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physics.ins-det2015

CALDER: cryogenic light detector for rare events search

L. Pagnanini, E. S. Battistelli, F. Bellini +15

The CALDER project aims at developing cryogenic light detectors with high sensitivity to UV and visible light, to be used for particle tagging in massive bolometers. Indeed the sen…

physics.ins-det2015★ 49 cited

The veto system of the DarkSide-50 experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, L. Agostino +158

Nuclear recoil events produced by neutron scatters form one of the most important classes of background in WIMP direct detection experiments, as they may produce nuclear recoils th…

physics.ins-det2015★ 14 cited

Characterization of the KID-Based Light Detectors of CALDER

N. Casali, F. Bellini, L. Cardani +10

The aim of the Cryogenic wide-Area Light Detectors with Excellent Resolution (CALDER) project is the development of light detectors with active area of cm and noise…

physics.ins-det2015★ 25 cited

Response of diamond detector sandwich to 14 MeV neutrons

M. Osipenko, M. Ripani, G. Ricco +5

In this paper we present the measurement of the response of 50 m thin diamond detectors to 14 MeV neutrons. Such neutrons are produced in fusion reactors and are of particular i…

physics.ins-det2015★ 16 cited

Time resolution of time-of-flight detector based on multiple scintillation counters readout by SiPMs

P. W. Cattaneo, M. De Gerone, F. Gatti +5

A new timing detector measuring ~50 MeV/c positrons is under development for the MEG II experiment, aiming at a time resolution . The resolution is expecte…

physics.ins-det2015★ 53 cited

Solar neutrino detection in a large volume double-phase liquid argon experiment

D. Franco, C. Giganti, P. Agnes +29

Precision measurements of solar neutrinos emitted by specific nuclear reaction chains in the Sun are of great interest for developing an improved understanding of star formation an…

physics.ins-det2015★ 13 cited

Test of the CLAS12 RICH large scale prototype in the direct proximity focusing configuration

N. Baltzell, L. Barion, F. Benmokhtar +25

A large area ring-imaging Cherenkov detector has been designed to provide clean hadron identification capability in the momentum range from 3 GeV/c up to 8 GeV/c for the CLAS12 exp…

physics.ins-det2015★ 48 cited

Double-beta decay investigation with highly pure enriched Se for the LUCIFER experiment

J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini, P. Benetti +26

The LUCIFER project aims at deploying the first array of enriched scintillating bolometers for the investigation of neutrinoless double-beta decay of Se. The matrix which em…

physics.ins-det2015★ 9 cited

Time calibration with atmospheric muon tracks in the ANTARES neutrino telescope

S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert, M. André +127

The ANTARES experiment consists of an array of photomultipliers distributed along 12 lines and located deep underwater in the Mediterranean Sea. It searches for astrophysical neutr…

physics.ins-det2015★ 1.2k cited

Neutrino Physics with JUNO

Fengpeng An, Guangpeng An, Qi An +224

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a 20 kton multi-purpose underground liquid scintillator detector, was proposed with the determination of the neutrino mass hie…

physics.ins-det2015★ 15 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2015★ 19 cited

Neutron spectrometer for fast nuclear reactors

M. Osipenko, M. Ripani, G. Ricco +8

In this paper we describe the development and first tests of a neutron spectrometer designed for high flux environments, such as the ones found in fast nuclear reactors. The spectr…

physics.ins-det2015★ 8 cited

Proton recoil telescope based on diamond detectors for measurement of fusion neutrons

B. Caiffi, M. Osipenko, M. Ripani +2

Diamonds are very promising candidates for the neutron diagnostics in harsh environments such as fusion reactor. In the first place this is because of their radiation hardness, exc…

physics.ins-det2015★ 72 cited

CALDER - Neutrinoless double-beta decay identification in TeO bolometers with kinetic inductance detectors

E. S. Battistelli, F. Bellini, C. Bucci +16

Next-generation experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay must be sensitive to a Majorana neutrino mass as low as 10 meV. CUORE, an array of 988 TeO bolometers b…

physics.ins-det2015★ 46 cited

The Heavy Photon Search experiment at Jefferson Laboratory

Andrea Celentano

The Heavy Photon Search experiment (HPS) at Jefferson Laboratory will search for a new massive gauge boson, or "heavy-photon," mediator of a new fundamental interaction, cal…

physics.ins-det2015★ 13 cited

Trapping in irradiated p-on-n silicon sensors at fluences anticipated at the HL-LHC outer tracker

W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic +682

The degradation of signal in silicon sensors is studied under conditions expected at the CERN High-Luminosity LHC. 200 m thick n-type silicon sensors are irradiated with protons…

physics.ins-det2015★ 44 cited

Energy resolution and efficiency of phonon-mediated Kinetic Inductance Detectors for light detection

L. Cardani, I. Colantoni, A. Cruciani +8

The development of sensitive cryogenic light detectors is of primary interest for bolometric experiments searching for rare events like dark matter interactions or neutrino-less do…

physics.ins-det2015★ 3 cited

Design and realization of a facility for the characterization of Silicon Avalanche PhotoDiodes

Andrea Celentano, Luca Colaneri, Raffaella De Vita +7

We present the design, construction, and performance of a facility for the characterization of Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes in the operating temperature range between -2 C…