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Publications (114)

hep-ex2022

Double-Weak Decays of Xe and Xe in the XENON1T and XENONnT Experiments

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +157

We present results on the search for double-electron capture () of Xe and neutrinoless double- decay () of Xe in XENON1T. We consider c…

physics.ins-det2011

Pulse-shape discrimination of scintillation from alpha and beta particles with liquid scintillator and Geiger-mode multipixel avalanche diodes

I. Kreslo, I. Badhrees, S. Delaquis +6

A successfull application of Geiger-mode multipixel avalanche diodes (GMAPDs) for pulse-shape discrimination in alpha-beta spectrometry using organic liquid scintillator is describ…

physics.ins-det2025

Radon Removal in XENONnT down to the Solar Neutrino Level

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +169

The XENONnT experiment has achieved an exceptionally low Rn activity concentration within its inner 5.9tonne liquid xenon detector of (0.900.01stat.$\…

hep-ex2022

Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +163

We report on a blinded analysis of low-energy electronic-recoil data from the first science run of the XENONnT dark matter experiment. Novel subsystems and the increased 5.9 tonne…

hep-ph2022

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in the PTOLEMY project: a theory update

PTOLEMY Collaboration, A. Apponi, M. G. Betti +58

We discuss the consequences of the quantum uncertainty on the spectrum of the electron emitted by the -processes of a tritium atom bound to a graphene sheet. We analyze quantit…

hep-ph2019

First results on the scalar WIMP-pion coupling, using the XENON1T experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +128

We present first results on the scalar WIMP-pion coupling from 1 tyr of exposure with the XENON1T experiment. This interaction is generated when the WIMP couples to a virtu…

hep-ex2020

Excess Electronic Recoil Events in XENON1T

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +136

We report results from searches for new physics with low-energy electronic recoil data recorded with the XENON1T detector. With an exposure of 0.65 t-y and an unprecedentedly low b…

hep-ex2025

The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441

This report describes the experimental strategy and technologies for XLZD, the next-generation xenon observatory sensitive to dark matter and neutrino physics. In the baseline desi…

physics.ins-det2010

Ionization signals from electrons and alpha-particles in mixtures of liquid Argon and Nitrogen - perspectives on protons for Gamma Resonant Nuclear Absorption applications

M. Zeller, I. Badhrees, S. Delaquis +6

In this paper we report on a detailed study of ionization signals produced by Compton electrons and alpha-particles in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) flled with different mixtures…

astro-ph.IM2018

Signal Yields of keV Electronic Recoils and Their Discrimination from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +116

We report on the response of liquid xenon to low energy electronic recoils below 15 keV from beta decays of tritium at drift fields of 92 V/cm, 154 V/cm and 366 V/cm using the XENO…

hep-ex2011

Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator-produced Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam

T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +408

The T2K experiment observes indications of appearance in data accumulated with protons on target. Six events pass all selection criteria…

hep-ex2024

XENONnT Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +165

The XENONnT experiment, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, features a 5.9 tonne liquid xenon time projection chamber surrounded by an instrumented neut…

astro-ph.IM2017

The XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +142

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is the first WIMP dark matter detector operating with a liquid xenon target mass above the ton-scale. Out o…

astro-ph.CO2017

Search for Bosonic Super-WIMP Interactions with the XENON100 Experiment

XENON collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +118

We present results of searches for vector and pseudo-scalar bosonic super-WIMPs, which are dark matter candidates with masses at the keV-scale, with the XENON100 experiment. XENON1…

physics.ins-det2014

Observation and applications of single-electron charge signals in the XENON100 experiment

E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka +77

The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon in a time projection chamber (TPC) to measure xenon nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter Weakly Intera…

astro-ph.CO2013

Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections from 225 live days of XENON100 data

XENON100 collaboration, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi +75

We present new experimental constraints on the elastic, spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section using recent data from the XENON100 experiment, operated in the Laboratori Naziona…

physics.ins-det2019

XENON1T Dark Matter Data Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +125

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is the most sensitive direct detection experiment for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting particles (WIM…

physics.ins-det2010

30 kV coaxial vacuum-tight feedthrough for operation at cryogenic temperatures

I. Kreslo, I. Badhrees, S. Delaquis +6

In this paper we describe the technology of building a vacuum-tight high voltage feedthrough which is able to operate at voltages up to 30 kV. The feedthrough has a coaxial structu…

physics.ins-det2026

Model-independent searches of new physics in DARWIN with a semi-supervised deep learning pipeline

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, M. Adrover +231

We present a novel deep learning pipeline to perform a model-independent, likelihood-free search for anomalous (i.e., non-background) events in the proposed next generation multi-t…

hep-ex2023

Search for events in XENON1T associated with Gravitational Waves

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +160

We perform a blind search for particle signals in the XENON1T dark matter detector that occur close in time to gravitational wave signals in the LIGO and Virgo observatories. No pa…

physics.ins-det2022

Implementation and Optimization of the PTOLEMY Transverse Drift Electromagnetic Filter

A. Apponi, M. G. Betti, M. Borghesi +53

The PTOLEMY transverse drift filter is a new concept to enable precision analysis of the energy spectrum of electrons near the tritium beta-decay endpoint. This paper details the i…

astro-ph.IM2013

Development of a Relic Neutrino Detection Experiment at PTOLEMY: Princeton Tritium Observatory for Light, Early-Universe, Massive-Neutrino Yield

S. Betts, W. R. Blanchard, R. H. Carnevale +24

The PTOLEMY experiment (Princeton Tritium Observatory for Light, Early-Universe, Massive-Neutrino Yield) aims to achieve the sensitivity required to detect the relic neutrino backg…

hep-ex2022

An approximate likelihood for nuclear recoil searches with XENON1T data

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +151

The XENON collaboration has published stringent limits on specific dark matter -nucleon recoil spectra from dark matter recoiling on the liquid xenon detector target. In this paper…

hep-ex2025

First Search for Light Dark Matter in the Neutrino Fog with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +165

We search for dark matter (DM) with a mass [3,12] using an exposure of 3.51 with the XENONnT experiment.We consider spin-indepen…

astro-ph.IM2018

A Design for an Electromagnetic Filter for Precision Energy Measurements at the Tritium Endpoint

M. G. Betti, M. Biasotti, A. Bosca +48

We present a detailed description of the electromagnetic filter for the PTOLEMY project to directly detect the Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB). Starting with an initial estimate f…

physics.ins-det2026

Enhancing Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Sensitivity of Liquid-Xenon Time Projection Chamber with Augmented Convolutional Neural Network

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +173

Dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) that employs a multi-ton-scale liquid xenon (LXe) target mass is a pioneering detector technology to search for dark matter. Beyond its adv…

physics.ins-det2017

Cryogenic readout for multiple VUV4 Multi-Pixel Photon Counters in liquid xenon

F. Arneodo, M. L. Benabderrahmane, G. Bruno +6

We present the performances and characterization of an array made of S13370-3050CN (VUV4 generation) Multi-Pixel Photon Counters manufactured by Hamamatsu and equipped with a low p…

astro-ph.IM2015

Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment

E. Aprile, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi +88

XENON is a dark matter direct detection project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with liquid xenon as detection medium. The construction of the next generation…

physics.ins-det2024

The neutron veto of the XENONnT experiment: Results with demineralized water

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +167

Radiogenic neutrons emitted by detector materials are one of the most challenging backgrounds for the direct search of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particl…

astro-ph.IM2016

DARWIN: towards the ultimate dark matter detector

J. Aalbers, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi +116

DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core.…

hep-ex2023

First Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +163

We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the XENONnT experiment which is based on a two-p…

astro-ph.CO2019

Neutrino physics with the PTOLEMY project: active neutrino properties and the light sterile case

PTOLEMY collaboration, M. G. Betti, M. Biasotti +54

The PTOLEMY project aims to develop a scalable design for a Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB) detector, the first of its kind and the only one conceived that can look directly at th…

hep-ex2013

Measurement of the Inclusive NuMu Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon in the Near Detector of the T2K Experiment

T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +354

T2K has performed the first measurement of νμ inclusive charged current interactions on carbon at neutrino energies of ~1 GeV where the measurement is reported as a flux-averaged…

astro-ph.CO2018

Dark Matter Search Results from a One TonneYear Exposure of XENON1T

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +116

We report on a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using 278.8 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment at LNGS. XENON1T utilizes a liquid xenon time…

physics.ins-det2017

Online Rn removal by cryogenic distillation in the XENON100 experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +119

We describe the purification of xenon from traces of the radioactive noble gas radon using a cryogenic distillation column. The distillation column is integrated into the gas purif…

physics.ins-det2005

High Efficiency Detection of Argon Scintillation Light of 128nm Using LAAPDs

R. Chandrasekharan, A. Knecht, M. Messina +2

The possibility of efficient collection and detection of vacuum ultraviolet light as emitted by argon, krypton, and xenon gas is studied. Absolute quantum efficiencies of large are…

nucl-ex2025

Spectral Measurement of the Bi beta-decay to the Po Ground State with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +170

We report the measurement of the Bi beta-decay spectrum to the ground state of Po using the XENONnT detector. This decay is classified as first-forbidden non-unique…

physics.data-an2025

XENONnT WIMP Search: Signal & Background Modeling and Statistical Inference

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +161

The XENONnT experiment searches for weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter scattering off a xenon nucleus. In particular, XENONnT uses a dual-phase time projection…

physics.ins-det2010

Measurement of the two-photon absorption cross-section of liquid argon with a time projection chamber

I. Badhrees, A. Ereditato, I. Kreslo +9

This paper reports on laser-induced multiphoton ionization at 266 nm of liquid argon in a time projection chamber (LAr TPC) detector. The electron signal produced by the laser beam…

astro-ph.IM2015

Lowering the radioactivity of the photomultiplier tubes for the XENON1T dark matter experiment

E. Aprile, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi +95

The low-background, VUV-sensitive 3-inch diameter photomultiplier tube R11410 has been developed by Hamamatsu for dark matter direct detection experiments using liquid xenon as the…

hep-ex2012

Pion emission from the T2K replica target: method, results and application

N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz, T. Anticic +150

The T2K long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan needs precise predictions of the initial neutrino flux. The highest precision can be reached based on detailed measur…

physics.ins-det2020

Energy resolution and linearity of XENON1T in the MeV energy range

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +135

Xenon dual-phase time projection chambers designed to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles have so far shown a relative energy resolution which degrades with energy abov…

hep-ex2026

Light Dark Matter Search with 7.8 Tonne-Year of Ionization-Only Data in XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +174

We report on a blinded search for dark matter (DM) using ionization-only (S2-only) signals in XENONnT with a total exposure of over 579 days…

physics.ins-det2004

Detection of Noble Gas Scintillation Light with Large Area Avalanche Photodiodes (LAAPDs)

R. Chandrasekharan, M. Messina, A. Rubbia

Large Area Avalanche Photodiodes (LAAPDs) were used for a series of systematic measurements of the scintillation light in Ar, Kr, and Xe gas. Absolute quantum efficiencies are deri…

astro-ph.CO2019

Constraining the Spin-Dependent WIMP-Nucleon Cross Sections with XENON1T

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +126

We report the first experimental results on spin-dependent elastic weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) nucleon scattering from the XENON1T dark matter search experiment. The…

nucl-ex2017

Search for Two-Neutrino Double Electron Capture of Xe with XENON100

The XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +114

Two-neutrino double electron capture is a rare nuclear decay where two electrons are simultaneously captured from the atomic shell. For Xe this process has not yet been obs…

physics.ins-det2026

Low-Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration of XENONnT with a YBe Photoneutron Source

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +169

Characterizing low-energy, keV-range nuclear recoils near the detector threshold is one of the major challenges for large direct dark matter detectors. To that end, we have success…

hep-ex2013

Evidence of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam

T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +356

The T2K collaboration: reports evidence for electron neutrino appearance at the atmospheric mass splitting, |Δm_{32}^2|=2.4x10^{-3} eV^2. An excess of electron neutrino interactio…

hep-ex2020

Search for Light Dark Matter Interactions Enhanced by the Migdal effect or Bremsstrahlung in XENON1T

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +131

Direct dark matter detection experiments based on a liquid xenon target are leading the search for dark matter particles with masses above 5 GeV/c, but have limited sens…

astro-ph.CO2017

Search for magnetic inelastic dark matter with XENON100

XENON collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +112

We present the first search for dark matter-induced delayed coincidence signals in a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, using the 224.6 live days of the XENON100 science run…

hep-ex2013

The T2K Neutrino Flux Prediction

T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +349

The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment studies neutrino oscillations using an off-axis muon neutrino beam with a peak energy of about 0.6 GeV that originates at the J-PARC accelerat…

physics.ins-det2011

The T2K Experiment

T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +520

The T2K experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Its main goal is to measure the last unknown lepton sector mixing angle θ_{13} by observing ν_e appearance…

astro-ph.CO2015

Search for Event Rate Modulation in XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data

The XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +99

We have searched for periodic variations of the electronic recoil event rate in the (2-6) keV energy range recorded between February 2011 and March 2012 with the XENON100 detector,…

astro-ph.CO2017

First Dark Matter Search Results from the XENON1T Experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +122

We report the first dark matter search results from XENON1T, a 2000-kg-target-mass dual-phase (liquid-gas) xenon time projection chamber in operation at the Laboratori Nazion…

physics.ins-det2022

A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, V. Aerne +591

The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the leadi…

physics.ins-det2025

Ultra-high precision high voltage system for PTOLEMY

R. Ammendola, A. Apponi, G. Benato +63

The PTOLEMY project is prototyping a novel electromagnetic filter for high-precision spectroscopy, with the ultimate and ambitious long-term goal of detecting the cosmic neutr…

physics.ins-det2010

Feasibility of high-voltage systems for a very long drift in liquid argon TPCs

S. Horikawa, A. Badertscher, L. Kaufmann +5

Designs of high-voltage (HV) systems for creating a drift electric field in liquid argon TPCs are reviewed. In ongoing experiments systems capable of approx. 100 kV are realised fo…

physics.ins-det2025

A Demonstration of Slowed Electron Drift for PTOLEMY

M. Farino, A. Tan, A. Apponi +58

To resolve the effective neutrino mass with an energy resolution of 50~meV, the PTOLEMY experiment has proposed a novel transverse electromagnetic filtering process. Substan…

physics.ins-det2011

Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector

K. Abe, N. Abgrall, Y. Ajima +428

Precise measurement of neutrino beam direction and intensity was achieved based on a new concept with modularized neutrino detectors. INGRID (Interactive Neutrino GRID) is an on-ax…

physics.ins-det2019

XENON1T Dark Matter Data Analysis: Signal & Background Models, and Statistical Inference

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +123

The XENON1T experiment searches for dark matter particles through their scattering off xenon atoms in a 2 tonne liquid xenon target. The detector is a dual-phase time projection ch…

hep-ex2023

Detector signal characterization with a Bayesian network in XENONnT

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +164

We developed a detector signal characterization model based on a Bayesian network trained on the waveform attributes generated by a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. By per…

hep-ex2011

Measurements of Cross Sections and Charged Pion Spectra in Proton-Carbon Interactions at 31 GeV/c

N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz, B. Andrieu +133

Interaction cross sections and charged pion spectra in p+C interactions at 31 GeV/c were measured with the large acceptance NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS. These data are…

astro-ph.IM2013

Response of the XENON100 Dark Matter Detector to Nuclear Recoils

The XENON100 Collaboration, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi +80

Results from the nuclear recoil calibration of the XENON100 dark matter detector installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy are presented. Data…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of Production Properties of Positively Charged Kaons in Proton-Carbon Interactions at 31 GeV/c

SHINE Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz +135

Spectra of positively charged kaons in p+C interactions at 31 GeV/c were measured with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS. The analysis is based on the full set of data co…

hep-ex2012

First Muon-Neutrino Disappearance Study with an Off-Axis Beam

T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +443

We report a measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in the T2K experiment. The 295-km muon-neutrino beam from Tokai to Kamioka is the first implementation of the off-axis techni…

physics.ins-det2026

Towards Low-Energy Electron High-Resolution Spectroscopy with Transition-Edge Sensors

R. Ammendola, A. Apponi, G. Benato +62

We present a study of the energy resolution of transition-edge sensors (TESs) for the detection of electrons in the 100 eV kinetic energy range. The TES is a Ti-Au bilayer with an…

physics.ins-det2022

The Triggerless Data Acquisition System of the XENONnT Experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +162

The XENONnT detector uses the latest and largest liquid xenon-based time projection chamber (TPC) operated by the XENON Collaboration, aimed at detecting Weakly Interacting Massive…

physics.ins-det2025

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory

XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441

The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60 to 80 t capable of probing the remaining WIMP-nucleon interaction parameter…

hep-ex2024

Offline tagging of radon-induced backgrounds in XENON1T and applicability to other liquid xenon detectors

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +164

This paper details the first application of a software tagging algorithm to reduce radon-induced backgrounds in liquid noble element time projection chambers, such as XENON1T and X…

physics.ins-det2022

Application and modeling of an online distillation method to reduce krypton and argon in XENON1T

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +151

A novel online distillation technique was developed for the XENON1T dark matter experiment to reduce intrinsic background components more volatile than xenon, such as krypton or ar…

astro-ph.IM2018

Intrinsic backgrounds from Rn and Kr in the XENON100 experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +115

In this paper, we describe the XENON100 data analyses used to assess the target-intrinsic background sources radon (Rn), thoron (Rn) and krypton (Kr). We det…

physics.ins-det2017

Removing krypton from xenon by cryogenic distillation to the ppq level

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +119

The XENON1T experiment aims for the direct detection of dark matter in a cryostat filled with 3.3 tons of liquid xenon. In order to achieve the desired sensitivity, the background…

physics.ins-det2017

Material radioassay and selection for the XENON1T dark matter experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +118

The XENON1T dark matter experiment aims to detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) through low-energy interactions with xenon atoms. To detect such a rare event necessi…

physics.ins-det2020

Rn emanation measurements for the XENON1T experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +140

The selection of low-radioactive construction materials is of utmost importance for the success of low-energy rare event search experiments. Besides radioactive contaminants in the…

hep-ex2023

Design and performance of the field cage for the XENONnT experiment

E. Aprile, K. Abe, S. Ahmed Maouloud +161

The precision in reconstructing events detected in a dual-phase time projection chamber depends on an homogeneous and well understood electric field within the liquid target. In th…

hep-ex2023

Searching for Heavy Dark Matter near the Planck Mass with XENON1T

E. Aprile, K. Abe, S. Ahmed Maouloud +164

Multiple viable theoretical models predict heavy dark matter particles with a mass close to the Planck mass, a range relatively unexplored by current experimental measurements. We…

hep-ex2019

Light Dark Matter Search with Ionization Signals in XENON1T

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +130

We report constraints on light dark matter (DM) models using ionization signals in the XENON1T experiment. We mitigate backgrounds with strong event selections, rather than requiri…

hep-ex2025

WIMP Dark Matter Search using a 3.1 Tonne-Year Exposure of the XENONnT Experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +175

We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) via elastic DM-xenon-nucleus interactions in the XENONnT experiment. We combine datasets from…

physics.ins-det2018

PTOLEMY: A Proposal for Thermal Relic Detection of Massive Neutrinos and Directional Detection of MeV Dark Matter

E. Baracchini, M. G. Betti, M. Biasotti +48

We propose to achieve the proof-of-principle of the PTOLEMY project to directly detect the Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB). Each of the technological challenges described in [1,2]…

astro-ph.CO2017

Effective field theory search for high-energy nuclear recoils using the XENON100 dark matter detector

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +114

We report on WIMP search results in the XENON100 detector using a non-relativistic effective field theory approach. The data from science run II (34 kg 224.6 live days) wa…

nucl-ex2026

Direct Measurement of the and Decay Branching Ratios with the XENONnT Experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +178

We present precision measurements of and decay branching ratios using and calibration data from…

hep-ex2024

First Indication of Solar B Neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +164

We present the first measurement of nuclear recoils from solar B neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with the XENONnT dark matter experiment. The central…

physics.ins-det2014

Measurements of proportional scintillation and electron multiplication in liquid xenon using thin wires

E. Aprile, H. Contreras, L. W. Goetzke +7

Proportional scintillation in liquid xenon has a promising application in the field of direct dark matter detection, potentially allowing for simpler, more sensitive detectors. How…

physics.ins-det2009

A prototype liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber for the study of UV laser multi-photonic ionization

B. Rossi, I. Badhress, A. Ereditato +15

This paper describes the design, realization and operation of a prototype liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detector dedicated to the development of a novel online mon…

physics.ins-det2023

Material radiopurity control in the XENONnT experiment

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +150

The selection of low-radioactive construction materials is of the utmost importance for rare-event searches and thus critical to the XENONnT experiment. Results of an extensive rad…

physics.ins-det2020

Projected WIMP Sensitivity of the XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +137

XENONnT is a dark matter direct detection experiment, utilizing 5.9 t of instrumented liquid xenon, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. In this work, we predic…

hep-ph2007

Large underground, liquid based detectors for astro-particle physics in Europe: scientific case and prospects

D. Autiero, J. Aysto, A. Badertscher +68

This document reports on a series of experimental and theoretical studies conducted to assess the astro-particle physics potential of three future large-scale particle detectors pr…

hep-ex2025

Search for Light Dark Matter in Low-Energy Ionization Signals from XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +165

We report on a blinded search for dark matter with single- and few-electron signals in the first science run of XENONnT relying on a novel detector response framework that is physi…

hep-ex2021

Search for inelastic scattering of WIMP dark matter in XENON1T

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +138

We report the results of a search for the inelastic scattering of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the XENON1T dark matter experiment. Scattering off Xe is t…

hep-ex2026

Challenging Spontaneous Quantum Collapse with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +174

We report on the search for X-ray radiation as predicted from dynamical quantum collapse with low-energy electronic recoil data in the energy range of 1-140 keV from the first scie…

physics.ins-det2017

Results from a Calibration of XENON100 Using a Source of Dissolved Radon-220

The XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +118

A Rn-220 source is deployed on the XENON100 dark matter detector in order to address the challenges in calibration of tonne-scale liquid noble element detectors. We show that the P…

physics.ins-det2008

Study of ionization signals in a TPC filled with a mixture of liquid Argon and Nitrogen

A. Ereditato, M. Hess, S. Janos +7

In this paper we report on the evidence for ionization track signals from cosmic ray muons and Compton electrons in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) filled with liquid Argon and dop…

physics.ins-det2019

The XENON1T Data Acquisition System

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +130

The XENON1T liquid xenon time projection chamber is the most sensitive detector built to date for the measurement of direct interactions of weakly interacting massive particles wit…

hep-ex2025

Constraints on Solar Reflected Dark Matter from a combined analysis of XENON1T and XENONnT data

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +174

We report on a search for sub-GeV dark matter upscattered via the solar reflection mechanism in the heavy mediator scenario. Under the Standard Halo Model, keV to MeV dark matter p…

physics.ins-det2014

High Voltage in Noble Liquids for High Energy Physics

Edited by B. Rebel, C. Hall with contributions from E. Bernard, C. H. Faham +12

A workshop was held at Fermilab November 8-9, 2013 to discuss the challenges of using high voltage in noble liquids. The participants spanned the fields of neutrino, dark matter, a…

hep-ex2026

Probing the Solar B Neutrino Fog with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +176

We report a 3.3 measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering from solar B neutrinos using a 6.77 tyr exposure from the XENONnT experiment, inferring…

hep-ex2025

Effective field theory and inelastic dark matter results from XENON1T

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +157

In this work, we expand on the XENON1T nuclear recoil searches to study the individual signals of dark matter interactions from operators up to dimension-eight in a Chiral Effectiv…

physics.ins-det2023

Low-energy Calibration of XENON1T with an Internal Ar Source

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +161

A low-energy electronic recoil calibration of XENON1T, a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, with an internal Ar source was performed. This calibration source features…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of charm production in neutrino charged-current interactions

A. Kayis-Topaksu, G. Önengüt, R. van Dantzig +85

The nuclear emulsion target of the CHORUS detector was exposed to the wide-band neutrino beam of the CERN SPS of 27 GeV average neutrino energy from 1994 to 1997. In total about 10…

astro-ph.CO2017

Search for Electronic Recoil Event Rate Modulation with 4 Years of XENON100 Data

The XENON collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +111

We report on a search for electronic recoil event rate modulation signatures in the XENON100 data accumulated over a period of 4 years, from January 2010 to January 2014. A profile…