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most citedThe T2K Experiment

824 citations

210 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Excavation of a 69-m diameter and 94-m high cavern for the Hyper-Kamiokande detector

Y. Asaoka, H. Tanaka, S. Nakayama +14

The excavation of the Hyper-Kamiokande cavern, 600 m underground, is complete. Measuring 69 m in diameter and 94 m in height, it is among the world's largest rock caverns. A vertic…

hep-ex2025★ 23 cited

Joint neutrino oscillation analysis from the T2K and NOvA experiments

NOvA, T2K Collaborations, : +597

The landmark discovery that neutrinos have mass and can change type (or "flavor") as they propagate -- a process called neutrino oscillation -- has opened up a rich array of theore…

physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

Introducing a Markov Chain-Based Time Calibration Procedure for Multi-Channel Particle Detectors: Application to the SuperFGD and ToF Detectors of the T2K Experiment

S. Abe, H. Alarakia-Charles, I. Alekseev +190

Inter-channel mis-synchronisation can be a limiting factor to the time resolution of high performance timing detectors with multiple readout channels and independent electronics un…

physics.ins-det2025

Background stability and annual modulation test using PICOLON ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detector

PICOLON Collaboration, K. Kotera, D. Chernyak +20

The dark matter observation claimed by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment has been a long-standing puzzle within the particle physics community. NaI(Tl) crystals with radiopurity comparable…

hep-ex2025

Improving Neutrino-Nuclei Interaction Models: Recommendations and Case Studies on Peelle's Pertinent Puzzle

S. Abe, L. Aliaga-Soplin, J. Barrow +19

Improving the modeling of neutrino-nuclei interactions using data-driven methods is crucial for high-precision neutrino oscillation experiments. This paper investigates Peelle's Pe…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Measurement of the branching ratio of , , , and isotopes through the nuclear muon capture reaction in the Super-Kamiokande detector

Y. Maekawa, K. Abe, S. Abe +263

The Super-Kamiokande detector has measured solar neutrinos for more than years. The sensitivity for solar neutrino measurement is limited by the uncertainties of energy scale…

hep-ex2025

Testing T2K's Bayesian constraints with priors in alternate parameterisations

The T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, S. Abe +400

Bayesian analysis results require a choice of prior distribution. In long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics, the usual parameterisation of the mixing matrix induces a prior tha…

hep-ex2025★ 6 cited

Measurement of neutron production in atmospheric neutrino interactions at Super-Kamiokande

Kamiokande collaboration, S. Han, K. Abe +280

We present measurements of total neutron production from atmospheric neutrino interactions in water, analyzed as a function of electron-equivalent visible energy over a range of 30…

hep-ex2025

First Measurement of the Electron Neutrino Charged-Current Pion Production Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector

K. Abe, S. Abe, R. Akutsu +392

The T2K Collaboration presents the first measurement of electron neutrino-induced charged-current pion production on carbon in a restricted kinematical phase space. This is perform…

hep-ex2025★ 41 cited

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…

hep-ex2025

Neutron multiplicity measurement in muon capture on oxygen nuclei in the Gd-loaded Super-Kamiokande detector

Kamiokande Collaboration, S. Miki, K. Abe +282

In recent neutrino detectors, neutrons produced in neutrino reactions play an important role. Muon capture on oxygen nuclei is one of the processes that produce neutrons in water C…

physics.ins-det2025★ 4 cited

In-situ high voltage generation with Cockcroft-Walton multiplier for xenon gas time projection chamber

Shinichi Akiyama, Junya Hikida, Masashi Yoshida +17

We have newly developed a Cockcroft-Walton (CW) multiplier that can be used in a gas time projection chamber (TPC). A TPC requires a high voltage to form an electric field that dri…

physics.ins-det2024★ 6 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2024★ 11 cited

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★ 21 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 3 cited

Development of a data overflow protection system for Super-Kamiokande to maximize data from nearby supernovae

M. Mori, K. Abe, Y. Hayato +252

Neutrinos from very nearby supernovae, such as Betelgeuse, are expected to generate more than ten million events over 10\,s in Super-Kamokande (SK). At such large event rates, the…

hep-ex2024★ 1 cited

Measurements of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muons with the Super-Kamiokande detector

H. Kitagawa, T. Tada, K. Abe +253

We present the results of the charge ratio () and polarization () measurements using the decay electron events collected from 2008 September to 2022 June by the Super-K…

physics.ins-det2024★ 23 cited

Second gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande

K. Abe, C. Bronner, Y. Hayato +246

The first loading of gadolinium (Gd) into Super-Kamiokande in 2020 was successful, and the neutron capture efficiency on Gd reached 50\%. To further increase the Gd neutron capture…

physics.ins-det2024★ 76 cited

The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +192

The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and se…

hep-ex2023★ 46 cited

Solar neutrino measurements using the full data period of Super-Kamiokande-IV

Kamiokande Collaboration, K. Abe, C. Bronner +322

An analysis of solar neutrino data from the fourth phase of Super-Kamiokande~(SK-IV) from October 2008 to May 2018 is performed and the results are presented. The observation time…

hep-ex2023★ 35 cited

Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with neutron tagging and an expanded fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-V

Kamiokande Collaboration, T. Wester, K. Abe +233

We present a measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters with the Super-Kamiokande detector using atmospheric neutrinos from the complete pure-water SK I-V (April 1996-July 2020…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

High-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber with scalable design and its performance at around the Q value of Xe double-beta decay

Masashi Yoshida, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Shinichi Akiyama +18

We have been developing a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber (TPC) to search for neutrinoless double beta () decay of Xe. The unique feature of this TPC…

hep-ph2023★ 10 cited

Nuclear deexcitation simulator for neutrino interactions and nucleon decays of and based on TALYS

Seisho Abe

Nuclear deexcitation associated with neutrino interactions and nucleon decays has a significant impact on a recent key observable for neutrino detectors: neutron multiplicity. Howe…

hep-ex2023★ 10 cited

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…