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20202026
most citedDevelopment of ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detectors for the COSINE-200 experiment

37 citations · 144 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

hep-ex2026

Achieving a 0.49 keV threshold in the COSINE-100 dark matter experiment

J. Kim, N. Carlin, D. F. F. S. Cavalcante +57

The COSINE-100 experiment searched for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with NaI(Tl) crystals at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory. Using its full 6-year dataset, we…

physics.ins-det2026

Preventing quart-NaI adhesion in Bridgman growth using ammonium iodide

Lam Tan Truc, N. T. Luan, Gul Rooh +7

Adhesion between NaI(Tl) single crystals and the walls of quartz ampoules remains a major limitation for Bridgman growth under sealed conditions, particularly for applications requ…

nucl-ex2026

A study of neutrinoless double electron capture in Ca from the AMoRE experiment

AMoRE Collaboration, A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov +107

The search for neutrinoless double electron capture () provides a sensitive probe of lepton-number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. We investigate th…

physics.ins-det2026

The nEXO Radioassay Program

R. MacLellan, P. Acharya, B. Aharmim +148

Material radioactivity compilations, such as the one presented here, are important enablers of science. They are useful for the selection of radiopure materials used in the design…

hep-ex2026

Probing unexplored spin-dependent dark matter-proton coupling with few-photoelectron threshold in COSINE-100

W. K. Kim, N. Carlin, J. Y. Cho +58

We report new constraints on the spin-dependent scattering cross section between low-mass dark matter and protons using data collected by the COSINE-100 experiment. By implementing…

physics.ins-det2025

Performance study of 4-MU-loaded water for Cherenkov light detection

Pendo B. Nyanda, Gowoon Kim, Youngduk Kim +4

We report on R&D study to improve the photon detection efficiency of water Cherenkov detectors by doping ultra-pure water with 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), a wavelength shifting a…

physics.ins-det2024

Development of decay energy spectroscopy for radio impurity analysis

J. S. Chung, O. Gileva, C. Ha +13

We present the development of a decay energy spectroscopy (DES) method for the analysis of radioactive impurities using magnetic microcalorimeters (MMCs). The DES system was design…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Development of MMC-based lithium molybdate cryogenic calorimeters for AMoRE-II

A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal +105

The AMoRE collaboration searches for neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo using molybdate scintillating crystals via low temperature thermal calorimetric detection. The ear…

nucl-ex2024★ 25 cited

Improved limit on neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo from AMoRE-I

A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal +105

AMoRE searches for the signature of neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo with a 100 kg sample of enriched Mo. Scintillating molybdate crystals coupled with a metall…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

Projected background and sensitivity of AMoRE-II

A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal +103

AMoRE-II aims to search for neutrinoless double beta decay with an array of 423 LiMoO crystals operating in the cryogenic system as the main phase of the Advanced M…

physics.ins-det2024★ 23 cited

Second gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande

K. Abe, C. Bronner, Y. Hayato +246

The first loading of gadolinium (Gd) into Super-Kamiokande in 2020 was successful, and the neutron capture efficiency on Gd reached 50\%. To further increase the Gd neutron capture…

nucl-ex2024

Background study of the AMoRE-pilot experiment

A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal +105

We report a study on the background of the Advanced Molybdenum-Based Rare process Experiment (AMoRE), a search for neutrinoless double beta decay (\znbb) of Mo. The pilot s…

physics.ins-det2023

Mass production of ultra-pure NaI powder for COSINE-200

KeonAh Shin, JunSeok Choe, Olga Gileva +7

COSINE-200 is the next phase experiment of the ongoing COSINE-100 that aims to unambiguously verify the annual modulation signals observed by the DAMA experiment and to reach the w…

physics.ins-det2023★ 12 cited

Performance of an ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detector produced by an indigenously-developed purification method and crystal growth for the COSINE-200 experiment

Hyun Seok Lee, Byung Ju Park, Jae Jin Choi +17

The COSINE-100 experiment has been operating with 106 kg of low-background NaI(Tl) detectors to test the results from the DAMA/LIBRA experiment, which claims to have observed dark…

physics.ins-det2021★ 9 cited

Alpha backgrounds in the AMoRE-Pilot experiment

V. Alenkov, H. W. Bae, J. Beyer +102

The Advanced Mo-based Rare process Experiment (AMoRE)-Pilot experiment is an initial phase of the AMoRE search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo, with the purpose of…

physics.ins-det2020★ 12 cited

A facility for mass production of ultra-pure NaI powder for the COSINE-200 experiment

Keonah Shin, Junseok Choe, Olga Gileva +6

COSINE-200 is the next phase of the ongoing COSINE-100 experiment. The main purpose of the experiment is the performance of an unambiguous verification of the annual modulation sig…

physics.ins-det2020★ 14 cited

Growth and development of pure Li2MoO4 crystals for rare event experiment at CUP

J. K. Son, J. S. Choe, O. Gileva +14

The Center for Underground Physics (CUP) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) is searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0ν\b{eta}\b{eta}) of 100Mo in the molybdate c…

physics.ins-det2020★ 7 cited

Purification and recovery of 100MoO3 in crystal production for AMoRE experiment

O. Gileva, J. S. Choe, H. J. Kim +4

The AMoRE collaboration searches for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 100Mo with ultra-radiopure molybdate crystals operated as low-temperature scintillating bolometers. For s…

physics.ins-det2020★ 37 cited

Development of ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detectors for the COSINE-200 experiment

B. J. Park, J. J. Choe, J. S. Choi +17

The annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA experiment is a long-standing question in the community of dark matter direct detection. This necessitates an independent verifica…