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most citedFirst Dark Matter Search Results from the XENON1T Experiment

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31 papers

hep-ex2026★ 2 cited

Light Dark Matter Search with 7.8 Tonne-Year of Ionization-Only Data in XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +174

We report on a blinded search for dark matter (DM) using ionization-only (S2-only) signals in XENONnT with a total exposure of over 579 days…

hep-ex2025

Constraints on Solar Reflected Dark Matter from a combined analysis of XENON1T and XENONnT data

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +174

We report on a search for sub-GeV dark matter upscattered via the solar reflection mechanism in the heavy mediator scenario. Under the Standard Halo Model, keV to MeV dark matter p…

nucl-ex2025

Spectral Measurement of the Bi beta-decay to the Po Ground State with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +170

We report the measurement of the Bi beta-decay spectrum to the ground state of Po using the XENONnT detector. This decay is classified as first-forbidden non-unique…

nucl-ex2025

Search for the in-situ production of Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

M. Agostini, A. Alexander, G. Araujo +108

The beta decay of Ge and Ge, both produced by neutron capture on Ge, is a potential background for Germanium based neutrinoless double-beta decay sea…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

Challenging Spontaneous Quantum Collapse with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +174

We report on the search for X-ray radiation as predicted from dynamical quantum collapse with low-energy electronic recoil data in the energy range of 1-140 keV from the first scie…

hep-ex2025★ 41 cited

WIMP Dark Matter Search using a 3.1 Tonne-Year Exposure of the XENONnT Experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +175

We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) via elastic DM-xenon-nucleus interactions in the XENONnT experiment. We combine datasets from…

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…

hep-ex2024★ 24 cited

Search for Light Dark Matter in Low-Energy Ionization Signals from XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +165

We report on a blinded search for dark matter with single- and few-electron signals in the first science run of XENONnT relying on a novel detector response framework that is physi…

physics.ins-det2024★ 11 cited

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory

XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441

The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60 to 80 t capable of probing the remaining WIMP-nucleon interaction parameter…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441

This report describes the experimental strategy and technologies for XLZD, the next-generation xenon observatory sensitive to dark matter and neutrino physics. In the baseline desi…

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…

hep-ex2024

XENONnT Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +165

The XENONnT experiment, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, features a 5.9 tonne liquid xenon time projection chamber surrounded by an instrumented neut…

hep-ex2024★ 27 cited

First Search for Light Dark Matter in the Neutrino Fog with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +165

We search for dark matter (DM) with a mass [3,12] using an exposure of 3.51 with the XENONnT experiment.We consider spin-indepen…

hep-ex2024★ 4 cited

First Indication of Solar B Neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +164

We present the first measurement of nuclear recoils from solar B neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with the XENONnT dark matter experiment. The central…

physics.data-an2024★ 6 cited

XENONnT WIMP Search: Signal & Background Modeling and Statistical Inference

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +161

The XENONnT experiment searches for weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter scattering off a xenon nucleus. In particular, XENONnT uses a dual-phase time projection…

nucl-ex2024

Searches for new physics below twice the electron mass with GERDA

GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +108

A search for full energy depositions from bosonic keV-scale dark matter candidates of masses between 65 keV and 1021 keV has been performed with data collected during Phase II of t…

hep-ex2024

Offline tagging of radon-induced backgrounds in XENON1T and applicability to other liquid xenon detectors

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +164

This paper details the first application of a software tagging algorithm to reduce radon-induced backgrounds in liquid noble element time projection chambers, such as XENON1T and X…

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…

nucl-ex2023

An improved limit on the neutrinoless double-electron capture of Ar with GERDA

GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +110

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment operated enriched high-purity germanium detectors in a liquid argon cryostat, which contains 0.33% of Ar, a candidate isotope…

hep-ex2019★ 255 cited

Search for Light Dark Matter Interactions Enhanced by the Migdal effect or Bremsstrahlung in XENON1T

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +131

Direct dark matter detection experiments based on a liquid xenon target are leading the search for dark matter particles with masses above 5 GeV/c, but have limited sens…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 36 cited

Signal Yields of keV Electronic Recoils and Their Discrimination from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +116

We report on the response of liquid xenon to low energy electronic recoils below 15 keV from beta decays of tritium at drift fields of 92 V/cm, 154 V/cm and 366 V/cm using the XENO…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 264 cited

The XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +142

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is the first WIMP dark matter detector operating with a liquid xenon target mass above the ton-scale. Out o…