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most citedFirst Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment

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physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

Radon Removal in XENONnT down to the Solar Neutrino Level

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +169

The XENONnT experiment has achieved an exceptionally low Rn activity concentration within its inner 5.9tonne liquid xenon detector of (0.900.01stat.$\…

physics.ins-det2024★ 6 cited

The neutron veto of the XENONnT experiment: Results with demineralized water

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +167

Radiogenic neutrons emitted by detector materials are one of the most challenging backgrounds for the direct search of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particl…

physics.ins-det2024

Low-Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration of XENONnT with a YBe Photoneutron Source

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +169

Characterizing low-energy, keV-range nuclear recoils near the detector threshold is one of the major challenges for large direct dark matter detectors. To that end, we have success…

physics.ins-det2024

Model-independent searches of new physics in DARWIN with a semi-supervised deep learning pipeline

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, M. Adrover +231

We present a novel deep learning pipeline to perform a model-independent, likelihood-free search for anomalous (i.e., non-background) events in the proposed next generation multi-t…

physics.ins-det2024★ 76 cited

The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +192

The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and se…

physics.ins-det2023★ 3 cited

Cosmogenic background simulations for the DARWIN observatory at different underground locations

M. Adrover, L. Althueser, B. Andrieu +180

Xenon dual-phase time projections chambers (TPCs) have proven to be a successful technology in studying physical phenomena that require low-background conditions. With 40t of liqui…

physics.ins-det2023★ 12 cited

Low Energy Electronic Recoils and Single Electron Detection with a Liquid Xenon Proportional Scintillation Counter

Jianyang Qi, Noah Hood, Abigail Kopec +4

Liquid xenon (LXe) is a well-studied detector medium to search for rare events in dark matter and neutrino physics. Two-phase xenon time projection chambers (TPCs) can detect elect…

physics.ins-det2022★ 18 cited

The Triggerless Data Acquisition System of the XENONnT Experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +162

The XENONnT detector uses the latest and largest liquid xenon-based time projection chamber (TPC) operated by the XENON Collaboration, aimed at detecting Weakly Interacting Massive…

physics.ins-det2022★ 13 cited

Low-energy Calibration of XENON1T with an Internal Ar Source

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +161

A low-energy electronic recoil calibration of XENON1T, a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, with an internal Ar source was performed. This calibration source features…

physics.ins-det2022★ 159 cited

A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, V. Aerne +591

The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the leadi…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

Application and modeling of an online distillation method to reduce krypton and argon in XENON1T

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +151

A novel online distillation technique was developed for the XENON1T dark matter experiment to reduce intrinsic background components more volatile than xenon, such as krypton or ar…

physics.ins-det2021

Material radiopurity control in the XENONnT experiment

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +150

The selection of low-radioactive construction materials is of the utmost importance for rare-event searches and thus critical to the XENONnT experiment. Results of an extensive rad…

physics.ins-det2020★ 4 cited

Solar Neutrino Detection Sensitivity in DARWIN via Electron Scattering

J. Aalbers, F. Agostini, S. E. M. Ahmed Maouloud +163

We detail the sensitivity of the liquid xenon (LXe) DARWIN observatory to solar neutrinos via elastic electron scattering. We find that DARWIN will have the potential to measure th…

physics.ins-det2020★ 16 cited

LBECA: A Low Background Electron Counting Apparatus for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detection

A. Bernstein, M. Clark, R. Essig +12

Two-phase noble liquid detectors, with large target masses and effective background reduction, are currently leading the dark matter direct detection for WIMP masses above a few Ge…