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20202026
most citedThe CYGNO Experiment

38 citations · 69 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Detector Performance and Dark Matter Sensitivity of CYGNO with HFO-1234ze Gas Admixtures

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +42

The CYGNO project develops optical time projection chambers for directional dark matter searches, using a He:CF4 (60:40) gas mixture at atmospheric pressure and a triple-GEM amplif…

hep-ex2026

Efficiency measurements of GEM GE1/1 chambers in the upgraded CMS Endcap Muon System using 2023 collision data at TeV

M. Abbas, S. Abbott, M. Abbrescia +184

The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider employs Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, a technology based on gaseous ionization, as one of the muon detectors. The muon sp…

physics.ins-det2026

He-CF4-CH4 ternary mixtures as target gas for the CYGNO directional dark matter experiment

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

The CYGNO collaboration is advancing a high-resolution optical Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for directional dark matter searches and solar neutrino spectroscopy at LNGS. The detec…

physics.ins-det2026

Upgrade of the Trigger and Data Acquisition System for Continuous Imaging and Multi-Camera Operation in CYGNO

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

The CYGNO experiment employs an optical readout to image particle interactions in a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC), combining cameras and photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to ach…

physics.ins-det2026

The CYGNO experiment: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for rare events searches

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +39

The CYGNO collaboration is developing a novel strategy for directional Dark Matter searches based on a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC). The detector is optimized for the expl…

physics.ins-det2026

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…

physics.ins-det2026

Trigger Optimization and Event Classification for Dark Matter Searches in the CYGNO Experiment Using Machine Learning

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +40

The CYGNO experiment employs an optical-readout Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to search for rare low-energy interactions using finely resolved scintillation images. While the optic…

physics.ins-det2026

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…

physics.ins-det2025

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…

physics.ins-det2025

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…

physics.ins-det2025

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…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2025

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…

physics.ins-det2024

Development of nanocomposite scintillators for use in high-energy physics

A. Antonelli, E. Auffray, S. Brovelli +33

Semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) are light emitters with high quantum yield that are relatively easy to manufacture. There is therefore much interest in their possible app…

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

Status of the production of GEM chambers for the CMS experiment at Large Hadron Collider

L. Benussi, S. Bianco, R. Campagnola +10

The High Luminosity LHC phase includes an upgrade to the muon stations for the CMS Experiment. CMS trigger and muon identification performance will be crucial, and it is, therefore…

physics.ins-det2023

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…

physics.ins-det2023★ 6 cited

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 21 cited

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…