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most citedDark matter search in missing energy events with NA64

215 citations · 1.1k across the 31 of their papers we have counts for

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37 papers

hep-ex2026

Improved limits on a new in scenarios with the NA64 experiment at CERN

The NA64 Collaboration, Yu. M. Andreev, A. Antonov +53

Extensions of the Standard Model featuring an additional gauge symmetry provide a compelling framework linking the origin of neutrino masses to possible dark matter ca…

physics.ins-det2026

Silicon Photomultipliers in the CMS Upgrade

A. Heering, A. Karneyeu, Y. Musienko +1

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) will be used extensively in the upgraded CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. SiPMs have already been implemented into the barrel and endcap h…

physics.ins-det2026

Radiation damage studies of silicon photomultipliers for the CMS MIP Timing Detector

Y. Musienko, A. Heering, A. Karneyeu +1

Recently developed 15 um, 20 um, 25 um and 30 um cell size Hamamatsu Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) were irradiated with reactor neutrons at JSI (Ljubljana) up to 2*10^14 n/cm^2…

hep-ex2025

Searching for Light Dark Matter and Dark Sectors with the NA64 experiment at the CERN SPS

Yu. M. Andreev, A. Antonov, M. A. Ayala Torres +49

Since its approval in 2016, NA64 has pioneered light dark matter (LDM) searches with electron, positron, muon, and hadron beams. The experiment has successfully met its primary obj…

physics.ins-det2025★ 9 cited

The CMS Barrel Timing Layer: test beam confirmation of module timing performance

F. Addesa, P. Akrap, A. Albert +127

First of its kind, the barrel section of the MIP Timing Detector is a large area timing detector based on LYSO:Ce crystals and SiPMs which are required to operate in an unprecedent…

hep-ex2025

Proof of principle for a light dark matter search with low-energy positron beams at NA64

Yu. M. Andreev, A. Antonov, M. A. Ayala Torres +54

Thermal light dark matter (LDM) with particle masses in the 1 MeV - 1 GeV range could successfully explain the observed dark matter abundance as a relic from the primordial Univers…

physics.ins-det2024

Optimization of LYSO crystals and SiPM parameters for the CMS MIP timing detector

F. Addesa, T. Anderson, P. Barria +68

For the High-Luminosity (HL-LHC) phase, the upgrade of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN will include a novel MIP Timing Detector (MTD). The central part of MTD, t…

hep-ex2024

50 GeV in, nothing out: a sensitive probe of invisible and decays with NA64h

Yu. M. Andreev, A. Antonov, M. A. Ayala Torres +54

We present the first results from a proof-of-concept search for dark sectors via invisible decays of pseudoscalar and mesons in the NA64h experiment at the CERN SPS. Our n…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Using graph neural networks to reconstruct charged pion showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter

M. Aamir, G. Adamov, T. Adams +568

A novel method to reconstruct the energy of hadronic showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) is presented. The HGCAL is a sampling calorimeter with very fine transv…

hep-ex2024

First constraints on the explanation of the muon anomaly from NA64- at CERN

Yu. M. Andreev, A. Antonov, D. Banerjee +58

The inclusion of an additional gauge symmetry would release the tension between the measured and the predicted value of the anomalous muon magnetic moment: this pa…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Exploration of the Muon and Light Dark Matter explanations in NA64 with the CERN SPS high energy muon beam

Yu. M. Andreev, D. Banerjee, B. Banto Oberhauser +54

We report on a search for a new () vector boson performed at the NA64 experiment employing a high energy muon beam and a missing energy-momentum technique. Muons from…

hep-ph2024

Event-Generator Validation with MCPLOTS and LHC@home

Natalia Korneeva, Anton Karneyeu, Peter Skands

We document several recent updates to the MCPLOTS event-generator validation resource. The project is based on the RIVET analysis library and harnesses volunteer computing provided…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

Timing Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter Prototype

CMS HGCAL collaboration

This paper describes the experience with the calibration, reconstruction and evaluation of the timing capabilities of the CMS HGCAL prototype in the beam tests in 2018. The calibra…

hep-ex2023★ 1 cited

Probing Light Dark Matter with positron beams at NA64

Yu. M. Andreev, A. Antonov, D. Banerjee +63

We present the results of a missing-energy search for Light Dark Matter which has a new interaction with ordinary matter transmitted by a vector boson, called dark photon $A^\prime…

physics.ins-det2023★ 15 cited

Integration of thermo-electric coolers into the CMS MTD SiPM arrays for operation under high neutron fluence

A. Bornheim, W. Lustermann, K. Stachon +27

The barrel section of the novel MIP Timing Detector (MTD) will be constructed as part of the upgrade of the CMS experiment to provide a time resolution for single charged tracks in…

hep-ex2023

Measurement of the intrinsic hadronic contamination in the NA64 high-purity beam at CERN

Yu. M. Andreev, D. Banerjee, B. Banto Oberhauser +65

In this study, we present the measurement of the intrinsic hadronic contamination at the CERN SPS H4 beamline configured to transport electrons and positrons at 100 GeV/c momentum.…

physics.ins-det2022

Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype to charged pion beams of 20300 GeV/c

B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +454

The upgrade of the CMS experiment for the high luminosity operation of the LHC comprises the replacement of the current endcap calorimeter by a high granularity sampling calorimete…

hep-ex2022★ 34 cited

Search for a New B-L Z' Gauge Boson with the NA64 Experiment at CERN

Yu. M. Andreev, D. Banerjee, B. Banto-Oberhauser +55

A search for a new gauge boson associated with (un)broken B-L symmetry in the keV-GeV mass range is carried out for the first time using the missing-energy technique in the NA…

hep-ex2022★ 20 cited

Search for a light muon-philic with the NA64- experiment at CERN

Yu. M. Andreev, D. Banerjee, B. Banto Oberhauser +58

The extension of Standard Model made by inclusion of additional gauge symmetry can explain the difference between the measured and the predicted value of the muon…

physics.ins-det2021★ 19 cited

Response of a CMS HGCAL silicon-pad electromagnetic calorimeter prototype to 20-300 GeV positrons

B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +385

The Compact Muon Solenoid Collaboration is designing a new high-granularity endcap calorimeter, HGCAL, to be installed later this decade. As part of this development work, a protot…

hep-ex2021★ 54 cited

Improved exclusion limit for light dark matter from annihilation in NA64

Yu. Andreev, D. Banerjee, J. Bernhard +55

The current most stringent constraints for the existence of sub-GeV dark matter coupling to Standard Model via a massive vector boson were set by the NA64 experiment for…

hep-ex2021

Probing the explanation of the muon (g-2) anomaly and thermal light dark matter with the semi-visible dark photon channel

C. Cazzaniga, P. Odagiu, E. Depero +55

We report the results of a search for a new vector boson () decaying into two dark matter particles of different mass. The heavier particle subsequently decays…

hep-ex2021★ 27 cited

Search for pseudoscalar bosons decaying into pairs in the NA64 experiment at the CERN SPS

Yu. M. Andreev, D. Banerjee, J. Bernhard +52

We report the results of a search for a light pseudoscalar particle that couples to electrons and decays to performed using the high-energy CERN SPS H4 electron beam.…

physics.ins-det2021★ 14 cited

Test beam characterization of sensor prototypes for the CMS Barrel MIP Timing Detector

R. Abbott, A. Abreu, F. Addesa +196

The MIP Timing Detector will provide additional timing capabilities for detection of minimum ionizing particles (MIPs) at CMS during the High Luminosity LHC era, improving event re…