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Cryogenic characterisation of the FBK NUV-HD-cryo Silicon Photomultipliers for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment
F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +298
Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are highly promising detectors for dark matter searches due to their uniform response, scalability to large target masses, and compatib…
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…
First Optical Observation of Negative Ion Drift at Surface Pressure
F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41
We report the first observation of Negative Ion Drift (NID) at surface pressure of mbar at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in a He:CF:SF mixture using an op…
First Nuclear Ultra-Heavy Dark Matter Search in Argon Time Projection Chambers with the DarkSide-50 Experiment
P. Agnes, I. F. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +125
We report the first search for nuclear ultra-heavy dark matter (UHDM) in a dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber using the DarkSide-50 experiment. Unlike conventional wea…
Simulation of the CYGNO Gaseous TPC Optical Readout
F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41
Gaseous Time Projection Chambers with Optical Readout are sensitive detectors suitable for 3D measurement of low-energy O(1 keV) particles and are proposed for detecting rare event…
Fast reconstruction-based ROI triggering via anomaly detection in the CYGNO optical TPC
F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41
Optical-readout Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) produce megapixel-scale images whose fine-grained topological information is essential for rare-event searches, but whose size chall…
Characterization of cutting-edge CMOS Active Pixel sensors within the CYGNO Experiment
B. D. Almeida, F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti +43
Time Projection Chambers equipped with Gas Electron Multipliers and optical readout by scientific CMOS cameras are a promising technology for low-energy particle detection, as demo…
Characterization of field cage and cathode for low radioactivity operation with the CYGNO experiment
F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +48
Dark matter, which is considered to account for approximately the 27% of the Universe's energy-mass content, remains an open issue in modern particle physics along with its composi…
Bayesian network 3D event reconstruction in the Cygno optical TPC for dark matter direct detection
Fernando Domingues Amaro, Rita Antonietti, Elisabetta Baracchini +50
The CYGNO experiment is developing a high-resolution gaseous Time Projection Chamber with optical readout for directional dark matter searches. The detector uses a helium-tetrafluo…
Modeling the light response of an optically readout GEM based TPC for the CYGNO experiment
Fernando Dominques Amaro, Rita Antonietti, Elisabetta Baracchini +56
The use of gaseous Time Projection Chambers enables the detection and the detailed study of rare events due to particles interactions with the atoms of the gas with energy releases…
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…
Search for dark matter annual modulation with DarkSide-50
50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +142
Dark matter induced event rate in an Earth-based detector is predicted to show an annual modulation as a result of the Earth's orbital motion around the Sun. We searched for this m…
LIME -- a gas TPC prototype for directional Dark Matter search for the CYGNO experiment
Fernando Domingues Amaro, Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi +44
The CYGNO experiment aims at the development of a large gaseous TPC with GEM-based amplification and an optical readout by means of PMTs and scientific CMOS cameras for 3D tracking…
The CYGNO experiment, a directional detector for direct Dark Matter searches
F. D. Amaro, E. Baracchini, L. Benussi +44
The CYGNO project aims at the development of a high precision optical readout gaseous Tima Projection Chamber (TPC) for directional dark matter (DM) searches, to be hosted at Labor…
Search for low mass dark matter in DarkSide-50: the bayesian network approach
50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +140
We present a novel approach for the search of dark matter in the DarkSide-50 experiment, relying on Bayesian Networks. This method incorporates the detector response model into the…
Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel
P. Agnes, I. Ahmad, S. Albergo +296
Dark matter lighter than 10 GeV/c encompasses a promising range of candidates. A conceptual design for a new detector, DarkSide-LowMass, is presented, based on the DarkSide-50…
Search for dark matter-nucleon interactions via Migdal effect with DarkSide-50
50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +141
Dark matter elastic scattering off nuclei can result in the excitation and ionization of the recoiling atom through the so-called Migdal effect. The energy deposition from the ioni…
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…
Identification of low energy nuclear recoils in a gas TPC with optical readout
Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi, Stefano Bianco +27
The search for a novel technology able to detect and reconstruct nuclear recoil events in the keV energy range has become more and more important as long as vast regions of high ma…
Migdal effect and photon Bremsstrahlung: improving the sensitivity to light dark matter of liquid argon experiments
Giovanni Grilli di Cortona, Andrea Messina, Stefano Piacentini
The search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles with noble liquids has probed masses down and below a GeV/c^2. The ultimate limit is represented by the experimental…