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most citedPurification Efficiency and Radon Emanation of Gas Purifiers used with Pure and Binary Gas Mixtures for Gaseous Dark Matter Detectors

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physics.ins-det2026

Improvement and assessment of the radiopurity of Micromegas readout planes

Juan Castel, Susana Cebrian, Theopisti Dafni +17

Micromesh Gas Structures (Micromegas) as readout of gaseous Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are being considered in experiments investigating rare phenomena, like the nuclear doubl…

physics.ins-det2025

Low-energy threshold demonstration for dark matter searches in TREX-DM with an Ar source produced at CNA HiSPANoS

J. Castel, S. Cebrián, T. Dafni +16

We report on the successful implementation of an Ar calibration source in the TREX-DM detector, a high-pressure time projection chamber designed for low-mass dark matter sea…

hep-ex2025

Search for solar axions produced through the axion-electron coupling using a new GridPix detector at CAST

K. Altenmüller, V. Anastassopoulos, S. Arguedas-Cuendis +61

We present a search for solar axions produced through the axion-electron coupling using data from a novel 7-GridPix detector installed at the CERN Axion Solar Telescope…

hep-ph2025

The International Axion Observatory (IAXO): case, status and plans. Input to the European Strategy for Particle Physics

A. Arcusa, S. Ahyoune, K. Altenmuller +120

The International Axion Observatory (IAXO) is a next-generation axion helioscope designed to search for solar axions with unprecedented sensitivity. IAXO holds a unique position in…

hep-ex2024

An accurate solar axions ray-tracing response of BabyIAXO

S. Ahyoune, K. Altenmueller, I. Antolin +124

BabyIAXO is the intermediate stage of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO) to be hosted at DESY. Its primary goal is the detection of solar axions following the axion heliosc…

physics.ins-det2024

Using Micromegas detectors for direct dark matter searches: challenges and perspectives

K. Altenmueller, . Antolin, D. Calvet +27

Gas time projection chambers (TPCs) with Micromegas pixelated readouts are being used in dark matter searches and other rare event searches, due to their potential in terms of low…

physics.ins-det2023

Searching for WIMPs with TREX-DM: achievements and challenges

Juan F. Castel, Susana Cebrián, Theopisti Dafni +15

The TREX-DM detector, a low background chamber with microbulk Micromegas readout, was commissioned in the underground laboratory of Canfranc (LSC) in 2018. Since then, data taking…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

Purification Efficiency and Radon Emanation of Gas Purifiers used with Pure and Binary Gas Mixtures for Gaseous Dark Matter Detectors

K., Altenmüller, J. F. Castel +22

Rare event searches require extreme radiopurity in all detector components. This includes the active medium, which in the case of gaseous detectors, is the operating gas. The gases…