F. Di Capua

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20002026

most citedMeasurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

490 citations · 2k across the 131 of their papers we have counts for

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142 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment

The LEGEND Collaboration, H. Acharya, M. Agostini +259

This paper describes the energy scale procedures and germanium detectors performance in the LEGEND-200 experiment, a critical component for the first unblinding in the search for n…

physics.ins-det2026

Charge readout electronics for the DUNE horizontal drift far detector: design and performance in ProtoDUNE-HD

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1364

DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment currently under construction, whose far detectors will be the largest liquid argon ti…

physics.ins-det2025

Measurement of the X-ARAPUCA's Absolute Photon Detection Efficiency for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's Vertical Drift Far Detector

G. Botogoske, F. Bruni, E. Calvo +41

The DUNE experiment will implement a photon detection system composed of X-ARAPUCA (XA) devices. These trap incoming VUV photons by internal reflection in a wavelength shifter ligh…

physics.ins-det2025★ 5 cited

Spatial and Temporal Evaluations of the Liquid Argon Purity in ProtoDUNE-SP

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1320

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) rely on highly pure argon to ensure that ionization electrons produced by charged particles reach readout arrays. ProtoDUNE Single-P…

physics.ins-det2025

PoWER: a new concept for DUNE Phase 2 FD PDS

A. Steklain, E. Segreto, A. Machado +5

We propose a novel concept for the future modules of the DUNE Phase 2 Far Detector Photodetection System, namely the Polymer Wavelength shifter and Enhanced Reflection - PoWER. In…

hep-ex2024★ 1 cited

Measurement of $B \to K^{*} (892) γ$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +451

We present measurements of $B \to K^{*} (892) γ$ decays using $365 fb^{- 1}$ of data collected from 2019 to 2022 by the Belle~II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of branching fractions, CP asymmetry, and isospin asymmetry for $B \to ργ$ decays using Belle and Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +407

We present measurements of $B^{+} \to ρ^{+} γ$ and $B^{0} \to ρ^{0} γ$ decays using a combined data sample of $772 \times 1 0^{6}$ $B B$ pairs collected by the Bel…

hep-ex2024

Search for the baryon number and lepton number violating decays $τ^{-} \to Λ π^{-}$ and $τ^{-} \to Λ ˉ π^{-}$ at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +371

We present a search for the baryon number $B$ and lepton number $L$ violating decays $τ^{-} \to Λ π^{-}$ and $τ^{-} \to Λ ˉ π^{-}$ produced from the $e^{+} e^{-} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ pro…

hep-ex2024

Evidence of $h_{b} (2P) \to Υ (1S) η$ decay and search for $h_{b} (1P,2P) \to Υ (1S) π^{0}$ with the Belle detector

Belle Collaboration, E. Kovalenko, I. Adachi +164

We report the first evidence for the $h_{b} (2P) \to Υ (1S) η$ transition with a significance of $3.5$ standard deviations. The decay branching fraction is measured to b…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c $^{2}$ . This was demons…

hep-ex2024

Search for Two-Body $B$ Meson Decays to $Λ^{0}$ and $Ω_{c}^{(*) 0}$

Belle Collaboration, V. Savinov, I. Adachi +146

We report the results of the first search for Standard Model and baryon-number-violating two-body decays of the neutral $B$ mesons to $Λ^{0}$ and $Ω_{c}^{(*) 0}$ using 711~${\rm fb^{-…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of the energy dependence of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to B B ˉ$ , $B B ˉ^{}$ , and $B^{} B ˉ^{*}$ cross sections at Belle~II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +466

We report measurements of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to B B ˉ$ , $B B ˉ^{*}$ , and $B^{*} B ˉ^{*}$ cross sections at four energies, 10653, 10701, 10746 and 10805 MeV, using data collected b…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Test of light-lepton universality in $τ$ decays with the Belle II experiment

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +428

We present a measurement of the ratio $R_{μ} = B (τ^{-} \to μ^{-} ν ˉ_{μ} ν_{τ}) / B (τ^{-} \to e^{-} ν ˉ_{e} ν_{τ})$ of branching fractions $B$ of the $τ$ lepton decaying t…

hep-ex2024★ 8 cited

Search for lepton-flavor-violating $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +429

We present the result of a search for the charged-lepton-flavor violating decay $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ using a $424 f b^{- 1}$ sample of data recorded by the Belle II experiment at the S…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

hep-ex2024

Determination of the CKM angle $ϕ_{3}$ from a combination of Belle and Belle II results

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +399

We report a determination of the CKM angle $ϕ_{3}$ , also known as $γ$ , from a combination of measurements using samples of up to 711~fb $^{- 1}$ from the Belle experiment and up to 3…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

Search for Rare $b \to d ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ Transitions at Belle

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +393

We present the results of a search for the $b \to d ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ flavor-changing neutral-current rare decays $B^{+, 0} \to (η, ω, π^{+, 0}, ρ^{+, 0}) e^{+} e^{-}$ and $B^{+, 0} \to (η, ω…

hep-ex2024

Angular analysis of $B \to K^{*} e^{+} e^{-}$ in the low- $q^{2}$ region with new electron identification at Belle

Belle Collaboration, D. Ferlewicz, P. Urquijo +167

We perform an angular analysis of the $B \to K^{*} e^{+} e^{-}$ decay for the dielectron mass squared, $q^{2}$ , range of $0.0008$ to $1.1200 GeV^{2} / c^{4}$ using the full Belle data se…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +450

We report a measurement of decay-time dependent charge-parity ( $C P$ ) asymmetries in $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays. We use $387 \times 1 0^{6} B B ˉ$ pairs collected at…

hep-ex2024

Search for a pentaquark state decaying into $p J / ψ$ in $Υ (1, 2 S)$ inclusive decays at Belle

Belle Collaboration, X. Dong, S. M. Zou +162

Using the data samples of 102 million $Υ (1 S)$ and 158 million $Υ (2 S)$ events collected by the Belle detector, we search for a pentaquark state in the $p J / ψ$ final state from $Υ(1,2…

hep-ex2024★ 10 cited

Search for a $μ^{+} μ^{-}$ resonance in four-muon final states at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +401

We report on a search for a resonance $X$ decaying to a pair of muons in $e^{+} e^{-} \to μ^{+} μ^{-} X$ events in the 0.212-9.000 GeV/ $c^{2}$ mass range, using 178 fb $^{- 1}$ of…

hep-ex2024★ 13 cited

New graph-neural-network flavor tagger for Belle II and measurement of $sin 2 ϕ_{1}$ in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +413

We present GFlaT, a new algorithm that uses a graph-neural-network to determine the flavor of neutral $B$ mesons produced in $Υ (4 S)$ decays. It improves previous algorithms by usin…

hep-ex2024★ 4 cited

Search for a heavy neutral lepton that mixes predominantly with the tau neutrino

Belle Collaboration, M. Nayak, S. Dey +165

We report a search for a heavy neutral lepton (HNL) that mixes predominantly with $ν_{τ}$ . The search utilizes data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy $e…

Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment

Charge readout electronics for the DUNE horizontal drift far detector: design and performance in ProtoDUNE-HD

Measurement of the X-ARAPUCA's Absolute Photon Detection Efficiency for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's Vertical Drift Far Detector

Spatial and Temporal Evaluations of the Liquid Argon Purity in ProtoDUNE-SP

PoWER: a new concept for DUNE Phase 2 FD PDS

Measurement of B→K∗(892)γ decays at Belle II

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

Measurement of branching fractions, CP asymmetry, and isospin asymmetry for B→ργ decays using Belle and Belle II data

Search for the baryon number and lepton number violating decays τ−→Λπ− and τ−→Λˉπ− at Belle II

Evidence of hb​(2P)→Υ(1S)η decay and search for hb​(1P,2P)→Υ(1S)π0 with the Belle detector

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

Search for Two-Body B Meson Decays to Λ0 and Ωc(∗)0​

Measurement of the energy dependence of the e+e−→BBˉ, BBˉ∗, and B∗Bˉ∗ cross sections at Belle~II

Test of light-lepton universality in τ decays with the Belle II experiment

Search for lepton-flavor-violating τ−→μ−μ+μ− decays at Belle II

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

Determination of the CKM angle ϕ3​ from a combination of Belle and Belle II results

Search for Rare b→dℓ+ℓ− Transitions at Belle

Angular analysis of B→K∗e+e− in the low-q2 region with new electron identification at Belle

Measurement of CP asymmetries in B0→KS0​KS0​KS0​ decays at Belle II

Search for a pentaquark state decaying into pJ/ψ in Υ(1,2S) inclusive decays at Belle

Search for a μ+μ− resonance in four-muon final states at Belle II

New graph-neural-network flavor tagger for Belle II and measurement of sin2ϕ1​ in B0→J/ψKS0​ decays

Search for a heavy neutral lepton that mixes predominantly with the tau neutrino

Measurement of $B \to K^{*} (892) γ$ decays at Belle II

Measurement of branching fractions, CP asymmetry, and isospin asymmetry for $B \to ργ$ decays using Belle and Belle II data

Search for the baryon number and lepton number violating decays $τ^{-} \to Λ π^{-}$ and $τ^{-} \to Λ ˉ π^{-}$ at Belle II

Evidence of $h_{b} (2P) \to Υ (1S) η$ decay and search for $h_{b} (1P,2P) \to Υ (1S) π^{0}$ with the Belle detector

Search for Two-Body $B$ Meson Decays to $Λ^{0}$ and $Ω_{c}^{(*) 0}$

Measurement of the energy dependence of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to B B ˉ$ , $B B ˉ^{}$ , and $B^{} B ˉ^{*}$ cross sections at Belle~II

Test of light-lepton universality in $τ$ decays with the Belle II experiment

Search for lepton-flavor-violating $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays at Belle II

Determination of the CKM angle $ϕ_{3}$ from a combination of Belle and Belle II results

Search for Rare $b \to d ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ Transitions at Belle

Angular analysis of $B \to K^{*} e^{+} e^{-}$ in the low- $q^{2}$ region with new electron identification at Belle

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays at Belle II

Search for a pentaquark state decaying into $p J / ψ$ in $Υ (1, 2 S)$ inclusive decays at Belle

Search for a $μ^{+} μ^{-}$ resonance in four-muon final states at Belle II

New graph-neural-network flavor tagger for Belle II and measurement of $sin 2 ϕ_{1}$ in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays