Publications (96)
No role for neutrons, muons and solar neutrinos in the DAMA annual modulation results
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +14
This paper summarizes in a simple and intuitive way why the neutrons, the muons and the solar neutrinos cannot give any significant contribution to the DAMA annual modulation resul…
Search for double beta decay of Cd with an enriched CdWO crystal scintillator in coincidence with CdWO scintillation counters
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, V. B. Brudanin +12
Studies on double beta decay processes in Cd were performed by using a cadmium tungstate scintillator enriched in Cd at 66% (CdWO) with two CdWO sci…
DAMA/LIBRA results and perspectives
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, S. d'Angelo +14
The DAMA/LIBRA experiment ( 250 kg of highly radio-pure NaI(Tl)) is running deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the I.N.F.N. Here we briefly reca…
Search for alpha decay of naturally occurring osmium nuclides accompanied by gamma quanta
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +14
A search for decay of naturally occurring osmium isotopes to the lowest excited levels of daughter nuclei has been performed by using an ultra-low-background Broad-Energy Germ…
Dark Matter investigation by DAMA at Gran Sasso
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, S. d'Angelo +14
Experimental observations and theoretical arguments at Galaxy and larger scales have suggested that a large fraction of the Universe is composed by Dark Matter particles. This has…
Experimental searches for rare alpha and beta decays
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. A. Danevich +2
The current status of the experimental searches for rare alpha and beta decays is reviewed. Several interesting observations of alpha and beta decays, previously unseen due to thei…
First results from DAMA/LIBRA and the combined results with DAMA/NaI
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
The highly radiopure 250 kg NaI(Tl) DAMA/LIBRA set-up is running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N.. In this paper the first result obtained by exploiti…
Radioactive contamination of SrI2(Eu) crystal scintillator
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. Cerulli +11
A strontium iodide crystal doped by europium (SrI2(Eu)) was produced by using the Stockbarger growth technique. The crystal was subjected to a characterization that includes relati…
First results of the experiment to search for double beta decay of 106Cd with 106CdWO4 crystal scintillator in coincidence with four crystals HPGe detector
V. I. Tretyak, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +14
An experiment to search for double beta processes in 106Cd by using cadmium tungstate crystal scintillator enriched in 106Cd (106CdWO4) in coincidence with the four crystals HPGe d…
New experimental limits on double-beta decay of osmium
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +15
Double-beta processes in Os and Os were searched for over 15851 h at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the I.N.F.N. by using a 118 g ultra-pure osmium sa…
Results from DAMA/NaI and perspectives for DAMA/LIBRA
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +9
The about 100 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl) set-up of the DAMA project (DAMA/NaI) took data over seven annual cycles up to July 2002 and has achieved results on various rare processe…
Complete results for five years of GNO solar neutrino observations
GNO COLLABORATION, M. Altmann, M. Balata +37
We report the complete GNO solar neutrino results for the measuring periods GNO III, GNO II, and GNO I. The result for GNO III (last 15 solar runs) is [54.3 + 9.9 - 9.3 (stat.)+- 2…
DAMA/LIBRA results and perspectives
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, A. Di Marco +12
The DAMA/LIBRA experiment, running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N. in Italy, has a sensitive mass of about 250 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl). It is mainly devot…
Preliminary study of feasibility of an experiment looking for excited state double beta transitions in tin
Soumik Das, S. K. Ghorui, P. K. Raina +7
An attempt to study the feasibility of a new experiment to search for double beta decay in Sn and Sn was carried out by using ultra-low background HPGe detector (24…
The dark matter: DAMA/LIBRA and its perspectives
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, V. Caracciolo +10
Experimental observations and theoretical arguments point out that Dark Matter (DM) particles are one of the most prominent component of the Universe. This motivated the pioneer DA…
Measurements of ZnWO anisotropic response to nuclear recoils for the ADAMO project
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +10
Anisotropic scintillators can offer a unique possibility to exploit the so-called directionality approach in order to investigate the presence of those Dark Matter (DM) candidates…
Possible implications of the channeling effect in NaI(Tl) crystals
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Montecchia +14
The channeling effect of low energy ions along the crystallographic axes and planes of NaI(Tl) crystals is discussed in the framework of corollary investigations on WIMP Dark Matte…
Investigation on light dark matter
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +14
Some extensions of the Standard Model provide Dark Matter candidate particles with sub-GeV mass. These Light Dark Matter particles have been considered for example in Warm Dark Mat…
The half-life of Po
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +10
The half-life of Po was measured with the highest up-to-date accuracy as ns by using thorium-loaded liquid scintillator.
First direct search for and $εβ^+$ decay of Sm and $2β^-$ decay of Sm
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +12
The first direct search for the double electron capture () and the electron capture with positron emission ($εβ^+$) in Sm to the ground state and to the excited leve…
WIMP Search by DAMA at Gran Sasso
R. Bernabei, M. Amato, P. Belli +11
DAMA is searching for rare processes by developing and using several kinds of radiopure scintillators: in particular, NaI(Tl), liquid Xenon and CaF(Eu). Here only the results r…
First search for double decay of dysprosium
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +11
A search for double decay of dysprosium was realized for the first time with the help of an ultra low-background HP Ge detector. After 2512 h of data taking with a 322 g…
Particle Dark Matter and DAMA/LIBRA
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
The DAMA/LIBRA set-up (about 250 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl) sensitive mass) is running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N.. The first DAMA/LIBRA results confirm…
Particle Dark Matter in DAMA/LIBRA
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
The present DAMA/LIBRA experiment and the former DAMA/NaI have cumulatively released so far the results obtained with the data collected over 13 annual cycles (total exposure: 1.17…
Double beta decay of Nd to the first excited level of Sm: preliminary results
A. S. Barabash, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +16
The double beta decay of Nd to the first excited 0 level of Sm ( = 740.5 keV) has been investigated with the help of the ultra-low-background setup con…
Testing for New Physics with Low-Energy Anti-Neutrino Sources: LAMA as a Case Study
I. Barabanov, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +5
Some electroweak models with extended neutral currents, such as those based on the group, lead to an increase of the scattering cross section at energies below 100…
WIMPs search by scintillators: possible strategy for annual modulation search with large-mass highly-radiopure NaI(Tl)
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Montecchia +8
The DAMA experiments are running deep underground in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Several interesting results have been achieved so far. Here a maximum likelihood method to…
Final results of the measurement to search for rare decays of naturally occurring osmium isotopes with ultra-low background gamma-ray spectrometry
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +15
A long-term measurement was conducted to search for , double- and double- decays with quanta emission in naturally occurring osmium isotopes. This study took advan…
Search for double beta decay processes in 106Cd with the help of 106CdWO4 crystal scintillator
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +20
A search for the double beta processes in 106Cd was carried out at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories of the INFN (Italy) with the help of a 106CdWO4 crystal scintillator (215 g)…
First search for 2 and $\varepsilonβ^+$ processes in Yb
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +12
The double-electron capture and the electron capture with positron emission in Yb have been investigated for the first time at the STELLA facility of the Gran Sasso undergr…
Radioactive contamination of ZnWO4 crystal scintillators
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +20
The radioactive contamination of ZnWO4 crystal scintillators has been measured deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the INFN in Italy with a total expos…
Investigating halo substructures with annual modulation signature
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Montecchia +13
Galaxy hierarchical formation theories, numerical simulations, the discovery of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG) in 1994 and more recent investigations suggest that…
Search for double beta decay of Cd with enriched CdWO crystal scintillators (Aurora experiment)
F. A. Danevich, A. S. Barabash, P. Belli +16
The Aurora experiment to investigate double beta decay of Cd with the help of 1.162 kg cadmium tungstate crystal scintillators enriched in Cd to 82\% is in progress…
Technical aspects in dark matter investigations
R. Cerulli, R. Bernabei, P. Belli +11
Some theoretical and experimental aspects regarding the direct dark matter field are mentioned. In particular some arguments, which play a relevant role in the evaluation of model…
DAMA/NaI results
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +9
The DAMA/NaI set-up of the DAMA experiment has been operative during seven annual cycles and has investigated several rare processes. In particular, it has been realised in order t…
Observations of annual modulation in direct detection of relic particles and light neutralinos
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, A. Bottino +4
The long-standing model-independent annual modulation effect measured by the DAMA Collaboration, which fulfills all the requirements of a dark matter annual modulation signature, a…
Exploring the supersymmetric parameter space by direct search for WIMPs
A. Bottino, F. Donato, G. Mignola +3
It is shown that the new data of the DAMA/NaI detector, combined with recent calculations of nuclear structure functions, provide the most stringent upper bounds on the WIMP-nucleo…
First search for and $\varepsilonβ^+$ decay of Er and new limit on $2β^{-}$ decay of Er to the first excited level of Yb
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +11
The first search for double electron capture () and electron capture with positron emission ($\varepsilonβ^+$) of Er to the ground state and to several excit…
Improved model-dependent corollary analyses after the first six annual cycles of DAMA/LIBRA-phase2
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
Several of the many proposed Dark Matter candidate particles, already investigated with lower exposure and a higher software energy threshold, are further analyzed including the fi…
New limits on , $\varepsilonβ^+$ and $2β^+$ decay of Ce and Ce with deeply purified cerium sample
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +9
A search for double electron capture (), electron capture with positron emission ($\varepsilonβ^+$), and double positron emission $2β^+$) in Ce and …
New limits on double beta processes in 106-Cd
V. I. Tretyak, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +14
A radiopure cadmium tungstate crystal scintillator, enriched in 106-Cd to 66%, with mass of 216 g (106-CdWO4) was used in coincidence with four ultra-low background HPGe detectors…
No role for muons in the DAMA annual modulation results
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
This paper gathers arguments and reasons why muons surviving the Gran Sasso mountain cannot mimic the Dark Matter annual modulation signature exploited by the DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIB…
Investigating electron interacting dark matter
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Montecchia +14
Some extensions of the Standard Model provide Dark Matter candidate particles which can have a dominant coupling with the lepton sector of the ordinary matter. Thus, such Dark Matt…
Extending the DAMA annual-modulation region by inclusion of the uncertainties in the astrophysical velocities
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, A. Bottino +4
The original annual-modulation region, singled out by the DAMA/NaI experiment for direct detection of WIMPs, is extended by taking into account the uncertainties in the galactic as…
Electron spectral shape of the third-forbidden -decay of Rb measured using a RbZrCl crystal scintillator
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +12
In recent years, interest in experimental studies of -decay electron spectra -- often referred to as spectra -- has been growing. This is particularly true for transi…
First model independent results from DAMA/LIBRA-phase2
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, A. Bussolotti +14
The first model independent results obtained by the DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 experiment are presented. The data have been collected over 6 annual cycles corresponding to a total exposure…
DAMA annual modulation and mirror Dark Matter
R. Cerulli, P. Villar, F. Cappella +5
The DAMA experiment using ultra low background NaI(Tl) crystal scintillators has measured an annual modulation effect in the keV region which satisfies all the peculiarities of an…
First observation of alpha decay of 190-Pt to the first excited level (E_{exc}=137.2 keV) of 186-Os
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +8
The alpha decays of naturally occurring platinum isotopes, which are accompanied by the emission of gamma quanta, have been searched for deep underground (3600 m w.e.) in the Gran…
Investigation of rare nuclear decays with BaF crystal scintillator contaminated by radium
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +8
The radioactive contamination of a BaF scintillation crystal with mass of 1.714 kg was measured over 101 hours in the low-background DAMA/R&D set-up deep underground (3600 m w.…
Dark Matter search
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +9
Main arguments on the Dark Matter particle direct detection approach are addressed on the basis of the work and of the results of the about 100 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl) DAMA exp…
Final results of the Aurora experiment to study 2 decay of Cd with enriched CdWO crystal scintillators
A. S. Barabash, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +17
The double-beta decay of Cd has been investigated with the help of radiopure enriched CdWO crystal scintillators (mass of 1.162 kg) at the Gran Sasso undergroun…
Effect of the galactic halo modeling on the DAMA/NaI annual modulation result: an extended analysis of the data for WIMPs with a purely spin-independent coupling
P. Belli, R. Cerulli, N. Fornengo +1
The DAMA/NaI Collaboration has observed a 4-sigma C.L. model independent effect investigating the annual modulation signature in the counting rate of an NaI(Tl) set-up (total expos…
Optical, luminescence, and scintillation properties of advanced ZnWO crystal scintillators
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, Yu. A. Borovlev +12
Zinc tungstate (ZnWO) crystal scintillators are promising detection material for the experiments searching for double beta decay, dark matter, and investigating rare alpha deca…
New results from DAMA/LIBRA
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +13
DAMA/LIBRA is running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N.. Here the results obtained with a further exposure of 0.34 ton x yr are presented. They refer to two fur…
Search for 2β decays of 96Ru and 104Ru by ultra-low background HPGe gamma spectrometry at LNGS: final results
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +13
An experiment to search for double beta decay processes in 96Ru and 104Ru, which are accompanied by gamma rays, has been realized in the underground Gran Sasso National Laboratorie…
Developments and improvements of radiopure ZnWO anisotropic scintillators
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +10
The ZnWO is an anisotropic crystal scintillator; for its peculiar characteristics, it is a very promising detector to exploit the so-called directionality approach in the inves…
Final results of an experiment to search for 2beta processes in zinc and tungsten with the help of radiopure ZnWO4 crystal scintillators
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +7
A search for the double beta decay of zinc and tungsten isotopes has been performed with the help of radiopure ZnWO4 crystal scintillators (0.1-0.7 kg) at the Gran Sasso National L…
DAMA results
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +9
DAMA is an observatory for rare processes based on the development and use of various kinds of radiopure scintillators. Several low background set-ups have been realized with passi…
Searches for neutrinoless resonant double electron captures at LNGS
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +31
Several experiments were performed during last years at underground (3600 m w.e.) Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the INFN (Italy) to search for resonant 2$\varepsilo…
Liquid Noble gases for Dark Matter searches: a synoptic survey
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, A. Incicchitti +1
A technical and methodological comparison of the liquid noble gas experiments is presented and the low energy physics application of double phase noble gas detectors in direct Dark…
Proceedings to the 25th International Workshop "What Comes Beyond the Standard Models", July 4 -- July 10, 2022, Bled, Slovenia
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, A. Bussolotti +51
Proceedings for our meeting ``What comes beyond the Standard Models'', which covered a broad series of subjects.
First search for double-beta decay of 184Os and 192Os
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +12
A search for double-beta decay of osmium has been realized for the first time with the help of an ultra-low background HPGe gamma detector at the underground Gran Sasso National La…
Search for long-lived superheavy eka-tungsten with radiopure ZnWO crystal scintillator
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +9
The data collected with a radioactively pure ZnWO crystal scintillator (699 g) in low background measurements during 2130 h at the underground (3600 m w.e.) Laboratori Nazional…
First search for double beta decay of platinum by ultra-low background HP Ge gamma spectrometry
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +9
A search for double beta processes in 190Pt and 198Pt was realized with the help of ultra-low background HP Ge 468 cm^3 gamma spectrometer in the underground Gran Sasso National La…
DAMA/LIBRA results and perspectives, Bled 2013
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, S. d'Angelo +14
The DAMA/LIBRA experiment is composed by about 250 kg of highly radiopure NaI(Tl). It is in operation at the underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the INFN. The main aim of…
A few final comments to arXiv:1210.7548[hep-ph]
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
A few final comments on arXiv:1210.7548 are given to confute incorrect arguments claimed there.
Science with the new generation high energy gamma- ray experiments
M. Alvarez, D. D'Armiento, G. Agnetta +197
This Conference is the fifth of a series of Workshops on High Energy Gamma- ray Experiments, following the Conferences held in Perugia 2003, Bari 2004, Cividale del Friuli 2005, El…
Investigation of 2 Decay of Cd with the Help of Enriched CdWO Crystal Scintillators
O. G. Polischuk, A. S. Barabash, P. Belli +18
Double beta decay of Cd has been investigated with the help of radiopure enriched CdWO crystal scintillators in the experiment Aurora. The half-life of …
Search for double beta decay of Zinc and Tungsten with the help of low-background ZnWO4 crystal scintillators
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +14
Double beta processes in 64-Zn, 70-Zn, 180-W, and 186-W have been searched for with the help of large volume (0.1-0.7 kg) low background ZnWO4 crystal scintillators at the Gran Sas…
The DAMA/LIBRA apparatus
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, A. Bussolotti +14
The 250 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl) DAMA/LIBRA apparatus, running at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the I.N.F.N., is described.
New search for correlated e+e- pairs in the alpha decay of 241Am
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +15
A new search for production of correlated e+e- pairs in the alpha decay of 241Am has been carried out deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the I.N.F.N. by usin…
GNO Solar Neutrino Observations: Results for GNOI
GNO Collaboration, M. Altmann, M. Balata +28
We report the first GNO solar neutrino results for the measuring period GNOI, solar exposure time May 20, 1998 till January 12, 2000. In the present analysis, counting results for…
Dark Matter particles in the galactic halo: results and implications from DAMA/NaI
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +9
The DAMA/NaI experiment (about 100 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl)) was proposed, designed and realised to effectively investigate in a model independent way the presence of a Dark Mat…
Low background detector with enriched 116CdWO4 crystal scintillators to search for double beta decay of 116Cd
A. S. Barabash, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +28
A cadmium tungstate crystal boule enriched in Cd to 82% with mass of 1868 g was grown by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique. The isotopic composition of cadmium…
Comment on "On an unverified nuclear decay and its role in the DAMA experiment" (arXiv:1210.5501)
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
We briefly remind references and arguments, already discussed in the past, which confute erroneous claims in arXiv:1210.5501.
Dark Matter: DAMA/LIBRA and its perspectives
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +11
The long-standing model-independent annual modulation effect measured by DAMA deep underground at Gran Sasso Laboratory with different experimental configurations is summarized and…
Search for decay of naturally occurring Hf-nuclides using a CsHfCl scintillator
V. Caracciolo, S. Nagorny, P. Belli +8
Residual radioactive contaminants of a caesium hafnium chloride (CsHfCl) crystal scintillator have been measured in a low background setup at the Gran Sasso National Labora…
Radioactive contamination of BaF2 crystal scintillator
O. G. Polischuk, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +8
Barium fluoride (BaF) crystal scintillators are promising detectors to search for double beta decay processes in Ba ( = 2619(3) keV) and Ba (…
Final model independent result of DAMA/LIBRA-phase1
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +16
The results obtained with the total exposure of 1.04 ton x yr collected by DAMA/LIBRA-phase1 deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the I.N.F.N. during 7…
Model independent result on possible diurnal effect in DAMA/LIBRA-phase1
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +16
The results obtained in the search for possible diurnal effect in the single-hit low energy data collected by DAMA/LIBRA-phase1 (total exposure: 1.04 ton x yr) deep underground at…
Improvement of radiopurity level of enriched CdWO and ZnWO crystal scintillators by recrystallization
A. S. Barabash, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +17
As low as possible radioactive contamination of a detector plays a crucial role to improve sensitivity of a double beta decay experiment. The radioactive contamination of a sample…
Search for double beta decay of Ce and Ce with HPGe gamma detector
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +9
Search for double decay of Ce and Ce was realized with 732 g of deeply purified cerium oxide sample measured over 1900 h with the help of an ultra-low backgrou…
Double-beta decay of Nd to excited levels of Sm
A. S. Barabash, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +23
The decay of Nd to the first excited 740.5 keV level of Sm was measured over 5.845 yr with the help of a four-crystal low-background HPGe …
Search for 2β decay of 116Cd with the help of enriched 116CdWO4 crystal scintillators
D. V. Poda, A. S. Barabash, P. Belli +18
Cadmium tungstate crystal scintillators enriched in Cd to 82% (CdWO, total mass of 1.2 kg) are used to search for 2 decay of Cd deep underg…
WIMP search by the DAMA experiment at Gran Sasso
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, M. Amato +11
DAMA is searching for rare processes by developing and using several kinds of radiopure scintillators: in particular, NaI(Tl), liquid Xenon and CaF(Eu). The main results are he…
Investigating Earth shadowing effect with DAMA/LIBRA-phase1
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, S. d'Angelo +14
In the present paper the results obtained in the investigation of possible diurnal effects for low-energy single-hit scintillation events of DAMA/LIBRA-phase1 (1.04 ton yr…
Proceedings to the 27th Workshop "What Comes Beyond the Standard Models" Bled, July 8-17, 2024
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, A. Bussolotti +31
The series of meetings ``What comes beyond the Standard Models'' started in 1998 with the idea of organizing a workshop where participants would spend most of the time in discussio…
DAMA annual modulation effect and asymmetric mirror matter
A. Addazi, Z. Berezhiani, R. Bernabei +4
The long-standing model-independent annual modulation effect measured by DAMA Collaboration is examined in the context of asymmetric mirror dark matter, assuming that dark atoms in…
CdWO4 crystal scintillators from enriched isotopes for double beta decay experiments
D. V. Poda, A. S. Barabash, P. Belli +32
Cadmium tungstate crystal scintillators enriched in 106Cd and 116Cd were developed. The produced scintillators exhibit good optical and scintillation properties, and a low level of…
Astrophysical and cosmological problems of invisible mass and dark energy in the Universe
P. Belli, L. A. Berdina, R. Bernabei +53
The Workshop on results of the Project Kosmomikrofizyka-2 (Astroparticle Physics) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine "Astrophysical and cosmological problems of i…
Search for decay of Cd with enriched CdWO crystal scintillator in coincidence with four HPGe detectors
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, V. B. Brudanin +14
A radiopure cadmium tungstate crystal scintillator, enriched in Cd to 66%, with mass of 216 g (CdWO), was used to search for double beta decay processes in $^{1…
On electromagnetic contributions in WIMP quests
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Montecchia +11
The effect pointed out by A. B. Migdal in the 40's (hereafter named Migdal effect) has so far been usually neglected in the direct searches for WIMP Dark Matter candidates. This ef…
Technical aspects and dark matter searches
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Cappella +12
A variety of detectors has been proposed for dark matter direct detection, but most of them -- by the fact -- are still at R&D stage. In many cases, it is claimed that the lack of…
Investigating pseudoscalar and scalar dark matter
R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Montecchia +10
In this paper another class of Dark Matter candidate particles: the pseudoscalar and scalar light bosonic candidates, is discussed. Particular care is devoted to the study of the p…
Search for Rare Nuclear Decays with HPGe Detectors at the STELLA Facility of the LNGS
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +20
Results on the search for rare nuclear decays with the ultra low background facility STELLA at the LNGS using gamma ray spectrometry are presented. In particular, the best T1/2 lim…
Half-life measurements of Po with thorium-loaded liquid scintillator
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +11
Precise measurement of half-life of Po (one of the daughter nuclides in radioactive chain of Th) was realized by means of liquid scintillator based on toluene doped…