone, A. Spatafora +12

The MAGNEX large acceptance magnetic spectrometer is installed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN-LNS) in Catania. In the past,…

hep-ex2024

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…

astro-ph.HE2023

Searches for neutrinos in the direction of radio-bright blazars with the ANTARES telescope

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +162

Active galaxies, especially blazars, are among the most promising neutrino source candidates. To date, ANTARES searches for these objects considered GeV-TeV -ray bright blazars…

astro-ph.SR2020

KELT-17: a chemically peculiar Am star and a hot-Jupiter planet

C. Saffe, P. Miquelarena, J. Alacoria +6

Context. The detection of planets orbiting chemically peculiar stars is very scarcely known in the literature. Aims. To determine the detailed chemical composition of the remarkabl…

hep-ex2016

Experimental access to Transition Distribution Amplitudes with the PANDA experiment at FAIR

PANDA Collaboration, B. P. Singh, W. Erni +532

Baryon-to-meson Transition Distribution Amplitudes (TDAs) encoding valuable new information on hadron structure appear as building blocks in the collinear factorized description fo…

nucl-ex2015

emission rates in absorptions at rest on Li, Li, Be, C and O

FINUDA Collaboration, M. Agnello, L. Benussi +32

An experimental study of the reaction on Li, Li, Be, C and O -shell nuclei is presented. The data were collected b…

astro-ph.HE2023

Search for Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Coincidences Using HAWC and ANTARES Data

H. A. Ayala Solares, S. Coutu, D. Cowen +228

In the quest for high-energy neutrino sources, the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON) has implemented a new search by combining data from the High Altitude Wat…

hep-ex2012

Direct experimental evidence of the weak hypernucleus decay

M. Agnello, L. Benussi, M. Bertani +35

A direct experimental evidence of the occurrence of the weak reaction in nuclei has been obtained by the FINUDA experiment. Three events have been found that…

astro-ph.HE2026

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…

hep-ex2025

Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the Complete ANTARES Dataset

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André +137

This study presents a novel search for magnetic monopoles using data collected over a 14 year period (2008-2022) by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The interaction of magnetic mono…

astro-ph.HE2024

Review of the online analyses of multi-messenger alerts and electromagnetic transient events with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André +146

By constantly monitoring at least one complete hemisphere of the sky, neutrino telescopes are well designed to detect neutrinos emitted by transient astrophysical events. Real-time…

astro-ph.IM2023

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…

hep-ex2021

Determining the Neutrino Mass Ordering and Oscillation Parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre +239

The next generation of water Cherenkov neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea are under construction offshore France (KM3NeT/ORCA) and Sicily (KM3NeT/ARCA). The KM3NeT/ORCA d…

nucl-ex2018

The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay

F. Cappuzzello, C. Agodi, M. Cavallaro +68

The article describes the main achievements of the NUMEN project together with an updated and detailed overview of the related R&D activities and theoretical developments. NUMEN pr…

nucl-ex2006

A study of the proton spectra following the capture of in Li and C with FINUDA

M. Agnello, G. Beer, L. Benussi +55

Momenta spectra of protons emitted following the capture of in Li and C have been measured with 1% resolution. The C spectrum is smooth whereas for Li a…

hep-ex2021

PANDA Phase One

G. Barucca, F. Davì, G. Lancioni +421

The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany, provides unique possibilities for a new generation of hadron-, nuclear- and atomic physics experiments. T…

hep-ex2016

Feasibility studies of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors at PANDA at FAIR

PANDA Collaboration, B. Singh, W. Erni +502

Simulation results for future measurements of electromagnetic proton form factors at \PANDA (FAIR) within the PandaRoot software framework are reported. The statistical precision w…

physics.ins-det2021

Embedded software developments in KM3NeT phase I

V. van Beveren, D. Real, T. Chiarusi +10

The KM3NeT Collaboration has already produced more than one thousand acquisition boards, used for building two deep-sea neutrino detectors at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, w…

astro-ph.IM2015

The prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT detector

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron +246

A prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT deep-sea neutrino telescope has been installed at 3500m depth 80km offshore the Italian coast. KM3NeT in its final configuration will conta…

nucl-ex2022

Analysis of one-neutron transfer reaction in O + Se collision at 275 MeV

I. Ciraldo, F. Cappuzzello, M. Cavallaro +45

Purpose: We want to analyze transitions to low-lying excited states of the residual and ejectile nuclei in the 76Se(18O, 17O) 77Se one-neutron stripping reaction at 275-MeV inciden…

astro-ph.HE2025

Search for steady and flaring neutrino emission from cosmic sources using the complete ANTARES dataset

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +139

ANTARES, a neutrino detector located in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, operated successfully for over 15 years before being decommissioned in 2022. The telescope offered an i…

astro-ph.HE2024

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…

nucl-ex2020

Measuring nuclear reaction cross sections to extract information on neutrinoless double beta decay

M. Cavallaro, F. Cappuzzello, C. Agodi +72

Neutrinoless double beta decay (0v\b{eta}\b{eta}) is considered the best potential resource to access the absolute neutrino mass scale. Moreover, if observed, it will signal that n…

nucl-ex2016

Feasibility study for the measurement of TDAs at PANDA in

PANDA Collaboration, B. Singh, W. Erni +508

The exclusive charmonium production process in annihilation with an associated meson is studied in the framework of QCD collinear factoriza…

nucl-ex2009

New results on Mesonic Weak Decay of -shell -Hypernuclei

The FINUDA Collaboration, M. Agnello, A. Andronenkov +51

The FINUDA experiment performed a systematic study of the charged mesonic weak decay channel of -shell -hypernuclei. Negatively charged pion spectra from mesonic decay were…

physics.ins-det2012

Technical Design Report for the: PANDA Micro Vertex Detector

PANDA Collaboration, W. Erni, I. Keshelashvili +454

This document illustrates the technical layout and the expected performance of the Micro Vertex Detector (MVD) of the PANDA experiment. The MVD will detect charged particles as clo…

physics.ins-det2026

Depletion depth measurements of new large area silicon carbide detectors

A. Spatafora, D. Carbone, L. La Fauci +9

The ion beam induced charge technique with proton microprobe is used to characterise newly developed p-n junction large area silicon carbide detectors. They were recently produced…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2023

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…

astro-ph.HE2021

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…

nucl-ex2011

Hypernuclear spectroscopy with K at rest on Li, Be, C and O

FINUDA Collaboration, M. Agnello, L. Benussi +37

The FINUDA experiment collected data to study the production of hypernuclei on different nuclear targets. The hypernucleus formation occurred through the strangeness-exchange react…

hep-ex2026

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…

physics.ins-det2012

Technical Design Report for the: PANDA Straw Tube Tracker

PANDA Collaboration, W. Erni, I. Keshelashvili +470

This document describes the technical layout and the expected performance of the Straw Tube Tracker (STT), the main tracking detector of the PANDA target spectrometer. The STT encl…

astro-ph.SR2021

Chemical analysis of early-type stars with planets

C. Saffe, P. Miquelarena, J. Alacoria +6

Aims. To explore the chemical pattern of early-type stars with planets, searching for a possible signature of planet formation. In particular, we study a likely relation between th…

astro-ph.IM2021

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,…

physics.ins-det2016

Long term monitoring of the optical background in the Capo Passero deep-sea site with the NEMO tower prototype

S. Adrián-Martínez, S. Aiello, F. Ameli +101

The NEMO Phase-2 tower is the first detector which was operated underwater for more than one year at the "record" depth of 3500 m. It was designed and built within the framework of…

hep-ex2025

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…

hep-ex2009

Physics Performance Report for PANDA: Strong Interaction Studies with Antiprotons

PANDA Collaboration, W. Erni, I. Keshelashvili +411

To study fundamental questions of hadron and nuclear physics in interactions of antiprotons with nucleons and nuclei, the universal PANDA detector will be built. Gluonic excitation…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for secluded dark matter towards the Galactic Centre with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. Andre +146

Searches for dark matter (DM) have not provided any solid evidence for the existence of weakly interacting massive particles in the GeV-TeV mass range. Coincidentally, the scale of…

astro-ph.IM2023

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…

astro-ph.HE2026

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…

astro-ph.IM2019

KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware and software

The KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, F. Ameli +237

The KM3NeT research infrastructure being built at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will host water-Cherenkov telescopes for the detection of cosmic neutrinos. The neutrino teles…

hep-ex2021

Sensitivity to light sterile neutrino mixing parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA

S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi +245

KM3NeT/ORCA is a next-generation neutrino telescope optimised for atmospheric neutrino oscillations studies. In this paper, the sensitivity of ORCA to the presence of a light steri…

astro-ph.HE2023

Hint for a TeV neutrino emission from the Galactic Ridge with ANTARES

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André +151

Interactions of cosmic ray protons, atomic nuclei, and electrons in the interstellar medium in the inner part of the Milky Way produce a -ray flux from the Galactic Ridge. If t…

nucl-ex2012

First observation of the hyper superheavy hydrogen 6ΛH

M. Agnello, L. Benussi, M. Bertani +36

Three candidate events of the neutron-rich hypernucleus 6ΛH were uniquely identified in the FINUDA experiment at DAΦNE, Frascati, by observing π+ mesons from the (K-stop,π+) pr…

astro-ph.HE2024

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…

physics.ins-det2020

Dependence of atmospheric muon flux on seawater depth measured with the first KM3NeT detection units

KM3NeT Collaboration, M. Ageron, S. Aiello +262

KM3NeT is a research infrastructure located in the Mediterranean Sea, that will consist of two deep-sea Cherenkov neutrino detectors. With one detector (ARCA), the KM3NeT Collabora…

physics.ins-det2020

First i-TED demonstrator: a Compton imager with Dynamic Electronic Collimation

V. Babiano, J. Balibrea, L. Caballero +5

i-TED consists of both a total energy detector and a Compton camera primarily intended for the measurement of neutron capture cross sections by means of the simultaneous combinatio…

nucl-ex2012

Search for the neutron-rich hypernucleus 9ΛHe

M. Agnello, L. Benussi, M. Bertani +35

Search for the neutron-rich hypernucleus 9LHe is reported by the FINUDA experiment at DAFNE, INFN-LNF, studying (pi+, pi-) pairs in coincidence from the K-stop + 9Be --> 9LHe + pi+…

physics.ins-det2025

Imaging neutrons with a position-sensitive monolithic CLYC detector

J. Lerendegui-Marco, G. Cisterna, J. Hallam +9

In this work, we have developed and characterized a position-sensitive CLYC detector that acts as the neutron imaging layer and -ray Compton scatterer of the novel dual \g-ray…

physics.ins-det2021

Analysis of the background on cross section measurements with the MAGNEX spectrometer: the (20Ne,20O) Double Charge Exchange case

S. Calabrese, F. Cappuzzello, D. Carbone +40

The MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer is used in the experimental measurements of Double Charge Exchange and Multi-Nucleon Transfer reactions induced by heavy ions within the NUMEN proj…

nucl-ex2011

The reaction on p-shell nuclei

FINUDA Collaboration, M. Agnello, L. Benussi +37

This letter is concerned with the study of the reaction in p-shell nuclei, i.e., , , and . The $π^\pmΣ^\…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2024

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…

physics.ins-det2022

Simultaneous Gamma-Neutron Vision device: a portable and versatile tool for nuclear inspections

J. Lerendegui Marco, V. Babiano-Suárez, J. Balibrea-Correa +4

GN-Vision is a novel dual -ray and neutron imaging system, which aims at simultaneously obtaining information about the spatial origin of -ray and neutron sources. The prop…

astro-ph.IM2014

Deep sea tests of a prototype of the KM3NeT digital optical module

S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, F. Aharonian +247

The first prototype of a photo-detection unit of the future KM3NeT neutrino telescope has been deployed in the deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This digital optical module has…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

hep-ex2018

Search for a Dark Photon in Electro-Produced Pairs with the Heavy Photon Search Experiment at JLab

P. H. Adrian, N. A. Baltzell, M. Battaglieri +74

The Heavy Photon Search experiment took its first data in a 2015 engineering run using a 1.056 GeV, 50 nA electron beam provided by CEBAF at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerat…

physics.ins-det2021

The OctoPAES board for the validation of KM3NeT data acquisition system

F. Filippini, T. Chiarusi, G. Balbi +6

A test-bench has been set up at the INFN Sezione di Bologna to optimise key elements of the KM3NeT data acquisition system. A complete framework has been built to simulate a full d…

hep-ex2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

nucl-ex2023

One-neutron transfer reaction in the O + Ti collision at 275 MeV

O. Sgouros, M. Cutuli, F. Cappuzzello +29

The present article reports new data on the Ti(O,O)Ti reaction at 275 MeV incident energy as part of the systematic research pursued within the NUMEN pr…

physics.ins-det2009

Technical Design Report for the PANDA Solenoid and Dipole Spectrometer Magnets

The PANDA Collaboration, W. Erni, I. Keshelashvili +407

This document is the Technical Design Report covering the two large spectrometer magnets of the PANDA detector set-up. It shows the conceptual design of the magnets and their antic…

hep-ex2024

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…

nucl-ex2020

Charge-state distributions of 20Ne ions emerging from thin foils

M. Cavallaro, G. Santagati, F. Cappuzzello +42

New experimental measurements of charge state distributions produced by a 20Ne10+ beam at 15 MeV/u colliding on various thin solid targets are presented. The use of the MAGNEX magn…

hep-ex2018

Search for a Dark Photon in Electro-Produced Pairs with the Heavy Photon Search Experiment at JLab

P. H. Adrian, N. A. Baltzell, M. Battaglieri +74

The Heavy Photon Search experiment took its first data in a 2015 engineering run at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, searching for a prompt, electro-produced dar…

physics.ins-det2024

Proton irradiation on Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon flexible devices

M. Menichelli, S. Aziz, A. Bashiri +58

Radiation damage tests in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) flexible flux and dose-measuring devices have been performed with a 3 MeV proton beam, to evaluate combined displa…

physics.ins-det2018

On the performance of large monolithic LaCl3(Ce) crystals coupled to pixelated silicon photosensors

P. Olleros, L. Caballero, C. Domingo-Pardo +7

We investigate the performance of large area radiation detectors, with high energy- and spatial-resolution, intended for the development of a Total Energy Detector with gamma-ray i…

hep-ex2025

HASPIDE-SPACE: a new concept of a radiation-resistant instrument for solar energetic particles

C. Grimani, M. Fabi, M. Menichelli +55

Galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles (SEPs) affect the performance of instruments carried on board space missions and are the source of the absorbed dose to astronaut…

astro-ph.HE2024

Constraints on the energy spectrum of the diffuse cosmic neutrino flux from the ANTARES neutrino telescope

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +139

High-significance evidences of the existence of a high-energy diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos have emerged in the last decade from several observations by the IceCube Collaboratio…

nucl-ex2006

Production of H and H with the (K,) reaction

M. Agnello, G. Beer, L. Benussi +53

The production of neutron rich -hypernuclei via the (,) reaction has been studied using data collected with the FINUDA spectrometer at the DANE -factory…

physics.ins-det2017

Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector

S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, S. Aiello +250

Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multimegaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursue…

physics.comp-ph2025

Deep Learning Framework for Enhanced Neutrino Reconstruction of Single-line Events in the ANTARES Telescope

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André +137

We present the -fit algorithm designed to improve the reconstruction of neutrino events detected by a single line of the ANTARES underwater telescope, usually associated with lo…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for Magnetic Monopoles with ten years of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +145

This work presents a new search for magnetic monopoles using data taken with the ANTARES neutrino telescope over a period of 10 years (January 2008 to December 2017). Compared to p…