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most citedSearch for invisible axion dark matter of mass meV with the QUAX-- experiment

148 citations · 904 across the 40 of their papers we have counts for

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40 papers

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Bayesian network 3D event reconstruction in the Cygno optical TPC for dark matter direct detection

Fernando Domingues Amaro, Rita Antonietti, Elisabetta Baracchini +50

The CYGNO experiment is developing a high-resolution gaseous Time Projection Chamber with optical readout for directional dark matter searches. The detector uses a helium-tetrafluo…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 6 cited

Nonlinear Behavior of Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers

Claudio Guarcello, Felix Ahrens, Guerino Avallone +40

Recent advancements in quantum technologies and advanced detection experiments have underscored the pressing need for the detection of exceedingly weak signals within the microwave…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Development of KI-TWPAs for the DARTWARS project

Felix Ahrens, Elena Ferri, Guerino Avallone +40

Noise at the quantum limit over a broad bandwidth is a fundamental requirement for future cryogenic experiments for neutrino mass measurements, dark matter searches and Cosmic Micr…

quant-ph2024

Broadband parametric amplification in DARTWARS

Marco Faverzani, Pietro Campana, Rodolfo Carobene +46

Superconducting parametric amplifiers offer the capability to amplify feeble signals with extremely low levels of added noise, potentially reaching quantum-limited amplification. T…

quant-ph2024★ 8 cited

Characterization of a Transmon Qubit in a 3D Cavity for Quantum Machine Learning and Photon Counting

Alessandro D'Elia, Boulos Alfakes, Anas Alkhazaleh +19

In this paper we report the use of superconducting transmon qubit in a 3D cavity for quantum machine learning and photon counting applications. We first describe the realization an…

physics.ins-det2024★ 37 cited

Search for Axion dark matter with the QUAX-LNF tunable haloscope

A. Rettaroli, D. Alesini, D. Babusci +18

We report the first experimental results obtained with the new haloscope of the QUAX experiment located at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati of INFN (LNF). The haloscope is composed…

quant-ph2023★ 8 cited

Design and simulation of a transmon qubit chip for Axion detection

Roberto Moretti, Hervè Atsè Corti, Danilo Labranca +54

Quantum Sensing is a rapidly expanding research field that finds one of its applications in Fundamental Physics, as the search for Dark Matter. Devices based on superconducting qub…

physics.ins-det2023★ 38 cited

The future search for low-frequency axions and new physics with the FLASH resonant cavity experiment at Frascati National Laboratories

David Alesini, Danilo Babusci, Paolo Beltrame +25

We present a proposal for a new experiment, the FINUDA magnet for Light Axion SearcH (FLASH), a large resonant-cavity haloscope in a high static magnetic field which is planned to…

physics.ins-det2023

LIME -- a gas TPC prototype for directional Dark Matter search for the CYGNO experiment

Fernando Domingues Amaro, Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi +44

The CYGNO experiment aims at the development of a large gaseous TPC with GEM-based amplification and an optical readout by means of PMTs and scientific CMOS cameras for 3D tracking…

hep-ex2023★ 49 cited

Search for galactic axions with a traveling wave parametric amplifier

R. Di Vora, A. Lombardi, A. Ortolan +24

A traveling wave parametric amplifier has been integrated in the haloscope of the QUAX experiment. A search for dark matter axions has been performed with a high Q dielectric cavit…

quant-ph2023★ 16 cited

Stepping closer to pulsed single microwave photon detectors for axions search

A. D'Elia, A. Rettaroli, S. Tocci +23

Axions detection requires the ultimate sensitivity down to the single photon limit. In the microwave region this corresponds to energies in the yJ range. This extreme sensitivity h…

hep-ex2022★ 64 cited

Search for galactic axions with a high-Q dielectric cavity

D. Alesini, D. Babusci, C. Braggio +19

A haloscope of the QUAX-- experiment, composed of an high-Q resonant cavity immersed in a 8 T magnet and cooled to ~K is operated to search for galactic axion with ma…

quant-ph2022★ 8 cited

Progress in the development of a KITWPA for the DARTWARS project

M. Borghesi, C. Barone, S. Capelli +38

DARTWARS (Detector Array Readout with Traveling Wave AmplifieRS) is a three years project that aims to develop high-performing innovative Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (TWPA…

quant-ph2022★ 11 cited

Ultra low noise readout with travelling wave parametric amplifiers: the DARTWARS project

A. Rettaroli, C. Barone, M. Borghesi +38

The DARTWARS project has the goal of developing high-performing innovative travelling wave parametric amplifiers with high gain, large bandwidth, high saturation power, and nearly…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

Recoil imaging for directional detection of dark matter, neutrinos, and physics beyond the Standard Model

C. A. J. O'Hare, D. Loomba, K. Altenmüller +164

Recoil imaging entails the detection of spatially resolved ionization tracks generated by particle interactions. This is a highly sought-after capability in many classes of detecto…

physics.ins-det2022★ 38 cited

The CYGNO Experiment

Fernando Domingues Amaro, Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi +47

The search for a novel technology able to detect and reconstruct nuclear and electron recoil events with the energy of a few keV has become more and more important now that large r…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

A high-Q microwave dielectric resonator for axion dark matter haloscopes

R. Di Vora, D. Alesini, C. Braggio +17

The frequency band 1-15 GHz provides exciting prospects for resonant axion haloscopes as indicated by cosmological and astrophysical arguments. Among the challenges currently addre…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 17 cited

Detector Array Readout with Traveling Wave Amplifiers

A. Giachero, C. Barone, M. Borghesi +35

Noise at the quantum limit over a large bandwidth is a fundamental requirement for future applications operating at millikelvin temperatures, such as the neutrino mass measurement,…

cond-mat.supr-con2021★ 14 cited

Bimodal Approach for Noise Figures of Merit Evaluation in Quantum-Limited Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers

L. Fasolo, C. Barone, M. Borghesi +37

The advent of ultra-low noise microwave amplifiers revolutionized several research fields demanding quantum-limited technologies. Exploiting a theoretical bimodal description of a…

physics.ins-det2021★ 13 cited

Development of a Josephson junction based single photon microwave detector for axion detection experiments

D Alesini, D Babusci, C Barone +30

Josephson junctions, in appropriate configurations, can be excellent candidates for detection of single photons in the microwave frequency band. Such possibility has been recently…

hep-ex2020★ 148 cited

Search for invisible axion dark matter of mass meV with the QUAX-- experiment

D. Alesini, C. Braggio, G. Carugno +17

A haloscope of the QUAX-- experiment composed of an oxygen-free high thermal conductivity-Cu cavity inside an 8.1 T magnet and cooled to mK is put in operation for th…

physics.ins-det2020★ 18 cited

Stability and detection performance of a GEM-based Optical Readout TPC with He/CF gas mixtures

E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26

The performance and long term stability of an optically readout Time Projection Chamber with an electron amplification structure based on three Gas Electron Multipliers was studied…

physics.ins-det2020★ 22 cited

CYGNO: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for dark matter directional search

E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26

The CYGNO project has the goal to use a gaseous TPC with optical readout to detect dark matter and solar neutrinos with low energy threshold and directionality. The CYGNO demonstra…

physics.ins-det2020★ 21 cited

Identification of low energy nuclear recoils in a gas TPC with optical readout

Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi, Stefano Bianco +27

The search for a novel technology able to detect and reconstruct nuclear recoil events in the keV energy range has become more and more important as long as vast regions of high ma…