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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Stability and detection performance of a GEM-based Optical Readout TPC with He/CF gas mixtures
E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26
The performance and long term stability of an optically readout Time Projection Chamber with an electron amplification structure based on three Gas Electron Multipliers was studied…
CYGNUS: Feasibility of a nuclear recoil observatory with directional sensitivity to dark matter and neutrinos
S. E. Vahsen, C. A. J. O'Hare, W. A. Lynch +16
Now that conventional weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches are approaching the neutrino floor, there has been a resurgence of interest in detectors with…
CYGNO: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for dark matter directional search
E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26
The CYGNO project has the goal to use a gaseous TPC with optical readout to detect dark matter and solar neutrinos with low energy threshold and directionality. The CYGNO demonstra…
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…
A density-based clustering algorithm for the CYGNO data analysis
E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +26
Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) working in combination with Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) produce a very sensitive detector capable of observing low energy events. This is achiev…
The Drift Chamber of the MEG II experiment
G. F. Tassielli, A. M. Baldini, G. Cavoto +19
The MEG experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institut searches for the charged-Lepton-Flavor-Violating mu+ -> e+ gamma decay. MEG has already set the world best upper limit on the branc…
First evidence of luminescence in a He/CF gas mixture induced by non-ionizing electrons
E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco +25
Optical readout of Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) provides very interesting performances and has been proposed for different applications in particle physics. In particular, thanks…
A 1 m Gas Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout for Directional Dark Matter Searches: the CYGNO Experiment
E. Baracchini, R. Bedogni, F. Bellini +25
The aim of the CYGNO project is the construction and operation of a 1~m gas TPC for directional dark matter searches and coherent neutrino scattering measurements, as a prototy…
CYGNO: Triple-GEM Optical Readout for Directional Dark Matter Search
I. Abritta Costa, E. Baracchini, R. Bedogni +17
CYGNO is a project realising a cubic meter demonstrator to study the scalability of the performance of the optical approach for the readout of large-volume, GEM-equipped TPC. This…
Performance of Optically Readout GEM-based TPC with a 55Fe source
I. Abritta Costa, E. Baracchini, F. Bellini +13
Optical readout of large Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) with multiple Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) amplification stages has shown to provide very interesting performances for h…
MPGD Optical Read Out for Directional Dark Matter Search
G. Mazzitelli, E. Baracchini, G. Cavoto +6
The Time Projection method is an ideal candidate to track low energy release particles. Large volumes can be readout by means of a moderate number of channels providing a complete…
PTOLEMY: A Proposal for Thermal Relic Detection of Massive Neutrinos and Directional Detection of MeV Dark Matter
E. Baracchini, M. G. Betti, M. Biasotti +48
We propose to achieve the proof-of-principle of the PTOLEMY project to directly detect the Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB). Each of the technological challenges described in [1,2]…
Gas Distribution and Monitoring for the Drift Chamber of the MEG-II Experiment
A. M. Baldini, E. Baracchini, G. Cavoto +22
The reconstruction of the positron trajectory in the MEG-II experiment searching for the decay uses a cylindrical drift chamber operated with a helium-isobutane gas…
The design of the MEG II experiment
A. M. Baldini, E. Baracchini, C. Bemporad +72
The MEG experiment, designed to search for the mu+->e+ gamma decay at a 10^-13 sensitivity level, completed data taking in 2013. In order to increase the sensitivity reach of the e…
Negative ion Time Projection Chamber operation with SF at nearly atmospheric pressure
E. Baracchini, G. Cavoto, G. Mazzitelli +3
We present measurements of drift velocities and mobilities of some innovative negative ion gas mixtures at nearly atmospheric pressure based on SF as electronegative capture…
Carbon nanotubes as target for directional detection of light WIMP
V. C. Antochi, E. Baracchini, G. Cavoto +6
In this paper I will briefly introduce the idea of using Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) as target for the detection of low mass WIMPs with the additional information of directionality. I w…
Readout technologies for directional WIMP Dark Matter detection
J. B. R. Battat, I. G. Irastorza, A. Aleksandrov +90
The measurement of the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a compelling but technologically challenging strategy to provide an unambiguous signature of the detection of Ga…
Single-hit resolution measurement with MEG II drift chamber prototypes
A. M. Baldini, E. Baracchini, G. Cavoto +21
Drift chambers operated with helium-based gas mixtures represent a common solution for tracking charged particles keeping the material budget in the sensitive volume to a minimum.…