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most citedFirst Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment

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19 papers

nucl-ex2025

Spectral Measurement of the Bi beta-decay to the Po Ground State with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +170

We report the measurement of the Bi beta-decay spectrum to the ground state of Po using the XENONnT detector. This decay is classified as first-forbidden non-unique…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

Challenging Spontaneous Quantum Collapse with XENONnT

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +174

We report on the search for X-ray radiation as predicted from dynamical quantum collapse with low-energy electronic recoil data in the energy range of 1-140 keV from the first scie…

physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

Radon Removal in XENONnT down to the Solar Neutrino Level

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +169

The XENONnT experiment has achieved an exceptionally low Rn activity concentration within its inner 5.9tonne liquid xenon detector of (0.900.01stat.$\…

physics.ins-det2024

Low-Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration of XENONnT with a YBe Photoneutron Source

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +169

Characterizing low-energy, keV-range nuclear recoils near the detector threshold is one of the major challenges for large direct dark matter detectors. To that end, we have success…

physics.ins-det2024★ 11 cited

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory

XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441

The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60 to 80 t capable of probing the remaining WIMP-nucleon interaction parameter…

hep-ex2024

XENONnT Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +165

The XENONnT experiment, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, features a 5.9 tonne liquid xenon time projection chamber surrounded by an instrumented neut…

physics.data-an2024★ 6 cited

XENONnT WIMP Search: Signal & Background Modeling and Statistical Inference

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +161

The XENONnT experiment searches for weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter scattering off a xenon nucleus. In particular, XENONnT uses a dual-phase time projection…

hep-ex2024

Offline tagging of radon-induced backgrounds in XENON1T and applicability to other liquid xenon detectors

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +164

This paper details the first application of a software tagging algorithm to reduce radon-induced backgrounds in liquid noble element time projection chambers, such as XENON1T and X…

hep-ex2023★ 10 cited

Design and performance of the field cage for the XENONnT experiment

E. Aprile, K. Abe, S. Ahmed Maouloud +161

The precision in reconstructing events detected in a dual-phase time projection chamber depends on an homogeneous and well understood electric field within the liquid target. In th…

physics.ins-det2023★ 3 cited

Cosmogenic background simulations for the DARWIN observatory at different underground locations

M. Adrover, L. Althueser, B. Andrieu +180

Xenon dual-phase time projections chambers (TPCs) have proven to be a successful technology in studying physical phenomena that require low-background conditions. With 40t of liqui…

hep-ex2023

Search for events in XENON1T associated with Gravitational Waves

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +160

We perform a blind search for particle signals in the XENON1T dark matter detector that occur close in time to gravitational wave signals in the LIGO and Virgo observatories. No pa…

hep-ex2023★ 18 cited

Searching for Heavy Dark Matter near the Planck Mass with XENON1T

E. Aprile, K. Abe, S. Ahmed Maouloud +164

Multiple viable theoretical models predict heavy dark matter particles with a mass close to the Planck mass, a range relatively unexplored by current experimental measurements. We…

hep-ex2023★ 12 cited

Detector signal characterization with a Bayesian network in XENONnT

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +164

We developed a detector signal characterization model based on a Bayesian network trained on the waveform attributes generated by a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. By per…

hep-ex2023★ 437 cited

First Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +163

We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the XENONnT experiment which is based on a two-p…

physics.ins-det2022★ 18 cited

The Triggerless Data Acquisition System of the XENONnT Experiment

E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +162

The XENONnT detector uses the latest and largest liquid xenon-based time projection chamber (TPC) operated by the XENON Collaboration, aimed at detecting Weakly Interacting Massive…

hep-ex2022

An approximate likelihood for nuclear recoil searches with XENON1T data

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +151

The XENON collaboration has published stringent limits on specific dark matter -nucleon recoil spectra from dark matter recoiling on the liquid xenon detector target. In this paper…

hep-ex2022★ 43 cited

Double-Weak Decays of Xe and Xe in the XENON1T and XENONnT Experiments

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +157

We present results on the search for double-electron capture () of Xe and neutrinoless double- decay () of Xe in XENON1T. We consider captur…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

Application and modeling of an online distillation method to reduce krypton and argon in XENON1T

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +151

A novel online distillation technique was developed for the XENON1T dark matter experiment to reduce intrinsic background components more volatile than xenon, such as krypton or ar…

hep-ex2021★ 113 cited

Emission of Single and Few Electrons in XENON1T and Limits on Light Dark Matter

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +152

Delayed single- and few-electron emissions plague dual-phase time projection chambers, limiting their potential to search for light-mass dark matter. This paper examines the origin…