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

176 citations · 521 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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17 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…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

COSINE-100 Full Dataset Challenges the Annual Modulation Signal of DAMA/LIBRA

N. Carlin, J. Y. Cho, J. J. Choi +56

For over 25 years, the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has claimed to observe an annual modulation signal, suggesting the existence of dark matter interactions. However, no experiment emp…

hep-ex2024★ 6 cited

Lowering threshold of NaI(Tl) scintillator to 0.7 keV in the COSINE-100 experiment

G. H. Yu, N. Carlin, J. Y. Cho +56

COSINE-100 is a direct dark matter search experiment, with the primary goal of testing the annual modulation signal observed by DAMA/LIBRA, using the same target material, NaI(Tl).…

hep-ex2024

First Direct Search for Light Dark Matter Using the NEON Experiment at a Nuclear Reactor

J. J. Choi, C. Ha, E. J. Jeon +14

We report new results from the Neutrino Elastic Scattering Observation with NaI (NEON) experiment in the search for light dark matter (LDM) using 2,636 kgdays of NaI(Tl) exp…

hep-ex2024★ 5 cited

New Constraints on Axion-Like Particles with the NEON Detector at a Nuclear Reactor

Byung Ju Park, Jae Jin Choi, Eunju Jeon +17

We report new constraints on axion-like particles (ALPs) using data from the NEON experiment, which features a 16.7 kg of NaI(Tl) target located 23.7 meters from a 2.8 GW thermal p…

physics.ins-det2024★ 6 cited

Upgrade of NaI(Tl) crystal encapsulation for the NEON experiment

J. J. Choi, E. J. Jeon, J. Y. Kim +14

The Neutrino Elastic-scattering Observation with NaI(Tl) experiment (NEON) aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering~(\cenns) in a NaI(Tl) crystal using reactor a…

physics.ins-det2024★ 10 cited

Waveform Simulation for Scintillation Characteristics of NaI(Tl) Crystal

J. J. Choi, C. Ha, E. J. Jeon +10

The lowering of the energy threshold in the NaI detector is crucial not only for comprehensive validation of DAMA/LIBRA but also for exploring new possibilities in the search for l…

physics.ins-det2023★ 12 cited

Performance of an ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detector produced by an indigenously-developed purification method and crystal growth for the COSINE-200 experiment

Hyun Seok Lee, Byung Ju Park, Jae Jin Choi +17

The COSINE-100 experiment has been operating with 106 kg of low-background NaI(Tl) detectors to test the results from the DAMA/LIBRA experiment, which claims to have observed dark…

hep-ex2022★ 30 cited

An induced annual modulation signature in COSINE-100 data by DAMA/LIBRA's analysis method

G. Adhikari, N. Carlin, J. J. Choi +54

The DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has reported the observation of an annual modulation in the event rate that has been attributed to dark matter interactions over the last two decades.…

physics.ins-det2022

NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator encapsulated in two organic-scintillator layers with pulse shape data analysis

Jinyoung Kim, Yujin Lee, Byoung-cheol Koh +4

Thallium-doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl)) crystals are widely used in radiation detection applications, from gamma-ray spectroscopy to particle dark matter searches. However, if the c…

physics.ins-det2021★ 11 cited

The environmental monitoring system at the COSINE-100 experiment

H. Kim, G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +50

The COSINE-100 experiment is designed to test the DAMA experiment which claimed an observation of a dark matter signal from an annual modulation in their residual event rate. To me…

hep-ex2021★ 62 cited

Strong constraints from COSINE-100 on the DAMA dark matter results using the same sodium iodide target

G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza, N. Carlin +50

We present new constraints on dark matter interactions using 1.7 years of COSINE-100 data. The COSINE-100 experiment, consisting of 106 kg of tallium-doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl))…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Background modeling for dark matter search with 1.7 years of COSINE-100 data

G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +47

We present a background model for dark matter searches using an array of NaI(Tl) crystals in the COSINE-100 experiment that is located in the Yangyang underground laboratory. The m…

physics.ins-det2020★ 33 cited

The COSINE-100 Liquid Scintillator Veto System

G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza, N. Carlin +43

This paper describes the liquid scintillator veto system for the COSINE-100 dark matter experiment and its performance. The COSINE-100 detector consists of eight NaI(Tl) crystals i…

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★ 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.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…