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most citedNEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond year half-life sensitivity

166 citations · 613 across the 32 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

nucl-ex2025

Extremely large oblate deformation of the first excited state in C: a new challenge to modern nuclear theory

C. Ngwetsheni, J. N. Orce, P. Navrátil +14

A Coulomb-excitation study of the high-lying first excited state at 4.439 MeV in the nucleus C has been carried out using the Pb(C,C)Pb…

nucl-ex2023

Proton-unbound states in relevant for the reaction in novae

E. C. Vyfers, V. Pesudo, S. Triambak +13

Background: The nucleosynthesis of several proton-rich nuclei is determined by radiative proton-capture reactions on unstable nuclei in nova explosions. One such reaction is $^{23}…

nucl-ex2023★ 1 cited

Fine structure of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance in Ni, Zr, Sn and Pb

A. Bahini, P. von Neumann-Cosel, J. Carter +26

Over the past two decades high energy-resolution inelastic proton scattering studies were used to gain an understanding of the origin of fine structure observed in the isoscalar gi…

hep-ex2023★ 1 cited

Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory (PAUL)

Robert Adam, Claire Antel, Munirat Bashir +43

Establishing a deep underground physics laboratory to study, amongst others, double beta decay, geoneutrinos, reactor neutrinos and dark matter has been discussed for more than a d…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO

R. H. M. Tsang, A. Piepke, S. Al Kharusi +157

Large-scale low-background detectors are increasingly used in rare-event searches as experimental collaborations push for enhanced sensitivity. However, building such detectors, in…

nucl-ex2023★ 10 cited

study of states in : Implications for new physics searches with xenon detectors

B. M. Rebeiro, S. Triambak, P. E. Garrett +21

We used the Ba reaction to carry out an in-depth study of states in Cs, up to around 2.5~MeV. In this work, we place emphasis on hitherto unobserved states b…

nucl-ex2022★ 7 cited

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

C. Adams, K. Alfonso, C. Andreoiu +229

This White Paper, prepared for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting related to the 2023 Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan, makes the case for double beta…

nucl-ex2022

Isoscalar giant monopole strength in Ni, Zr, Sn and Pb

A. Bahini, R. Neveling, P. von Neumann-Cosel +22

Inelastic -particle scattering at energies of a few hundred MeV and very-forward scattering angles including has been established as a tool for the study of the isosca…

physics.ins-det2022★ 26 cited

Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO

G. Gallina, Y. Guan, F. Retiere +162

Liquid xenon time projection chambers are promising detectors to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0), due to their response uniformity, monolithic sensitive volume,…

nucl-ex2022★ 3 cited

Proton capture on P in novae: On the existence of states at MeV and MeV in S

M. Kamil, S. Triambak, G. C. Ball +10

We use a high resolution measurement to investigate the claimed existence of a 6401(3) keV state in S that may affect the nuclear rea…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Development of a Xe calibration source for nEXO

B. G. Lenardo, C. A. Hardy, R. H. M. Tsang +125

We study a possible calibration technique for the nEXO experiment using a Xe electron capture source. nEXO is a next-generation search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($…

nucl-ex2022★ 4 cited

Isospin Mixing and the Cubic Isobaric Multiplet Mass Equation in the Lowest T = 2, A = 32 Quintet

M. Kamil, S. Triambak, A. Magilligan +24

The isobaric multiplet mass equation (IMME) is known to break down in the first T = 2, A = 32 isospin quintet. In this work we combine high-resolution experimental data with state-…

nucl-th2021★ 16 cited

Isoscalar giant monopole resonance in Mg and Si: Effect of coupling between the isoscalar monopole and quadrupole strength

A. Bahini, V. O. Nesterenko, I. T. Usman +25

Background: In highly deformed nuclei, there is a noticeable coupling of the Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance (ISGMR) and the component of the Isoscalar Giant Quadrupole…

nucl-ex2021★ 166 cited

NEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond year half-life sensitivity

nEXO Collaboration, G. Adhikari, S. Al Kharusi +158

The nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is designed to use a time projection chamber and 5000 kg of isotopically enriched liquid xenon to search for the decay in $^{136}…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

Reflectivity of VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers in Liquid Xenon

M. Wagenpfeil, T. Ziegler, J. Schneider +140

Silicon photomultipliers are regarded as a very promising technology for next-generation, cutting-edge detectors for low-background experiments in particle physics. This work prese…

nucl-ex2021★ 5 cited

Spectroscopy of states in using the reaction

B. M. Rebeiro, S. Triambak, P. E. Garrett +16

Background: The Ba isotope is the daughter nucleus in Xe decay. It also lies in a shape transitional region of the nuclear chart, making it a suitable candidat…

nucl-ex2021★ 7 cited

Investigation of pair-correlated states in Ba via the Ba() reaction

J. C. Nzobadila Ondze, B. M. Rebeiro, S. Triambak +13

We performed a high resolution study of states in Ba using the Ba() two-neutron transfer reaction. Our experiment shows a significant portion of the $L…

q-bio.PE2020★ 33 cited

A random walk Monte Carlo simulation study of COVID-19-like infection spread

S. Triambak, D. P. Mahapatra

Recent analysis of early COVID-19 data from China showed that the number of confirmed cases followed a subexponential power-law increase, with a growth exponent of around 2.2 [B.\,…

nucl-ex2020★ 18 cited

Benchmarking Xe Neutrinoless Decay Matrix Element Calculations with the Reaction

B. M. Rebeiro, S. Triambak, P. E. Garrett +18

We used a high-resolution magnetic spectrograph to study neutron pair-correlated states in Ba, produced via the reaction. In conjunction with st…

nucl-ex2019★ 12 cited

Shell evolution approaching the N=20 island of inversion: Structure of 29Mg

A. Matta, W. N. Catford, N. A. Orr +36

The "Island of Inversion" for neutron-rich nuclei in the vicinity of N=20 has become the testing ground par excellence for our understanding and modelling of shell evolution with i…

nucl-ex2018★ 4 cited

Second T = 3/2 state in B and the isobaric multiplet mass equation

N. J. Mukwevho, B. M. Rebeiro, D. J. Marín-Lámbarri +17

Recent high-precision mass measurements and shell model calculations~[Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 108}, 212501 (2012)] have challenged a longstanding explanation for the requirement of a…

nucl-ex2018★ 7 cited

Precise branching ratio measurements in Ne beta decay and fundamental tests of the weak interaction

B. M. Rebeiro, S. Triambak, P. Z. Mabika +25

We used the 8 -ray spectrometer at the TRIUMF-ISAC radiocative ion beam facility to obtain high-precision branching ratios for Ne decay to excited states in $^{1…

nucl-ex2018★ 2 cited

High-resolution (p,t) reaction measurements as spectroscopic tests of {\it ab-initio} theory in the mid -shell

K. G. Leach, J. D. Holt, P. E. Garrett +18

Detailed spectroscopic measurements of excited states in Cr and Zn were performed using 24~MeV (p,t) transfer reactions on Cr and Zn, respectively. In t…

nucl-ex2017★ 24 cited

Reorientation-effect measurement of the first 2 state in C: confirmation of oblate deformation

M. Kumar Raju, J. N. Orce, P. Navratil +6

A Coulomb-excitation reorientation-effect measurement using the TIGRESS ray spectrometer at the TRIUMF/ISAC II facility has permitted the first determination of the $\langle 2^…