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20202026
most citedCharacterization of the SIDDHARTA-2 luminosity monitor

29 citations · 37 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

hep-ex2026

First measurement of kaonic deuterium X-ray transitions

Massimiliano Bazzi, Francesco Clozza, Carlo Guaraldo +38

The study of the strong interaction among hadrons at low energies remains one of the key challenges in fundamental physics because of its non-perturbative nature, which makes theor…

nucl-ex2026

High-precision measurement of the kaonic hydrogen 1s level shift and width with SIDDHARTA-2

M. Bazzi, F. Clozza, C. Guaraldo +37

Kaonic atoms provide a unique experimental probe of strong interaction in the low-energy regime. In particular, the strong-interaction-induced shift () and…

nucl-ex2026

Kaonic Copper and Fluorine Absolute Yields Measurement with a CZT-based Detection System at DANE

Francesco Artibani, Simone Manti, Leonardo Abbene +36

\noindent In this work, new measurements of absolute X-ray yields for several transitions in kaonic copper and, for the first time, in kaonic fluorine are reported. The data were c…

nucl-ex2026

Probing Nuclear Structure with Kaonic Atoms through E2 Resonance Mixing

Simone Manti, Luca De Paolis, Leonardo Abbene +33

Kaonic atoms provide a unique laboratory to investigate the interplay between atomic, nuclear, and strong-interaction physics. In heavy nuclei, atomic transitions can couple to low…

physics.ins-det2026

Extended X-ray energy characterization of SIDDHARTA-2 large-area Silicon Drift Detectors up to 50 keV

Francesco Clozza, Francesco Sgaramella, Leonardo Abbene +38

The SIDDHARTA-2 experiment at the DANE collider of INFN-LNF performs high precision light kaonic atoms X-ray spectroscopy to investigate the kaon-nucleon(s) strong interaction i…

physics.ins-det2025

CZT Detectors for kaonic atoms spectroscopy

Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli +36

Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors offer excellent room-temperature energy resolution, making them well suited for X- and -ray spectroscopy in challenging environments. With…

physics.ins-det2025

Time-based Selection of Kaonic Atom X-ray Events with Quasi-Hemispherical CZT Detectors at the DAFNE collider

Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli +37

This work presents the results of a time-based event selection for searching X-ray signals from kaonic atom X-ray transition using a single quasi-hemispherical Cadmium-Zinc-Telluri…

nucl-ex2025

EXKALIBUR: Towards a Kaonic Atoms Periodic Table to test Fundamental Interactions

Simone Manti, Leonardo Abbene, Francesco Artibani +34

Kaonic atoms, formed when a negatively charged kaon replaces an electron, provide a unique laboratory to test fundamental interactions at low energies. EXKALIBUR (EXtensive Kaonic…

nucl-ex2024★ 1 cited

Intermediate Mass Kaonic Atoms at DANE

Francesco Artibani, Francesco Clozza, Massimiliano Bazzi +36

The SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration aims to measure for the first time the shift and width induced on the level of kaonic deuterium by the strong interaction. In the preliminary pha…

physics.ins-det2024

Kaonic lead feasibility measurement at DAΦNE to solve the charged kaon mass discrepancy

D. Bosnar, L. Abbene, C. Amsler +39

An HPGe detector equipped with a transistor reset preamplifier and readout with a CAEN DT5781 fast pulse digitizer was employed in the measurement of X-rays from kaonic lead at the…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

Investigation of Electron Backscattering on Silicon Drift Detectors for the Sterile Neutrino Search with TRISTAN

Daniela Spreng, Korbinian Urban, Marco Carminati +7

Sterile neutrinos are hypothetical particles in the minimal extension of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. They could be viable dark matter candidates if they have a mass in…

nucl-ex2023★ 3 cited

First measurement of kaonic helium-4 M-series transitions

F Sgaramella, D Sirghi, L Abbene +40

In this paper we present the results of a new kaonic helium-4 measurement with a 1.37 g/l gaseous target by the SIDDHARTA-2 experiment at the DAΦNE collider. We measured, for the f…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

Novel Machine Learning and Differentiable Programming Techniques applied to the VIP-2 Underground Experiment

F Napolitano, M Bazzi, M Bragadireanu +20

In this work, we present novel Machine Learning and Differentiable Programming enhanced calibration techniques used to improve the energy resolution of the Silicon Drift Detectors…

physics.ins-det2020★ 29 cited

Characterization of the SIDDHARTA-2 luminosity monitor

M. Skurzok, A. Scordo, S. Niedzwiecki +29

A luminosity monitor, based on plastic scintillator detectors, has been developed for the SIDDHARTA-2 experiment aiming to perform high precision measurements of kaonic atoms and w…