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most citedNEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond year half-life sensitivity

166 citations · 599 across the 31 of their papers we have counts for

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33 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Cryogenic characterisation of the FBK NUV-HD-cryo Silicon Photomultipliers for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +298

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are highly promising detectors for dark matter searches due to their uniform response, scalability to large target masses, and compatib…

physics.ins-det2026

The Darkside-20k Data Acquisition System

Fabio Acerbi, Pushparaj Adhikari, Paolo Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a WIMP search experiment using liquid argon as a target, designed to perform a background-free search for dark matter with unprecedented sensitivity, and is current…

physics.ins-det2025

Cryogenic characterization of FBK NUV-HD-Cryo 3T SiPM sensors for the DUNE photon detection system

F. Acerbi, M. Andreotti, A. Balboni +93

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a long-baseline neutrino experiment based in the USA and composed of a Near Detector (ND) complex at Fermi National Laboratory (F…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +294

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant f…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Demonstrating a broadband Photon Detection Efficiency model on VUV sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers

Austin de St Croix, Harry Lewis, Kurtis Raymond +5

We present a versatile analytic model describing Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE) for P-on-N silicon photomultipliers, with possible applications for device characterization, PDE…

physics.ins-det2025

Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM Tiles for the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +301

The DarkSide-20k dark matter direct detection experiment will employ a 21 m^2 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, instrumenting a dual-phase 50 tonnes liquid argon Time Projectio…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +300

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground wel…

physics.ins-det2024

Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM production for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a novel liquid argon dark matter detector currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclear…

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★ 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. This was demons…

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…

physics.ins-det2024★ 1 cited

Stimulated Secondary Emission of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes

Kurtis Raymond, Fabrice Retière, Harry Lewis +11

Large-area next-generation physics experiments rely on using Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM) devices to detect single photons, which trigger charge avalanches. The noise mechanism…

physics.ins-det2023

Directionality of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

20k Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. Ahmad +264

The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils (NR) produced in a target material from the W…

nucl-ex2023★ 2 cited

Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos (FSNN): Whitepaper for the 2023 NSAC Long Range Plan

B. Acharya, C. Adams, A. A. Aleksandrova +176

This whitepaper presents the research priorities decided on by attendees of the 2022 Town Meeting for Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons and Neutrinos, which took place December 13-1…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO

R. H. M. Tsang, A. Piepke, S. Al Kharusi +157

Large-scale low-background detectors are increasingly used in rare-event searches as experimental collaborations push for enhanced sensitivity. However, building such detectors, in…

physics.ins-det2023★ 14 cited

Measurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches

20k Collaboration

The Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori…

nucl-ex2022★ 7 cited

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

C. Adams, K. Alfonso, C. Andreoiu +229

This White Paper, prepared for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting related to the 2023 Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan, makes the case for double beta…

physics.ins-det2022★ 26 cited

Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO

G. Gallina, Y. Guan, F. Retiere +162

Liquid xenon time projection chambers are promising detectors to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0), due to their response uniformity, monolithic sensitive volume,…

physics.ins-det2022★ 31 cited

Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel

P. Agnes, I. Ahmad, S. Albergo +296

Dark matter lighter than 10 GeV/c encompasses a promising range of candidates. A conceptual design for a new detector, DarkSide-LowMass, is presented, based on the DarkSide-50…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Development of a Xe calibration source for nEXO

B. G. Lenardo, C. A. Hardy, R. H. M. Tsang +125

We study a possible calibration technique for the nEXO experiment using a Xe electron capture source. nEXO is a next-generation search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($…

physics.ins-det2021

Characterisation of SiPM Photon Emission in the Dark

J. B. McLaughlin, G. Gallina, F. Retière +12

In this paper, we report on the photon emission of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) from avalanche pulses generated in dark condition, with the main objective of better understandi…

nucl-ex2021★ 166 cited

NEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond year half-life sensitivity

nEXO Collaboration, G. Adhikari, S. Al Kharusi +158

The nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is designed to use a time projection chamber and 5000 kg of isotopically enriched liquid xenon to search for the decay in $^{136}…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

Reflectivity of VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers in Liquid Xenon

M. Wagenpfeil, T. Ziegler, J. Schneider +140

Silicon photomultipliers are regarded as a very promising technology for next-generation, cutting-edge detectors for low-background experiments in particle physics. This work prese…

physics.ins-det2020★ 6 cited

Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage

T. Stiegler, S. Sangiorgio, J. P. Brodsky +148

nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay () experiment using liquid (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scin…