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most citedDarkSide-20k: A 20 Tonne Two-Phase LAr TPC for Direct Dark Matter Detection at LNGS

613 citations · 2.1k across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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16 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-ex2022★ 5 cited

White Paper on Light Sterile Neutrino Searches and Related Phenomenology

M. A. Acero, C. A. Argüelles, M. Hostert +169

This white paper provides a comprehensive review of our present understanding of experimental neutrino anomalies that remain unresolved, charting the progress achieved over the las…

physics.ins-det2018★ 8 cited

Monte Carlo Simulations of Trapped Ultracold Neutrons in the UCNτ Experiment

Nathan Callahan, Chen-Yu Liu, Francisco Gonzalez +37

In the UCNτ experiment, ultracold neutrons (UCN) are confined by magnetic fields and the Earth's gravitational field. Field-trapping mitigates the problem of UCN loss on material s…

nucl-ex2018★ 1 cited

Measurement of the neutron lifetime using a magneto-gravitational trap

Nathan Callahan

Precision measurements of the free neutron lifetime , when combined with measurements of the axial vector form factor, can be used to test unitarity of the CKM matrix. Non-uni…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 274 cited

DarkSide-50 532-day Dark Matter Search with Low-Radioactivity Argon

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +172

The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on the bl…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 253 cited

Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter-Electron Scattering from the DarkSide-50 Experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +193

We present new constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles scattering off electrons in argon based on an analysis of ionization signal data from the DarkSide-50 detector.

astro-ph.HE2018★ 443 cited

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +192

We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50…

physics.ins-det2018★ 24 cited

Electroluminescence pulse shape and electron diffusion in liquid argon measured in a dual-phase TPC

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +163

We report the measurement of the longitudinal diffusion constant in liquid argon with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase time projection chamber. The measurement is performed at drift elec…

physics.ins-det2017★ 613 cited

DarkSide-20k: A 20 Tonne Two-Phase LAr TPC for Direct Dark Matter Detection at LNGS

C. E. Aalseth, F. Acerbi, P. Agnes +282

Building on the successful experience in operating the DarkSide-50 detector, the DarkSide Collaboration is going to construct DarkSide-20k, a direct WIMP search detector using a tw…

physics.ins-det2017★ 38 cited

Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +147

A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP intera…

nucl-ex2017★ 174 cited

Measurement of the neutron lifetime using an asymmetric magneto- gravitational trap and in situ detection

R. W. Pattie, N. B. Callahan, C. Cude-Woods +35

The precise value of the mean neutron lifetime, , plays an important role in nuclear and particle physics and cosmology. It is a key input for predicting the ratio of protons…

physics.ins-det2017★ 22 cited

Cryogenic Characterization of FBK RGB-HD SiPMs

C. E. Aalseth, F. Acerbi, P. Agnes +268

We report on the cryogenic characterization of Red Green Blue - High Density (RGB-HD) SiPMs developed at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) as part of the DarkSide program of dark matt…

physics.ins-det2016★ 11 cited

Effect of Low Electric Fields on Alpha Scintillation Light Yield in Liquid Argon

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +158

Measurements were made of scintillation light yield of alpha particles from the Rn decay chain within the DarkSide-50 liquid argon time projection chamber. The light yield…

physics.ins-det2016★ 11 cited

CALIS - a CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +162

This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS…

nucl-ex2016★ 29 cited

A new method for measuring the neutron lifetime using an in situ neutron detector

C. L. Morris, E. R. Adamek, L. J. Broussard +28

The neutron lifetime is important in understanding the production of light nuclei in the first minutes after the big bang and it provides basic information on the charged weak curr…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 186 cited

Results from the first use of low radioactivity argon in a dark matter search

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

Liquid argon is a bright scintillator with potent particle identification properties, making it an attractive target for direct-detection dark matter searches. The DarkSide-50 dark…