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most citedDark matter search project PICO-LON

30 citations · 146 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

nucl-ex2025

Determination of the Muon Lifetime in Se with the MONUMENT experiment

G. R. Araujo, D. Bajpai, L. Baudis +26

Ordinary muon capture provides a benchmark for the nuclear physics models of neutrinoless double beta decay under comparable momentum transfer conditions. The total capture strengt…

physics.ins-det2025

Background stability and annual modulation test using PICOLON ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detector

PICOLON Collaboration, K. Kotera, D. Chernyak +20

The dark matter observation claimed by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment has been a long-standing puzzle within the particle physics community. NaI(Tl) crystals with radiopurity comparable…

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…

nucl-ex2024★ 1 cited

Rare multi-nucleon decays with the full data sets of the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +39

The Majorana Demonstrator was an ultra-low-background experiment designed for neutrinoless double-beta decay () investigation in Ge. Located at the Sanford Underground…

nucl-ex2024

An assay-based background projection for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR using Monte Carlo Uncertainty Propagation

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

The background index is an important quantity which is used in projecting and calculating the half-life sensitivity of neutrinoless double-beta decay () experiments. A novel…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Present status of PICOLON project

K. Fushimi, D. Chernyak, H. Ejiri +24

The existence of cosmic dark matter and neutrino properties are long-standing problems in cosmology and particle physics. These problems have been investigated by using radiation d…

cs.LG2023

Majorana Demonstrator Data Release for AI/ML Applications

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +57

The enclosed data release consists of a subset of the calibration data from the Majorana Demonstrator experiment. Each Majorana event is accompanied by raw Germanium detector wavef…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Radiopurity of NaI(Tl) crystals for PICOLON dark matter experiment

K. Kotera, D. Chernyak, H. Ejiri +19

The dark matter observation claim by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has been a long-standing puzzle within the particle physics community. Efforts of other research groups to verify…

nucl-ex2023★ 21 cited

Constraints on the decay of Ta

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +56

Ta is a rare nuclear isomer whose decay has never been observed. Its remarkably long lifetime surpasses the half-lives of all other known and electron capture decays d…

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…

nucl-ex2022★ 3 cited

Experimental study of 13C(α,n)16O reactions in the Majorana Demonstrator calibration data

MAJORANA Collaboration, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +55

Neutron captures and delayed decays of reaction products are common sources of backgrounds in ultra-rare event searches. In this work, we studied C(O reactions in…

nucl-ex2022★ 6 cited

Search for charge nonconservation and Pauli exclusion principle violation with the Majorana Demonstrator

MAJORANA Collaboration, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +55

Charge conservation and the Pauli exclusion principle result from fundamental symmetries in the standard model of particle physics, and are typically taken as axiomatic. High-preci…

hep-ex2019

Recent Results of the Majorana Demonstrator Experiment

J. M. López-Castaño

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge with two modular arrays of natural and Ge-enriched germanium detectors. It is located…

physics.ins-det2016★ 12 cited

Background model for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +64

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing a system containing 44 kg of high-purity Ge (HPGe) detectors to demonstrate the feasibility and potential of a future tonne-scale experim…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 30 cited

Dark matter search project PICO-LON

K. Fushimi, H. Ejiri, R. Hazama +12

The PICO-LON project aims at search for cold dark matter by means of highly radio-pure and large volume NaI(Tl) scintillator. The NaI powder was purifed by chemical processing to r…

physics.ins-det2014

Background Model for the Majorana Demonstrator

C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo +84

The Majorana Collaboration is constructing a system containing 40 kg of HPGe detectors to demonstrate the feasibility and potential of a future tonne-scale experiment capable of pr…

physics.ins-det2013★ 1 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of Germanium-76

MAJORANA Collaboration, S. R. Elliott, N. Abgrall +80

The {\sc Majorana} collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay using Ge, which has been shown to have a number of advantages in terms of sensitivities and…

nucl-ex2011★ 21 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of Germanium-76

MAJORANA Collaboration, A. G. Schubert, E. Aguayo +90

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay would determine whether the neutrino is a Majorana particle and provide information on the absolute scale of neutrino mass. The MA…

nucl-ex2009★ 12 cited

Solubility, Light Output and Energy Resolution Studies of Molybdenum-Loaded Liquid Scintillators

V. M. Gehman, P. J. Doe, R. G. H. Robertson +3

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay is an important part of the global neutrino physics program. One double-beta decay isotope currently under investigation is 100Mo. In…

nucl-ex2006★ 18 cited

Multi-layer scintillation detector for the MOON double beta decay experiment: Scintillation photon responses studied by a prototype detector MOON-1

H. Nakamura, P. Doe, H. Ejiri +50

An ensemble of multi-layer scintillators is discussed as an option of the high-sensitivity detector Mo Observatory Of Neutrinos (MOON) for spectroscopic measurements of neutrino-le…