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most citedNew Limits on Interactions between Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Nucleons Obtained with CsI(Tl) Crystal Detectors

176 citations · 898 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

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-det2023★ 14 cited

Precision Measurement of the Specific Activity of Ar in Atmospheric Argon with the DEAP-3600 Detector

P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj, M. Alpízar-Venegas +147

The specific activity of the beta decay of Ar in atmospheric argon is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector. DEAP-3600, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, uses a total of (…

hep-ex2019★ 23 cited

Comparison between DAMA/LIBRA and COSINE-100 in the light of Quenching Factors

Y. J. Ko, K. W. Kim, G. Adhikari +46

There is a long standing debate about whether or not the annual modulation signal reported by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration is induced by Weakly Interacting Massive Particles~(WIMP)…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 23 cited

Study of cosmogenic radionuclides in the COSINE-100 NaI(Tl) detectors

E. Barbosa de Souza, B. J. Park, G. Adhikari +48

COSINE-100 is a direct detection dark matter search experiment that uses a 106 kg array of eight NaI(Tl) crystals that are kept underground at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory t…

hep-ex2019★ 11 cited

A search for solar axion induced signals with COSINE-100

P. Adhikari, G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +45

We present results from a search for solar axions with the COSINE-100 experiment. We find no evidence of solar axion events from a data-set of 6,303.9 kgdays exposure and se…

hep-ph2019★ 13 cited

COSINE-100 and DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 in WIMP effective models

100 Collaboration, G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari +51

Assuming a standard Maxwellian for the WIMP velocity distribution, we obtain the bounds from null WIMP search results of 59.5 days of COSINE-100 data on the DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 modul…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 138 cited

Search for a Dark Matter-Induced Annual Modulation Signal in NaI(Tl) with the COSINE-100 Experiment

100 Collaboration, G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari +46

We present new constraints on the dark matter-induced annual modulation signal using 1.7 years, of COSINE-100 data with a total exposure of 97.7 kgyears. The COSINE-100 expe…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 29 cited

The First Direct Search for Inelastic Boosted Dark Matter with COSINE-100

C. Ha, G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari +45

A search for inelastic boosted dark matter (iBDM) using the COSINE-100 detector with 59.5 days of data is presented. This relativistic dark matter is theorized to interact with the…

physics.ins-det2018★ 40 cited

The COSINE-100 Data Acquisition System

100 Collaboration, G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari +44

COSINE-100 is a dark matter direct detection experiment designed to test the annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. COSINE-100 consists of 8 NaI(Tl) crysta…

hep-ex2018★ 17 cited

Limits on Interactions between Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Nucleons Obtained with NaI(Tl) crystal Detectors

K. W. Kim, G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari +22

Limits on the cross section for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) scattering off nucleons in the NaI(Tl) detectors at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory are obtained wi…

physics.ins-det2018★ 9 cited

Study of fast neutron detector for COSINE-100 experiment

G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari, C. Ha +11

A monitoring system for fast neutrons is planned in the COSINE experiment, a dark matter experiment with NaI crystals. We pursued several R&D approaches for a neutron detector usin…

physics.ins-det2018★ 4 cited

Initial performance of the high sensitivity alpha particle detector at the Yangyang underground laboratory

C. Ha, G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari +14

Initial performance of the UltraLo-1800 alpha particle detector at the 700 m deep Yangyang underground laboratory in Korea is described. The ionization detector uses Argon as a cou…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 67 cited

Background model for the NaI(Tl) crystals in COSINE-100

P. Adhikari, G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +46

The COSINE-100 dark matter search experiment is an array of NaI(Tl) crystal detectors located in the Yangyang Underground Laboratory (Y2L). To understand measured backgrounds in th…

physics.ins-det2017★ 39 cited

Muon detector for the COSINE-100 experiment

100 Collaboration, H. Prihtiadi, G. Adhikari +49

The COSINE-100 dark matter search experiment has started taking physics data with the goal of performing an independent measurement of the annual modulation signal observed by DAMA…

physics.ins-det2017★ 135 cited

Initial Performance of the COSINE-100 Experiment

G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +49

COSINE is a dark matter search experiment based on an array of low background NaI(Tl) crystals located at the Yangyang underground laboratory. The assembly of COSINE-100 was comple…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 39 cited

Understanding NaI(Tl) crystal background for dark matter searches

G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari, C. Ha +8

We have developed ultra-low-background NaI(Tl) crystals to reproduce the DAMA results with the ultimate goal of achieving purity levels that are comparable to or better than those…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 28 cited

Performance of a prototype active veto system using liquid scintillator for a dark matter search experiment

J. S. Park, P. Adhikari, G. Adhikari +7

We report the performance of an active veto system using a liquid scintillator with NaI(Tl) crystals for use in a dark matter search experiment. When a NaI(Tl) crystal is immersed…

physics.ins-det2015★ 4 cited

Understanding internal backgrounds of NaI(Tl) crystals toward a 200~kg array for the KIMS-NaI experiment

P. Adhikari, G. Adhikari, S. Choi +24

The Korea Invisible Mass Search (KIMS) collaboration has developed low-background NaI(Tl) crystals that are suitable for the direct detection of WIMP dark matter. With experience b…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 14 cited

Pulse-shape discrimination between electron and nuclear recoils in a NaI(Tl) crystal

H. S. Lee, G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari +24

We report on the response of a high light-output NaI(Tl) crystal to nuclear recoils induced by neutrons from an Am-Be source and compare the results with the response to electron r…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 75 cited

Tests on NaI(Tl) crystals for WIMP search at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory

K. W. Kim, W. G. Kang, S. Y. Oh +17

Among the direct search experiments for WIMP dark matter, the DAMA experiment observed an annual modulation signal interpreted as WIMP interactions with 9.2 significance. Howeve…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 176 cited

New Limits on Interactions between Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Nucleons Obtained with CsI(Tl) Crystal Detectors

S. C. Kim, H. Bhang, J. H. Choi +20

New limits are presented on the cross section for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) nucleon scattering in the KIMS CsI(T) detector array at the Yangyang Underground Labora…