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20192026
most citedCharacterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO

51 citations · 133 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

nucl-ex2026

Estimating cosmogenic backgrounds in nEXO at SNOLAB using Geant4 and FLUKA

R. Ross, S. Al Kharusi, T. Brunner +118

The nEXO experiment was designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in the isotope Xe, using a five-tonne, isotopically-enriched liquid xenon time projection cham…

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…

physics.ins-det2026

Design of a high voltage delivery system for noble liquid time projection chambers

R. Saldanha, L. Pagani, E. Angelico +129

Noble liquid time projection chambers (TPCs) are a leading technology in the detection of ionizing radiation, particularly in applications such as accelerator neutrino physics, dar…

physics.ins-det2025

Characterization of CRYO ASIC for charge readout in the nEXO experiment

Z. Li, M. Yu, E. Angelico +141

nEXO is a proposed next-generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe using a tonne-scale liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber (TPC). T…

nucl-ex2025

Ultra-pure Nickel for Structural Components of Low-Radioactivity Instruments

T. J. Roosendaal, C. T. Overman, G. S. Ortega +123

The next generation of rare-event search experiments in nuclear and particle physics demand structural materials combining exceptional mechanical strength with ultra-low levels of…

nucl-ex2025

Sensitivity of nEXO to Xe Charged-Current Interactions: Background-free Searches for Solar Neutrinos and Fermionic Dark Matter

G. Richardson, B. G. Lenardo, D. Gallacher +135

We study the sensitivity of nEXO to solar neutrino charged-current interactions, XeCs, as well as analogous interactions predicted by mo…

physics.ins-det2025★ 3 cited

Ultra-sensitive radon assay using an electrostatic chamber in a recirculating system

nEXO Collaboration, A. Anker, P. A. Breur +138

Rare event searches such as neutrinoless double beta decay and Weakly Interacting Massive Particle detection require ultra-low background detectors. Radon contamination is a signif…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Ion manipulation from liquid Xe to vacuum: Ba-tagging for a nEXO upgrade and future experiments

Dwaipayan Ray, Robert Collister, Hussain Rasiwala +27

Neutrinoless double beta decay {()} provides a way to probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The upcoming nEXO experiment will search for decay i…

hep-ph2024★ 2 cited

Supernova electron-neutrino interactions with xenon in the nEXO detector

nEXO Collaboration, S. Hedges, S. Al Kharusi +144

Electron-neutrino charged-current interactions with xenon nuclei were modeled in the nEXO neutrinoless double- decay detector (~5 metric ton, 90% Xe, 10% Xe)…

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…

physics.ins-det2019★ 18 cited

Reflectance of Silicon Photomultipliers at Vacuum Ultraviolet Wavelengths

P. Lv, G. F. Cao, L. J. Wen +148

Characterization of the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) reflectance of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) is important for large-scale SiPM-based photodetector systems. We report the angula…

physics.ins-det2019★ 18 cited

Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode

O. Njoya, T. Tsang, M. Tarka +153

Measurements of electron drift properties in liquid and gaseous xenon are reported. The electrons are generated by the photoelectric effect in a semi-transparent gold photocathode…

physics.ins-det2019★ 17 cited

Reflectivity and PDE of VUV4 Hamamatsu SiPMs in Liquid Xenon

P. Nakarmi, I. Ostrovskiy, A. K. Soma +152

Understanding reflective properties of materials and photodetection efficiency (PDE) of photodetectors is important for optimizing energy resolution and sensitivity of the next gen…

physics.ins-det2019★ 15 cited

Simulation of charge readout with segmented tiles in nEXO

Z. Li, W. R. Cen, A. Robinson +150

nEXO is a proposed experiment to search for the neutrino-less double beta decay () of Xe in a tonne-scale liquid xenon time projection chamber (TPC). The nEXO TPC wil…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 51 cited

Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO

G. Gallina, P. Giampa, F. Retiere +148

In this paper we report on the characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 (S/N: S13370-6152) Vacuum Ultra-Violet (VUV) sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) as part of the develo…