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775 citations · 1.5k across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

physics.ins-det2026

The Darkside-20k Data Acquisition System

Fabio Acerbi, Pushparaj Adhikari, Paolo Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a WIMP search experiment using liquid argon as a target, designed to perform a background-free search for dark matter with unprecedented sensitivity, and is current…

hep-ex2026

The COHERENT Experiment: 2026 Update

M. Adhikari, M. Ahn, D. Amaya Matamoros +107

The COHERENT experiment measures neutrino-induced recoils from coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with multiple nuclear targets at the Spallation Neutron Source (…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +294

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant f…

physics.ins-det2025

Measurement of the X-ARAPUCA's Absolute Photon Detection Efficiency for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's Vertical Drift Far Detector

G. Botogoske, F. Bruni, E. Calvo +41

The DUNE experiment will implement a photon detection system composed of X-ARAPUCA (XA) devices. These trap incoming VUV photons by internal reflection in a wavelength shifter ligh…

physics.ins-det2025

Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM Tiles for the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +301

The DarkSide-20k dark matter direct detection experiment will employ a 21 m^2 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, instrumenting a dual-phase 50 tonnes liquid argon Time Projectio…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +300

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground wel…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c. This was demons…

hep-ex2024★ 4 cited

Evidence of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with COHERENT's Germanium Array

S. Adamski, M. Ahn, P. S. Barbeau +85

We report the first detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) on natural germanium, measured at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laborato…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

hep-ex2023★ 1 cited

Accessing new physics with an undoped, cryogenic CsI CEvNS detector for COHERENT at the SNS

P. S. Barbeau, V. Belov, I. Bernardi +77

We consider the potential for a 10-kg undoped cryogenic CsI detector operating at the Spallation Neutron Source to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and its sens…

physics.ins-det2023

COHERENT Collaboration data release from the measurements of CsI[Na] response to nuclear recoils

D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe +75

Description of the data release 10.13139/OLCF/1969085 (https://doi.ccs.ornl.gov/ui/doi/426) from the measurements of the CsI[Na] response to low energy nuclear recoils by the COHER…

nucl-ex2023★ 19 cited

Measurement of the Electron-Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on I with the COHERENT NaIE detector

P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau +86

Using an 185-kg NaI[Tl] array, COHERENT has measured the inclusive electron-neutrino charged-current cross section on I with pion decay-at-rest neutrinos produced by the…

hep-ex2022

A COHERENT constraint on leptophobic dark matter using CsI data

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An +78

We use data from the COHERENT CsI[Na] scintillation detector to constrain sub-GeV leptophobic dark matter models. This detector was built to observe low-energy nuclear recoils from…

hep-ex2022★ 8 cited

The COHERENT Experimental Program

D. Akimov, S. Alawabdeh, P. An +128

The COHERENT experiment located in Neutrino Alley at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has made the world's first two measurements of coher…

physics.ins-det2021★ 7 cited

Monitoring the SNS basement neutron background with the MARS detector

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An +75

We present the analysis and results of the first dataset collected with the MARS neutron detector deployed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) for…

physics.ins-det2021★ 4 cited

Measurement of scintillation response of CsI[Na] to low-energy nuclear recoils by COHERENT

D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe +74

We present results of several measurements of CsI[Na] scintillation response to 3-60 keV energy nuclear recoils performed by the COHERENT collaboration using tagged neutron elastic…

hep-ex2021★ 2 cited

First Probe of Sub-GeV Dark Matter Beyond the Cosmological Expectation with the COHERENT CsI Detector at the SNS

D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe +73

The COHERENT collaboration searched for scalar dark matter particles produced at the Spallation Neutron Source with masses between 1 and 220~MeV/c using a CsI[Na] scintillation…

hep-ex2021★ 114 cited

Measurement of the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Cross Section on CsI by COHERENT

D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe +73

We measured the cross section of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (\cevns{}) using a CsI[Na] scintillating crystal in a high flux of neutrinos produced at the Spallatio…

hep-ex2021★ 4 cited

Simulating the neutrino flux from the Spallation Neutron Source for the COHERENT experiment

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An +80

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a pulsed source of neutrons and, as a byproduct of this operation, an intense source of pulsed neutrinos via…

physics.ins-det2021★ 23 cited

A DO detector for flux normalization of a pion decay-at-rest neutrino source

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An +76

We report on the technical design and expected performance of a 592 kg heavy-water-Cherenkov detector to measure the absolute neutrino flux from the pion-decay-at-rest neutrino sou…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

Development of a Kr source for the calibration of the CENNS-10 Liquid Argon Detector

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An +77

We report on the preparation of and calibration measurements with a Kr source for the CENNS-10 liquid argon detector. Kr atoms generated in the de…

nucl-ex2020★ 35 cited

COHERENT Collaboration data release from the first detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering on argon

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, J. B. Albert +80

Release of COHERENT collaboration data from the first detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) on argon. This release corresponds with the results of "Anal…

nucl-ex2020★ 267 cited

First Measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering on Argon

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, J. B. Albert +80

We report the first measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (\cevns) on argon using a liquid argon detector at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neut…