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physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment's construction, commissioning, and performance

N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, I. J. Arnquist +108

Background: The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR , a modular array of isotopically enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors, was constructed to demonstrate backgrounds low enough to ju…

physics.ins-det2024

High-Precision Excited-State Nuclear Recoil Spectroscopy with Superconducting Sensors

C. Bray, S. Fretwell, L. A. Zepeda-Ruiz +30

Superconducting sensors doped with rare isotopes have recently demonstrated powerful sensing performance for sub-keV radiation from nuclear decay. Here, we report the first high-re…

physics.ins-det2024

Athermal phonon collection efficiency in diamond crystals for low mass dark matter detection

I. Kim, N. A. Kurinsky, H. Kagan +2

We explored the efficacy of lab-grown diamonds as potential target materials for the direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter~(DM) using metallic magnetic calorimeters~(MMCs). Diamo…

physics.ins-det2023

The Data Acquisition System for Phase-III of the BeEST Experiment

C. Bray, S. Fretwell, I. Kim +27

The BeEST experiment is a precision laboratory search for physics beyond the standard model that measures the electron capture decay of Be implanted into superconducting tunnel…

physics.ins-det2023★ 6 cited

Energy Calibration of Germanium Detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +53

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR was a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay () in the Ge isotope. It was staged at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Researc…

physics.ins-det2022★ 12 cited

Charge Trapping and Energy Performance of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +55

P-type point contact (PPC) high-purity germanium detectors are an important technology in astroparticle and nuclear physics due to their superb energy resolution, low noise, and pu…

physics.ins-det2021★ 15 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Readout Electronics System

N. Abgrall, M. Amman, I. J. Arnquist +76

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR comprises two arrays of high-purity germanium detectors constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76-Ge and other physics beyond the Sta…

physics.ins-det2021★ 52 cited

LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report

LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, I. Abt +261

We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one o…

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★ 14 cited

ADC Nonlinearity Correction for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

N. Abgrall, J. M. Allmond, I. J. Arnquist +64

Imperfections in analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) cannot be ignored when signal digitization requirements demand both wide dynamic range and high resolution, as is the case for t…

physics.ins-det2015★ 37 cited

Technical Design Report for the AMoRE Decay Search Experiment

V. Alenkov, P. Aryal, J. Beyer +86

The AMoRE (Advanced Mo-based Rare process Experiment) project is a series of experiments that use advanced cryogenic techniques to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of…