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20142026
most citedFirst results from the NEWS-G direct dark matter search experiment at the LSM

156 citations · 611 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

hep-ex2026

Constraints on Sub-MeV Dark Matter from Solar Reflection with DAMIC-M

K. Aggarwal, I. Arnquist, N. Avalos +41

The Sun acts as a natural dark matter accelerator. Galactic halo particles scattering in the solar plasma emerge with velocities well beyond the Galactic escape speed, providing a…

hep-ex2025

Daily Modulation Constraints on Light Dark Matter with DAMIC-M

K. Aggarwal, I. Arnquist, N. Avalos +40

The flux of Hidden Sector particles from the Galactic halo reaching an underground detector can be significantly attenuated by interactions within the Earth for sufficiently large…

physics.ins-det2025

First Production of Skipper-CCD Modules for the DAMIC-M Experiment

H. Lin, M. Traina, S. Paul +65

The DAMIC-M experiment will search for sub-GeV dark matter particles with a large array of silicon skipper charge-coupled devices (CCDs) at the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM)…

hep-ex2025★ 28 cited

Probing Benchmark Models of Hidden-Sector Dark Matter with DAMIC-M

M Collaboration, K. Aggarwal, I. Arnquist +39

We report on a search for sub-GeV dark matter (DM) particles interacting with electrons using the DAMIC-M prototype detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory. The data feature…

physics.ins-det2024

Simulation of a radial TPC for the detection of neutrinoless double beta decay

R. Bouet, J. Busto, A. Cadiou +17

To search for decay with unprecedented sensitivity, the R2D2 collaboration is developing a radial time projection chamber with a fiducial mass of half a tonne of $^{136}…

physics.ins-det2024★ 1 cited

The ionization yield in a methane-filled spherical proportional counter

M. M. Arora, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +40

Spherical proportional counters (SPCs) are gaseous particle detectors sensitive to single ionization electrons in their target media, with large detector volumes and low background…

physics.ins-det2024★ 7 cited

The DAMIC-M Low Background Chamber

I. Arnquist, N. Avalos, P. Bailly +66

The DArk Matter In CCDs at Modane (DAMIC-M) experiment is designed to search for light dark matter (m<10\,GeV/c) at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM) in France. DA…

hep-ex2024★ 11 cited

Search for Light Dark Matter with NEWS-G at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane Using a Methane Target

M. M. Arora, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +40

The NEWS-G direct detection experiment uses spherical proportional counters to search for light dark matter candidates. New results from a 10 day physics run with a $135\,\mathrm{c…

physics.ins-det2024

Perspectives of a single-anode cylindrical chamber operating in ionization mode and high gas pressure

R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +13

As part of the R2D2 (Rare Decays with Radial Detector) R&D, the use of a gas detector with a spherical or cylindrical cathode, equipped with a single anode and operating at high pr…

physics.ins-det2023

R2D2 TPC: first Xenon results

R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +16

Radial time projection chambers (TPC), already employed in the search for rare phenomena such as light Dark Matter candidate, could provide a new detection approach for the search…

hep-ex2023★ 22 cited

Search for Daily Modulation of MeV Dark Matter Signals with DAMIC-M

I. Arnquist, N. Avalos, D. Baxter +37

Dark Matter (DM) particles with sufficiently large cross sections may scatter as they travel through Earth's bulk. The corresponding changes in the DM flux give rise to a character…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 15 cited

Confirmation of the spectral excess in DAMIC at SNOLAB with skipper CCDs

A. Aguilar-Arevalo, I. Arnquist, N. Avalos +69

We present results from a 3.25 kg-day target exposure of two silicon charge-coupled devices (CCDs), each with 24 megapixels and skipper readout, deployed in the DAMIC setup at SNOL…

hep-ex2023★ 1 cited

Performance of a spherical high pressure gas TPC for neutrino magnetic moment measurement

R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +20

The measurement of neutrino magnetic moment larger than would be a clear signature of physics beyond the standard model other than the existence of massive Dirac neut…

hep-ex2023★ 117 cited

First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons

I. Arnquist, N. Avalos, D. Baxter +42

We report constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles interacting with electrons from the first underground operation of DAMIC-M detectors. The search is performed with an integra…

hep-ex2023

Exploring light dark matter with the DarkSPHERE spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

L. Balogh, C. Beaufort, M. Chapellier +37

We present the conceptual design and the physics potential of DarkSPHERE, a proposed 3 m in diameter spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby Undergro…

hep-ex2022

The DAMIC-M Experiment: Status and First Results

I. Arnquist, N. Avalos, P. Bailly +69

The DAMIC-M (DArk Matter In CCDs at Modane) experiment employs thick, fully depleted silicon charged-coupled devices (CCDs) to search for dark matter particles with a target exposu…

physics.ins-det2022★ 24 cited

Precision measurement of Compton scattering in silicon with a skipper CCD for dark matter detection

D. Norcini, N. Castello-Mor, D. Baxter +41

Experiments aiming to directly detect dark matter through particle recoils can achieve energy thresholds of . In this regime, ionization signals from s…

physics.ins-det2022

The NEWS-G detector at SNOLAB

L. Balogh, C. Beaufort, A. Brossard +38

The New Experiments With Spheres-Gas (NEWS-G) collaboration intends to achieve Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) detection using Spherical Propo…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 99 cited

EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra

P. Adari, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. Amidei +303

Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the signifi…

physics.ins-det2022★ 6 cited

Simultaneous scintillation light and charge readout of a pure argon filled Spherical Proportional Counter

R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +20

The possible use of a Spherical Proportional Counter for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay is investigated in the R2D2 R&D project. Dual charge and scintillation light r…

physics.ins-det2022★ 13 cited

Measurements of the ionization efficiency of protons in methane

G Collaboration, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +40

The amount of energy released by a nuclear recoil ionizing the atoms of the active volume of detection appears "quenched" compared to an electron of the same kinetic energy. This d…

hep-ex2021★ 1 cited

Solar Kaluza-Klein axion search with NEWS-G

G collaboration, Q. Arnaud, L. Balogh +39

Kaluza-Klein (KK) axions appear in theories with extra dimensions as higher mass, significantly shorter lifetime, excitations of the Peccei-Quinn axion. When produced in the Sun, t…

physics.ins-det2020★ 13 cited

R2D2 spherical TPC: first energy resolution results

R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +20

Spherical time projection chambers (TPC), also known as spherical proportional counters, are employed in the search for rare phenomena, such as light Dark Matter candidates. The sp…

physics.ins-det2019★ 4 cited

Development of Spherical Proportional Counter for light WIMP search within NEWS-G collaboration

Ali Dastgheibi-Fard, Gilles Geribier

The Spherical gaseous detector (or Spherical Proportional Counter, SPC) has a broad range of applications. In this work, we will focus on the light WIMP Dark Matter particle search…