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most citedFirst Results on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the LEGEND-200 Experiment

19 citations · 52 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Energy, vertex, and time response of a LiquidO detector with an opaque-scintillator target to Compton-tagged electrons

LiquidO Collaboration, S. Katz, J. T. Moffatt +89

LiquidO detectors confine scintillation light near its point of production by stochastic scattering in an opaque medium and collect it with a lattice of wavelength-shifting (WLS) f…

physics.ins-det2026

Ultra-trace analysis of 40K in organic liquid scintillators

A. Barresi, D. Chiesa, D. Merli +64

Rare-event searches require exceptionally low background levels, motivating the development of increasingly sophisticated screening methods to push sensitivity limits. Liquid scint…

physics.ins-det2026

Embedded underwater front-end electronics for the 3-inch photomultipliers in the JUNO experiment

Cédric Cerna, Miao He, Xiaoshan Jiang +591

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20-kton liquid scintillator-based, low-radioactivity, multi-purpose neutrino detector located 693 meters (1800 m.w.e.) und…

physics.ins-det2026

Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment

The LEGEND Collaboration, H. Acharya, M. Agostini +259

This paper describes the energy scale procedures and germanium detectors performance in the LEGEND-200 experiment, a critical component for the first unblinding in the search for n…

physics.ins-det2025

Ultra-trace analysis of U and Th in organic liquid scintillators with high sensitivity

A. Barresi, D. Chiesa, D. Merli +63

Rare event searches demand extremely low background levels, necessitating ever-advancing screening techniques to enhance sensitivity. Liquid scintillators are highly attractive as…

hep-ex2025★ 19 cited

First Results on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the LEGEND-200 Experiment

H. Acharya, N. Ackermann, M. Agostini +256

The LEGEND collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta () decay by operating high-purity germanium detectors enriched in Ge in a low-background liquid argo…

physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

The Stochastic Light Confinement of LiquidO

LiquidO Collaboration, J. Apilluelo, L. Asquith +94

Light-based detectors have been widely used in fundamental research and industry since their inception in the 1930s. The energy particles deposit in these detectors is converted to…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

COCOA: a compact Compton camera for astrophysical observation of MeV-scale gamma rays

LiquidO Collaboration, S. R. Soleti, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas +89

COCOA (COmpact COmpton cAmera) is a next-generation gamma-ray telescope designed for astrophysical observations in the MeV energy range. The detector comprises a scatterer volume e…

physics.ins-det2025★ 8 cited

Fluorescence emission of the JUNO liquid scintillator

M. Beretta, F. Houria, F. Ferraro +65

JUNO is a huge neutrino detector that will use 20 kton of organic liquid scintillator as its detection medium. The scintillator is a mixture of linear alkyl benzene (LAB), 2.5 g/L…

physics.ins-det2024

Distillation and Stripping purification plants for JUNO liquid scintillator

C. Landini, M. Beretta, P. Lombardi +64

The optical and radiochemical purification of the scintillating liquid, which will fill the central detector of the JUNO experiment, plays a crucial role in achieving its scientifi…

physics.ins-det2024★ 9 cited

Characterization of a radiation detector based on opaque water-based liquid scintillator

LiquidO Collaboration

We present the characterization of a novel radiation detector based on an opaque water-based liquid scintillator. Opaque scintillators, also known as LiquidO, are made to be highly…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Interpretable machine learning approach for electron antineutrino selection in a large liquid scintillator detector

A. Gavrikov, V. Cerrone, A. Serafini +65

Several neutrino detectors, KamLAND, Daya Bay, Double Chooz, RENO, and the forthcoming large-scale JUNO, rely on liquid scintillator to detect reactor antineutrino interactions. In…

physics.ins-det2024★ 6 cited

Refractive index in the JUNO liquid scintillator

H. S. Zhang, M. Beretta, S. Cialdi +73

In the field of rare event physics, it is common to have huge masses of organic liquid scintillator as detection medium. In particular, they are widely used to study neutrino prope…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

Analysis of reactor burnup simulation uncertainties for antineutrino spectrum prediction

A. Barresi, M. Borghesi, A. Cammi +64

Nuclear reactors are a source of electron antineutrinos due to the presence of unstable fission products that undergo decay. They will be exploited by the JUNO experiment to…