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20192026
most citedThe CYGNO Experiment

38 citations · 57 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

physics.ins-det2026

In-situ suppression of surface radon emanation using an HDPE barrier at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL)

R. R. Marcelo Gregorio, K. Mintern-Lane, S. Rushbrook +5

Radon-induced backgrounds remain a limiting factor in low-background experiments conducted in underground laboratories. The enclosed nature of these laboratories can result in elev…

physics.ins-det2026

Summary of quality control (QC) of ATLAS18 production ITk strip sensors

P. Federičováa, A. Affolder, K. Affolder +38

To address the demanding operational requirements of the High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), the ATLAS experiment is replacing its current Inner Detector…

physics.ins-det2026

Direct in-chamber radon-220 (thoron) emanation measurements for rare-event physics experiments

R. R. Marcelo Gregorio, F. Dastgiri, A. Basharina-Freshville +7

Measuring radon emanation from detector materials is a key method for controlling radon, a significant background in rare-event physics experiments. Methods for measuring radon ema…

physics.ins-det2026

High Negative Ion Gain MMThGEM-Micromegas Detector for Directional Dark Matter Searches

A. G. McLean, S. Higashino, R. R. Marcelo Gregorio +2

Low pressure gaseous Negative Ion Time Projection Chambers (NITPCs) have been used previously by the DRIFT experiment to search for a directional Dark Matter (DM) signature. The ma…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Enhancing the light yield of He:CF based gaseous detector

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +51

The CYGNO experiment aims to build a large ( m) directional detector for rare event searches, such as nuclear recoils (NRs) induced by dark matter (DM), such a…

physics.ins-det2024

Charge Amplification in Low Pressure CF4:SF6:He Mixtures with a Multi-Mesh ThGEM for Directional Dark Matter Searches

F. D. Amaro, E. Baracchini, L. Benussi +46

The CYGNO collaboration is developing next generation directional Dark Matter (DM) detection experiments, using gaseous Time Projection Chambers (TPCs), as a robust method for iden…

physics.ins-det2024

Charge Amplification in Sub-atmospheric CF4:He Mixtures for Directional Dark Matter Searches

A. G. McLean, N. J. C. Spooner, T. Crane +4

Low pressure gaseous Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are a viable technology for directional Dark Matter (DM) searches and have the potential for exploring the parameter space belo…

physics.ins-det2024

Molecular sieve vacuum swing adsorption purification and radon reduction system for gaseous dark matter and rare-event detectors

R. R. Marcelo Gregorio, N. J. C. Spooner, F. Dastgiri +5

In the field of directional dark matter experiments, SF6 has emerged as an ideal target gas. A critical challenge with this gas, and with other proposed gases, is the effective rem…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Gas Gains Over 10 and Optimisation using Fe X-rays in Low Pressure SF with a Novel Multi-Mesh ThGEM for Directional Dark Matter Searches

A. G. McLean, N. J. C. Spooner, T. Crane +4

The Negative Ion Drift (NID) gas SF has favourable properties for track reconstruction in directional Dark Matter (DM) searches utilising low pressure gaseous Time Projection C…

physics.ins-det2022★ 38 cited

The CYGNO Experiment

Fernando Domingues Amaro, Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi +47

The search for a novel technology able to detect and reconstruct nuclear and electron recoil events with the energy of a few keV has become more and more important now that large r…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 6 cited

Improved Sensitivity of the DRIFT-IId Directional Dark Matter Experiment using Machine Learning

J. B. R. Battat, C. Eldridge, A. C. Ezeribe +18

We demonstrate a new type of analysis for the DRIFT-IId directional dark matter detector using a machine learning algorithm called a Random Forest Classifier. The analysis labels e…

physics.ins-det2020★ 3 cited

Test of low radioactive molecular sieves for radon filtration in SF6 gas-based rare-event physics experiments

R. R. Marcelo Gregorio, N. J. C. Spooner, J. Berry +4

Type 5A molecular sieves (MS) have been demonstrated to remove radon from SF gas. This is important for ultra-sensitive SF gas-based directional dark matter and related rar…

physics.ins-det2019★ 6 cited

Demonstration of ThGEM-Multiwire Hybrid Charge Readout for Directional Dark Matter Searches

A. C. Ezeribe, C. Eldridge, W. Lynch +3

Sensitivities of current directional dark matter search detectors using gas time projection chambers are now constrained by target mass. A ton-scale gas TPC detector will require l…