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20222026
most citedPerformance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO

26 citations · 68 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Cryogenic characterisation of the FBK NUV-HD-cryo Silicon Photomultipliers for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +298

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are highly promising detectors for dark matter searches due to their uniform response, scalability to large target masses, and compatib…

nucl-ex2026

Search for two-neutrino double electron capture in Ar with the DarkSide-50 detector

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +83

Two-neutrino double electron capture is a rare nuclear decay where two electrons are simultaneously captured from the atomic shells and two neutrinos are emitted. We report on the…

hep-ex2026

Characterization of argon recoils at the keV scale with ReD and ReD+

L. Pandola, P. Agnes, I. Ahmad +43

The ReD experiment measured the ionization yield Qy of argon for nuclear recoils in the 2-10 keV range using a dual-phase Time Projection Chamber irradiated with neutrons from a Cf…

hep-ex2026

First Nuclear Ultra-Heavy Dark Matter Search in Argon Time Projection Chambers with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

P. Agnes, I. F. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +125

We report the first search for nuclear ultra-heavy dark matter (UHDM) in a dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber using the DarkSide-50 experiment. Unlike conventional wea…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +294

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant f…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Characterization of the ionization response of argon to nuclear recoils at the keV scale with the ReD experiment

P. Agnes, I. Ahmad, S. Albergo +42

In the recent years, argon-based experiments looking for Dark Matter in the Universe have explored the non-standard scenario in which Dark Matter is made by low-mass Weakly Interac…

hep-ex2025

Characterization of spurious-electron signals in the double-phase argon TPC of the DarkSide-50 experiment

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. Albuquerque +144

Spurious-electron signals in dual-phase noble liquid time projection chambers have been observed in both xenon and argon Time Projection Chambers (TPCs). This paper presents the fi…

physics.ins-det2025

Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM Tiles for the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +301

The DarkSide-20k dark matter direct detection experiment will employ a 21 m^2 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, instrumenting a dual-phase 50 tonnes liquid argon Time Projectio…

hep-ph2025★ 2 cited

Fermionic sub-GeV Dark Matter from evaporating Primordial Black Holes at DarkSide-50

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. Albuquerque +125

We present a search for boosted dark matter from Primordial Black Holes (PBH) evaporation using the DarkSide-50 ionization-signal-only dataset corresponding to the experiment's ($1…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +300

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground wel…

physics.ins-det2024

Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM production for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a novel liquid argon dark matter detector currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclear…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c. This was demons…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 8 cited

Study of cosmogenic activation above ground for the DarkSide-20k experiment

20k Collaboration

The activation of materials due to exposure to cosmic rays may become an important background source for experiments investigating rare event phenomena. DarkSide-20k, currently und…

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,…