3 papers
physics.ins-det2025
Performance study of 4-MU-loaded water for Cherenkov light detection
Pendo B. Nyanda, Gowoon Kim, Youngduk Kim +4
We report on R&D study to improve the photon detection efficiency of water Cherenkov detectors by doping ultra-pure water with 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), a wavelength shifting a…
hep-ex2024
Upgrading the COSINE-100 Experiment for Enhanced Sensitivity to Low-Mass Dark Matter Detection
D. H. Lee, J. Y. Cho, C. Ha +23
The DAMA/LIBRA experiment has reported an annual modulation signal in NaI(Tl) detectors, which has been interpreted as a possible indication of dark matter interactions. However, t…
hep-ex2024
COSINE-100 Full Dataset Challenges the Annual Modulation Signal of DAMA/LIBRA
N. Carlin, J. Y. Cho, J. J. Choi +56
For over 25 years, the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has claimed to observe an annual modulation signal, suggesting the existence of dark matter interactions. However, no experiment emp…