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Kaonic Atom X-ray Spectroscopy: From SIDDHARTA-2 to the EXKALIBUR Program
F. Sgaramella, L. Abbene, F. Artibani +31
X-ray spectroscopy of kaonic atoms offers a unique experimental window on the interplay between low-energy strong interaction and precision atomic physics studies. This article rev…
Pulse-shape discrimination with machine learning for CZT detectors at the DANE beam test facility
Simone Manti, Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene +36
Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors offer versatility, operational simplicity, and room-temperature X- and gamma-ray spectroscopy, making them attractive for collider applicatio…
First measurement of kaonic deuterium X-ray transitions
Massimiliano Bazzi, Francesco Clozza, Carlo Guaraldo +38
The study of the strong interaction among hadrons at low energies remains one of the key challenges in fundamental physics because of its non-perturbative nature, which makes theor…
High-precision measurement of the kaonic hydrogen 1s level shift and width with SIDDHARTA-2
M. Bazzi, F. Clozza, C. Guaraldo +37
Kaonic atoms provide a unique experimental probe of strong interaction in the low-energy regime. In particular, the strong-interaction-induced shift () and…
First-in-human quantum entanglement imaging
Pawel Moskal, Deepak Kumar, Sushil Sharma +37
Annihilation photons are quantum-entangled in polarization, a phenomenon that has not been exploited in medical diagnostics so far. We present the first in vivo imaging of the degr…
Kaonic Copper and Fluorine Absolute Yields Measurement with a CZT-based Detection System at DANE
Francesco Artibani, Simone Manti, Leonardo Abbene +36
\noindent In this work, new measurements of absolute X-ray yields for several transitions in kaonic copper and, for the first time, in kaonic fluorine are reported. The data were c…
Extended X-ray energy characterization of SIDDHARTA-2 large-area Silicon Drift Detectors up to 50 keV
Francesco Clozza, Francesco Sgaramella, Leonardo Abbene +38
The SIDDHARTA-2 experiment at the DANE collider of INFN-LNF performs high precision light kaonic atoms X-ray spectroscopy to investigate the kaon-nucleon(s) strong interaction i…
First ex-vivo positronium imaging of tissues with modular J-PET scanner using Sc radionuclide
Karol Kubat, Manish Das, Sushil Sharma +41
This study presents the first ex-vivo positronium imaging of human tissues using the modular J-PET scanner with the Sc radionuclide. The Sc isotope was produced via t…
Feasibility study of the positronium lifetime imaging with the Biograph Vision Quadra and J-PET tomographs
Szymon Parzych, Szymon Niedźwiecki, Ermias Yitayew Beyene +39
Background: After its first ex-vivo and in-vivo demonstration, Positronium Lifetime Imaging (PLI) has received considerable interest as a potential new diagnostic biomarker. High s…
Endorsing Titanium-Scandium Radionuclide Generator for PET and Positronium Imaging
Paweł Moskal, Aleksander Khreptak, Jarosław Choiński +7
The development of PET and positronium imaging techniques is strictly related to the availability of suitable radionuclides and robust radiochemistry platforms. Among the emerging…
First Positronium Lifetime Imaging using Mn and Co with a plastic-based PET scanner
Manish Das, Sushil Sharma, Ermias Yitayew Beyene +45
Positronium Lifetime Imaging (PLI) extends positron emission tomography by using the lifetime of positronium atoms as a probe of tissue molecular architecture. In this work, we rep…
CZT Detectors for kaonic atoms spectroscopy
Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli +36
Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors offer excellent room-temperature energy resolution, making them well suited for X- and -ray spectroscopy in challenging environments. With…
Studies of CPT symmetry in positronium decays with 192 plastic strip J-PET detector
N. Chug, S. D. Bass, E. Y. Beyene +40
A direct test of the CPT symmetry is performed for the electromagnetic decays of ortho-positronium using the J-PET tomograph. We present the precise measurement of the CPT-sensitiv…
Time-based Selection of Kaonic Atom X-ray Events with Quasi-Hemispherical CZT Detectors at the DAFNE collider
Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli +37
This work presents the results of a time-based event selection for searching X-ray signals from kaonic atom X-ray transition using a single quasi-hemispherical Cadmium-Zinc-Telluri…
Excitation Spectra of the Reaction near the -Meson Emission Threshold Measured in Coincidence with High-Momentum Protons
R. Sekiya, K. Itahashi, Y. K. Tanaka +74
The missing mass of the reaction has been measured near the -meson emission threshold in coincidence with a high-momentum proton to selectively collect $η…
Precision Test of Bound-State QED at Intermediate-Z with Kaonic Neon
S. Manti, F. Sgaramella, L. Abbene +40
We report Dirac-Fock calculations of transition energies for kaonic neon (KNe). For the most intense line, the 7-6 transition, the calculated energy is 9450.28 eV, which includes a…
Performance of newly constructed plastic scintillator barrel in the WASA-FRS experiments and evaluation of radiation damage effects on multi-pixel photon counter
Y. K. Tanaka, R. Sekiya, K. Itahashi +70
A barrel-shaped plastic scintillation counter with Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC) readout has been developed and operated in the first WASA-FRS experimental campaign at GSI. The…
First positronium imaging using Sc with the J-PET scanner: a case study on the NEMA-Image Quality phantom
Manish Das, Sushil Sharma, Aleksander Bilewicz +41
Positronium Lifetime Imaging (PLI), an emerging extension of conventional positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, offers a novel window for probing the submolecular properties…
Positronium Imaging: History, Current Status, and Future Perspectives
Paweł Moskal, Aleksander Bilewicz, Manish Das +11
Positronium imaging was recently proposed to image the properties of positronium atoms in the patient body. Positronium properties depend on the size of intramolecular voids and ox…
High precision X-ray spectroscopy of kaonic neon
F Sgaramella, D Sirghi, K Toho +41
The high-precision kaonic neon X-ray transitions measurement performed by the SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration at the DANE collider is reported. Both the X-ray energies and yields for…
Intermediate Mass Kaonic Atoms at DANE
Francesco Artibani, Francesco Clozza, Massimiliano Bazzi +36
The SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration aims to measure for the first time the shift and width induced on the level of kaonic deuterium by the strong interaction. In the preliminary pha…
First Linearity and Stability Characterization for CZT Detection System in a ee Collider Environment
Leonardo Abbene, Francesco Artibani, Manuele Bettelli +40
The SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration built a new cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT, CdZnTe)-based X-ray detection system, used for the first time in the DANE electron-positron collider at IN…
Kaonic lead feasibility measurement at DAΦNE to solve the charged kaon mass discrepancy
D. Bosnar, L. Abbene, C. Amsler +39
An HPGe detector equipped with a transistor reset preamplifier and readout with a CAEN DT5781 fast pulse digitizer was employed in the measurement of X-rays from kaonic lead at the…
SIDDHARTA-2 apparatus for kaonic atoms research on the DANE collider
F. Sirghi, F. Sgaramella, L. Abbene +41
SIDDHARTA-2 represents a state-of-the-art experiment designed to perform dedicated measurements of kaonic atoms, which are particular exotic atom configurations composed of a negat…