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hep-ex2020★ 10 cited

Search for solar electron anti-neutrinos due to spin-flavor precession in the Sun with Super-Kamiokande-IV

Kamiokande Collaboration, K. Abe, C. Bronner +197

Due to a very low production rate of electron anti-neutrinos () via nuclear fusion in the Sun, a flux of solar is unexpected. An appearance of in solar…

hep-ex2020★ 132 cited

Search for proton decay via and with an enlarged fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-IV

Kamiokande Collaboration, A. Takenaka, K. Abe +211

We have searched for proton decay via and modes with the enlarged fiducial volume data of Super-Kamiokande from April 1996 to May 2018, which correspond…

physics.ins-det2020★ 32 cited

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-ex2020★ 16 cited

T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using protons on target

K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +311

We report measurements by the T2K experiment of the parameters and which govern the disappearance of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos in the three-flavor PMNS…

hep-ex2020★ 33 cited

First measurement of and charged-current inclusive interactions on water using a nuclear emulsion detector

A. Hiramoto, Y. Suzuki, A. Ali +40

This paper reports the track multiplicity and kinematics of muons, charged pions, and protons from charged-current inclusive and interactions on a water target, mea…

physics.ins-det2020★ 11 cited

Characterization of New Silicon Photomultipliers with Low Dark Noise at Low Temperature

K. Ozaki, S. Kazama, M. Yamashita +2

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have a low radioactivity, compact geometry, low operation voltage, and reasonable photo-detection efficiency for vacuum ultraviolet light (VUV). Th…

physics.ins-det2020★ 241 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020

Improved method for measuring low concentration radium and its application to the Super-Kamiokande Gadolinium project

S. Ito, K. Ichimura, Y. Takaku +8

Chemical extraction using a molecular recognition resin named "Empore Radium Rad Disk" was developed to improve sensitivity for the low concentration of radium (Ra). Compared with…

hep-ex2020★ 501 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 6 cited

Development of low-background photomultiplier tubes for liquid xenon detectors

XMASS Collaboration, K. Abe, Y. Chen +36

We successfully developed a new photomultiplier tube (PMT) with a three-inch diameter, convex-shaped photocathode, R13111. Its prominent features include good performance and ultra…

hep-ex2020★ 39 cited

Indirect Search for Dark Matter from the Galactic Center and Halo with the Super-Kamiokande Detector

Kamiokande Collaboration, K. Abe, C. Bronner +269

We present a search for an excess of neutrino interactions due to dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) annihilating in the galactic center or hal…

hep-ex2020★ 10 cited

Measurements of and charged-current cross-sections without detected pions nor protons on water and hydrocarbon at mean antineutrino energy of 0.86 GeV

K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +366

We report measurements of the flux-integrated and charged-current cross-sections on water and hydrocarbon targets using the T2K anti-neutrino beam, with a m…

hep-ex2020★ 56 cited

Simultaneous measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state at T2K

K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +330

This paper reports the first simultaneous measurement of the double differential muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state a…

physics.ins-det2020★ 11 cited

Evaluation of radon adsorption efficiency values in xenon with activated carbon fibers

Y. Nakano, K. Ichimura, H. Ito +5

The radioactive noble gas radon-222 (, or Rn) produced in the uranium series is a crucial background source in many underground experiments. We have estimated th…

physics.ins-det2020★ 4 cited

Design and performance of a high-pressure xenon gas TPC as a prototype for a large-scale neutrinoless double-beta decay search

S. Ban, M. Hirose, A. K. Ichikawa +16

A high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber, with a unique cellular readout structure based on electroluminescence, has been developed for a large-scale neutrinoless double-b…

physics.ins-det2020★ 14 cited

Development of a low--emitting -PIC as a readout device for direction-sensitive dark matter detectors

Takashi Hashimoto, Kentaro Miuchi, Tomonori Ikeda +10

Direction sensitivity could provide robust evidence for the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles constituting dark matter. However, the sensitivity of this meth…

hep-ex2020★ 19 cited

Measurement of the charged-current electron (anti-)neutrino inclusive cross-sections at the T2K off-axis near detector ND280

K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +366

The electron (anti-)neutrino component of the T2K neutrino beam constitutes the largest background in the measurement of electron (anti-)neutrino appearance at the far detector. Th…

hep-ex2020★ 33 cited

First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K

K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +349

This paper presents the first combined measurement of the double-differential muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross sections with no pions in the final state on hydr…

hep-ex2020★ 21 cited

Search for proton decay into three charged leptons in 0.37 megaton-years exposure of the Super-Kamiokande

Kamiokande Collaboration, M. Tanaka, K. Abe +178

A search for proton decay into three charged leptons has been performed by using 0.37Mtonyears of data collected in Super-Kamiokande. All possible combinations of electr…