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most citedImpact of the Dresden-II and COHERENT neutrino scattering data on neutrino electromagnetic properties and electroweak physics

60 citations · 306 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

hep-ph2026

A consistent neutrino determination of the low-energy weak mixing angle

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +5

The weak mixing angle, , is a fundamental parameter of the Standard Model and a sensitive probe of electroweak physics across various energy scales. At low momentum tran…

hep-ph2026

Phenomenological implications of the high-precision COHERENT germanium CENS data

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +5

This work presents the first comprehensive phenomenological analysis of the newly released Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CENS) data on germanium, measured by the…

physics.ins-det2026

Characterization of the Low Energy Excess using a NUCLEUS AlO detector

H. Abele, G. Angloher, B. Arnold +62

The NUCLEUS experiment aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering of reactor antineutrinos using low-threshold, gram-scale cryogenic calorimeters. Similar to other…

astro-ph.CO2025

A short blanket for cosmology: the CMB lensing anomaly behind the preference for a negative neutrino mass

Andrea Cozzumbo, Mattia Atzori Corona, Riccardo Murgia +2

Recent analyses combining cosmic microwave background (CMB) and baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) challenge particle physics constraints on the total neutrino mass, pointing to val…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +294

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant f…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Characterization of the ionization response of argon to nuclear recoils at the keV scale with the ReD experiment

P. Agnes, I. Ahmad, S. Albergo +42

In the recent years, argon-based experiments looking for Dark Matter in the Universe have explored the non-standard scenario in which Dark Matter is made by low-mass Weakly Interac…

hep-ph2025★ 1 cited

When backgrounds become signals: neutrino interactions in xenon-based dark matter detectors

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +2

Direct detection dark matter experiments have proven to be compelling probes for studying low-energy neutrino interactions with both nuclei and atomic electrons, offering complemen…

physics.ins-det2025★ 4 cited

Toward precision physics tests with future COHERENT detectors

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +3

We present a comprehensive sensitivity study of future CENS detectors, focusing on a cryogenic cesium iodide detector and a tonne-scale liquid argon one, currently being develop…

physics.ins-det2025

Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM Tiles for the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +301

The DarkSide-20k dark matter direct detection experiment will employ a 21 m^2 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, instrumenting a dual-phase 50 tonnes liquid argon Time Projectio…

nucl-ex2025

Fundamental Nuclear and Particle Physics At Neutron Sources

H. Abele, J. Amaral, W. R. Anthony +121

Fundamental neutron and neutrino physics at neutron sources, combining precision measurements and theory, can probe new physics at energy scales well beyond the highest energies pr…

hep-ph2025★ 9 cited

Joint analysis of reactor and accelerator CENS data on germanium: implications for the Standard Model and nuclear physics

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +3

This work presents the first comprehensive joint analysis of all available Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CENS) data on germanium: those observed at the Spallatio…

hep-ph2025★ 4 cited

Standard Model Tested with Neutrinos

Mattia Atzori Corona, Matteo Cadeddu, Nicola Cargioli +3

The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics effectively explains most observed phenomena, though some anomalies, especially in the neutrino sector, suggest the need for extensions.…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +300

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground wel…

hep-ph2025★ 18 cited

Reactor antineutrinos CENS on germanium: CONUS+ and TEXONO as a new gateway to SM and BSM physics

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +2

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) is a key process for probing Standard Model and beyond the Standard Model (BSM) properties. Following its first detection by…

physics.ins-det2024

Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM production for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a novel liquid argon dark matter detector currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclear…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c. This was demons…

hep-ph2024★ 10 cited

Refined determination of the weak mixing angle at low energy

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +2

The weak mixing angle is a fundamental parameter of the electroweak theory of the standard model whose measurement in the low-energy regime is still not precisely determined. Diffe…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

hep-ph2024★ 23 cited

Momentum dependent flavor radiative corrections to the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering for the neutrino charge-radius determination

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +2

Despite being neutral particles, neutrinos can have a non-zero charge radius, which represents the only non-null neutrino electromagnetic property in the standard model theory. Its…

physics.ins-det2023

Directionality of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

20k Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. Ahmad +264

The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils (NR) produced in a target material from the W…

hep-ph2023★ 13 cited

On the impact of the Migdal effect in reactor CENS experiments

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +2

The search for coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CENS) using reactor antineutrinos represents a formidable experimental challenge, recently boosted by the observatio…

nucl-ex2023★ 29 cited

Nuclear neutron radius and weak mixing angle measurements from latest COHERENT CsI and atomic parity violation Cs data

M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli +3

The COHERENT collaboration observed coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering using a 14.6 kg cesium-iodide (CsI) detector in 2017 and recently published the updated results bef…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 8 cited

Study of cosmogenic activation above ground for the DarkSide-20k experiment

20k Collaboration

The activation of materials due to exposure to cosmic rays may become an important background source for experiments investigating rare event phenomena. DarkSide-20k, currently und…