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20192026
most citedCYGNUS: Feasibility of a nuclear recoil observatory with directional sensitivity to dark matter and neutrinos

53 citations · 73 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

hep-ex2026

Sensitivity Projections for Low-Mass Dark Matter Annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +412

The IceCube Upgrade, an extension designed to enhance the IceCube Neutrino Observatory's detection of neutrinos with energies between 1 GeV and 500 GeV, will markedly improve IceCu…

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-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★ 7 cited

Recoil imaging for directional detection of dark matter, neutrinos, and physics beyond the Standard Model

C. A. J. O'Hare, D. Loomba, K. Altenmüller +164

Recoil imaging entails the detection of spatially resolved ionization tracks generated by particle interactions. This is a highly sought-after capability in many classes of detecto…

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★ 53 cited

CYGNUS: Feasibility of a nuclear recoil observatory with directional sensitivity to dark matter and neutrinos

S. E. Vahsen, C. A. J. O'Hare, W. A. Lynch +16

Now that conventional weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches are approaching the neutrino floor, there has been a resurgence of interest in detectors with…

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…