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most citedStrong constraints from COSINE-100 on the DAMA dark matter results using the same sodium iodide target

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hep-ex2026

Achieving a 0.49 keV threshold in the COSINE-100 dark matter experiment

J. Kim, N. Carlin, D. F. F. S. Cavalcante +57

The COSINE-100 experiment searched for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with NaI(Tl) crystals at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory. Using its full 6-year dataset, we…

physics.ins-det2026

Development and Initial Performance of an Upgraded NaI(Tl) Crystal Encapsulation for COSINE-100U

Doohyeok Lee, Jae Young Cho, Chang Hyon Ha +23

The COSINE-100 experiment was designed to test the DAMA/LIBRA annual-modulation claim using low-background NaI(Tl) detectors. For the COSINE-100U upgrade, we developed a new crysta…

physics.ins-det2026

Validation of the COSINE-100U NaI(Tl) Encapsulation for Low-Temperature Operation in Liquid Scintillator

Kihong Park, Sungjin Cho, Luis Eduardo Franca +12

The COSINE-100U (upgrade) will enhance the sensitivity of the COSINE-100 dark matter search by operating the detector array immersed in liquid scintillator (LS) at . To val…

hep-ex2024★ 11 cited

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★ 7 cited

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…

hep-ex2024★ 6 cited

Lowering threshold of NaI(Tl) scintillator to 0.7 keV in the COSINE-100 experiment

G. H. Yu, N. Carlin, J. Y. Cho +56

COSINE-100 is a direct dark matter search experiment, with the primary goal of testing the annual modulation signal observed by DAMA/LIBRA, using the same target material, NaI(Tl).…

hep-ex2024

First Direct Search for Light Dark Matter Using the NEON Experiment at a Nuclear Reactor

J. J. Choi, C. Ha, E. J. Jeon +14

We report new results from the Neutrino Elastic Scattering Observation with NaI (NEON) experiment in the search for light dark matter (LDM) using 2,636 kgdays of NaI(Tl) exp…

hep-ex2024★ 5 cited

New Constraints on Axion-Like Particles with the NEON Detector at a Nuclear Reactor

Byung Ju Park, Jae Jin Choi, Eunju Jeon +17

We report new constraints on axion-like particles (ALPs) using data from the NEON experiment, which features a 16.7 kg of NaI(Tl) target located 23.7 meters from a 2.8 GW thermal p…

physics.ins-det2024★ 6 cited

Upgrade of NaI(Tl) crystal encapsulation for the NEON experiment

J. J. Choi, E. J. Jeon, J. Y. Kim +14

The Neutrino Elastic-scattering Observation with NaI(Tl) experiment (NEON) aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering~(\cenns) in a NaI(Tl) crystal using reactor a…

hep-ex2022★ 30 cited

An induced annual modulation signature in COSINE-100 data by DAMA/LIBRA's analysis method

G. Adhikari, N. Carlin, J. J. Choi +54

The DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has reported the observation of an annual modulation in the event rate that has been attributed to dark matter interactions over the last two decades.…

physics.ins-det2022

NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator encapsulated in two organic-scintillator layers with pulse shape data analysis

Jinyoung Kim, Yujin Lee, Byoung-cheol Koh +4

Thallium-doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl)) crystals are widely used in radiation detection applications, from gamma-ray spectroscopy to particle dark matter searches. However, if the c…

hep-ex2021★ 60 cited

Three-year annual modulation search with COSINE-100

100 Collaboration, G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +55

COSINE-100 is a direct detection dark matter experiment that aims to test DAMA/LIBRA's claim of dark matter discovery by searching for a dark matter-induced annual modulation signa…

physics.ins-det2021★ 11 cited

The environmental monitoring system at the COSINE-100 experiment

H. Kim, G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +50

The COSINE-100 experiment is designed to test the DAMA experiment which claimed an observation of a dark matter signal from an annual modulation in their residual event rate. To me…

hep-ex2021★ 62 cited

Strong constraints from COSINE-100 on the DAMA dark matter results using the same sodium iodide target

G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza, N. Carlin +50

We present new constraints on dark matter interactions using 1.7 years of COSINE-100 data. The COSINE-100 experiment, consisting of 106 kg of tallium-doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl))…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Background modeling for dark matter search with 1.7 years of COSINE-100 data

G. Adhikari, P. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza +47

We present a background model for dark matter searches using an array of NaI(Tl) crystals in the COSINE-100 experiment that is located in the Yangyang underground laboratory. The m…