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most citedDevelopment and characterization of a slow wavelength shifting coating for background rejection in liquid argon detectors

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

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15 papers

physics.ins-det2026

A radon emanation measurement system at the Carleton Noble Liquid Detector Laboratory

P. Adhikari, M. G. Boulay, R. Crampton +2

Radon is one of the most important sources of background in rare event search experiments, such as those searching for Dark Matter and neutrinos, due to its unavoidable production…

physics.ins-det2026

The nEXO Radioassay Program

R. MacLellan, P. Acharya, B. Aharmim +148

Material radioactivity compilations, such as the one presented here, are important enablers of science. They are useful for the selection of radiopure materials used in the design…

hep-ex2026

Dark Matter Search with the DEAP-3600 Detector using the Profile Likelihood Ratio Method

DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +122

We present here a search for WIMP dark matter using 790.8 live-days of data collected with 3269 kg of liquid argon (1266 kg fiducial) by the DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB, using the…

physics.ins-det2026

Design of a high voltage delivery system for noble liquid time projection chambers

R. Saldanha, L. Pagani, E. Angelico +129

Noble liquid time projection chambers (TPCs) are a leading technology in the detection of ionizing radiation, particularly in applications such as accelerator neutrino physics, dar…

physics.ins-det2025

Characterization of CRYO ASIC for charge readout in the nEXO experiment

Z. Li, M. Yu, E. Angelico +141

nEXO is a proposed next-generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe using a tonne-scale liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber (TPC). T…

physics.ins-det2025

Performance of FBK VUV-HD3 and HPK VUV4 SiPMs in the Light-only Liquid Xenon (LoLX) Detector

Xiang Li, David Gallacher, Stephanie Bron +10

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are a critical technology for the next generation of rare-event search experiments using liquid xenon (LXe). LXe scintillation is emitted primarily…

nucl-ex2025

Ultra-pure Nickel for Structural Components of Low-Radioactivity Instruments

T. J. Roosendaal, C. T. Overman, G. S. Ortega +123

The next generation of rare-event search experiments in nuclear and particle physics demand structural materials combining exceptional mechanical strength with ultra-low levels of…

nucl-ex2025

Sensitivity of nEXO to Xe Charged-Current Interactions: Background-free Searches for Solar Neutrinos and Fermionic Dark Matter

G. Richardson, B. G. Lenardo, D. Gallacher +135

We study the sensitivity of nEXO to solar neutrino charged-current interactions, XeCs, as well as analogous interactions predicted by mo…

physics.ins-det2025★ 3 cited

Ultra-sensitive radon assay using an electrostatic chamber in a recirculating system

nEXO Collaboration, A. Anker, P. A. Breur +138

Rare event searches such as neutrinoless double beta decay and Weakly Interacting Massive Particle detection require ultra-low background detectors. Radon contamination is a signif…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Characterization of external cross-talk from silicon photomultipliers in a liquid xenon detector

D Gallacher, A. de St. Croix, S. Bron +28

The Light-only Liquid Xenon experiment (LoLX) employs a small-scale detector equipped with 96 Hamamatsu VUV4 silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) submerged in 5 kg of liquid xenon (LXe…

physics.atom-ph2024

Imaging of single barium atoms in a second matrix site in solid xenon for barium tagging in a Xe double beta decay experiment

M. Yvaine, D. Fairbank, J. Soderstrom +134

Neutrinoless double beta decay is one of the most sensitive probes for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. One of the isotopes under investigation is $^{136}…

hep-ph2024★ 2 cited

Supernova electron-neutrino interactions with xenon in the nEXO detector

nEXO Collaboration, S. Hedges, S. Al Kharusi +144

Electron-neutrino charged-current interactions with xenon nuclei were modeled in the nEXO neutrinoless double- decay detector (~5 metric ton, 90% Xe, 10% Xe)…

physics.ins-det2023

Simulation Study of Photon-to-Digital Converter (PDC) Timing Specifications for LoLX Experiment

Nguyen V. H. Viet, Alaa Al Masri, Masaharu Nomachi +24

The Light only Liquid Xenon (LoLX) experiment is a prototype detector aimed to study liquid xenon (LXe) light properties and various photodetection technologies. LoLX is also aimed…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

Fluorescence of pyrene-doped polystyrene films from room temperature down to 4 K for wavelength-shifting applications

H. Benmansour, E. Ellingwood, Q. Hars +13

In liquid argon-based particle detectors, slow wavelength shifters (WLSs) could be used alongside the common, nanosecond scale, WLS tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB) for background mitig…

physics.ins-det2021★ 7 cited

Development and characterization of a slow wavelength shifting coating for background rejection in liquid argon detectors

D. Gallacher, A. Leonhardt, H. Benmansour +15

We describe a technique, applicable to liquid-argon-based dark matter detectors, allowing for discrimination of alpha-decays in detector regions with incomplete light collection fr…