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most citedA highly-compact and ultra-fast homogeneous electromagnetic calorimeter based on oriented lead tungstate crystals

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18 papers

physics.acc-ph2026

From Simulation to Fabrication: Realizing Silicon Crystalline Undulators with Silicon Nitride Stressor Layer Patterning

L. Malagutti, L. Bandiera, F. Bonafè +14

A crystalline undulator is a crystal exhibiting periodic deformations that cause channeled particles to oscillate, generating coherent electromagnetic waves. In this study, stresso…

physics.acc-ph2026

High-Intense Gamma-Ray Emission from a Crystalline Undulator with Realistic Bending Profiles

R. Negrello, L. Malagutti, L. Bandiera +11

The development of compact and intense -ray sources in the MeV energy range remains a significant frontier in radiation physics, with profound implications for nuclear physics,…

hep-ex2026

Background of the BULLKID detector array operated with moderate shield on surface

D. Delicato, A. Acevedo-Rentería, M. Folcarelli +42

We present the operation with moderate radiation shield in a surface laboratory of BULLKID (BULky and Low-threshold Kinetic Inductance Detector), a cryogenic detector for searches…

physics.ins-det2026

Projected sensitivity to light WIMP-like particles of the BULLKID-DM experiment

Matteo Folcarelli, A. Acevedo-Rentería, L. E. Ardila-Perez +39

BULLKID-DM is an experiment designed for the direct searches of particle dark matter candidates with mass around 1 GeV, or below, and cross-section with nucleons smaller than $10^{…

physics.acc-ph2025

Beam Steering and Radiation Generation of Electrons in Bent Crystals in the Sub-GeV Domain

R. Negrello, M. Romagnoni, A. Sytov +15

We present an investigation into beam steering and radiation emission by sub-GeV electrons traversing bent silicon crystals. Using 855, 600, and 300~MeV electron beams at the Mainz…

physics.ins-det2025

Real-Time Readout System Design for the BULLKID-DM Experiment: Enhancing Dark Matter Search Capabilities

T. Muscheid, R. Gartmann, L. E. Ardila-Perez +41

The BULLKID-DM experiment aims to detect WIMP-like potential Dark Matter particles with masses below 1 GeV/c^2. Sensing these particles is challenging, as it requires nuclear recoi…

physics.ins-det2025

Energy calibration of bulk events in the BULLKID detector

M. Folcarelli, D. Delicato, A. Acevedo-Rentería +39

BULLKID is a cryogenic, solid-state detector designed for direct searches of particle Dark Matter candidates, with mass GeV/c, and coherent neutrino-nucleus scatte…

physics.ins-det2025

R&D on a high-performance electromagnetic calorimeter based on oriented crystalline scintillators

M. Soldani, N. Argiolas, L. Bandiera +36

Although inorganic scintillators are widely used in the design of electromagnetic calorimeters for high-energy physics and astrophysics, their crystalline nature and, hence, their…

physics.ins-det2025★ 8 cited

A highly-compact and ultra-fast homogeneous electromagnetic calorimeter based on oriented lead tungstate crystals

L. Bandiera, V. G. Baryshevsky, N. Canale +25

Progress in high-energy physics has been closely tied to the development of highperformance electromagnetic calorimeters. Recent experiments have demonstrated the possibility to si…

physics.optics2025

Apparatus for the measurement of birefringence maps of optical materials: the case of crystalline silicon for Einstein Telescope

Alina Mariana Soflau, Federico Della Valle, Francesco Cescato +7

Einstein Telescope (ET) is expected to achieve sensitivity improvements exceeding an order of magnitude compared to current gravitational-wave detectors. The rigorous characterizat…

hep-ex2025

Performance of short and long bent crystals for the TWOCRYST experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

L. Bandiera, R. Cai, S. Carsi +27

This study investigates the performance of bent silicon crystals intended to channel hadrons in a fixed-target experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The phenomenon of plan…

hep-ex2025

Experimental Study of Rare Kaon Decays at J-PARC with KOTO and KOTO II

J. K. Ahn, E. Augustine, L. Bandiera +62

The rare kaon decay is extremely sensitive to new physics, because the contribution to this decay in the Standard Model (SM) is highly suppressed and known very a…

physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

High-Precision Alignment Techniques for Realizing an Ultracompact Electromagnetic Calorimeters Using Oriented high-Z Scintillator Crystals

Lorenzo Malagutti, Alessia Selmi, Laura Bandiera +29

Electromagnetic calorimeters used in high-energy physics and astrophysics rely heavily on high-Z inorganic scintillators, such as lead tungstate (PbWO4 or PWO). The crystalline str…

physics.acc-ph2025

Coherent radiation in axially oriented industrial-grade tungsten crystals: A viable path for an innovative γ-rays and positron sources

N. Canale, M. Romagnoni, A. Sytov +18

It is known that the alignment of an high-energy e- beam with specific crystal directions leads to a significant increase of the coherent radiation emission. This enhancement can b…

physics.acc-ph2025

FCC-ee positron source from conventional to crystal-based

Fahad Alharthi, Iryna Chaikovska, Robert Chehab +16

The high-luminosity requirement in future lepton colliders imposes a need for a high-intensity positron source. In the conventional scheme, positron beams are obtained by the conve…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Particle identification capability of a homogeneous calorimeter composed of oriented crystals

Pietro Monti-Guarnieri, Laura Bandiera, Nicola Canale +23

Recent studies have shown that the electromagnetic shower induced by a high-energy electron, positron or photon incident along the axis of an oriented crystal develops in a space m…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Strong Enhancement of Electromagnetic Shower Development in Oriented Scintillating Crystals and Implications for Particle Detectors

Mattia Soldani, Pietro Monti-Guarnieri, Alessia Selmi +31

A particle traversing a crystal aligned with one of its crystallographic axes experiences a strong electromagnetic field that is constant along the direction of motion over macrosc…

physics.acc-ph2024★ 1 cited

Observation of Fine Structure in Channeling of Particles in Bent Crystals

A. Mazzolari, H. Backe, L. Bandiera +14

We observed highly efficient manipulation of the 530 MeV positron beam at Mainz Microtron via bent crystals. The low beam divergence revealed a fine structure in the angular distri…