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20052024
most citedDevelopment of highly radiopure NaI(Tl) scintillator for PICOLON dark matter search project

32 citations · 121 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.atom-ph2024★ 4 cited

Radiative decay of muonic molecules in resonance states

Takuma Yamashita, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Yasushi Kino

In this study, we theoretically investigated x-ray spectra from the radiative decay of muonic deuterium molecules in resonance states dd, which plays an important role in a…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Radiopurity of NaI(Tl) crystals for PICOLON dark matter experiment

K. Kotera, D. Chernyak, H. Ejiri +19

The dark matter observation claim by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has been a long-standing puzzle within the particle physics community. Efforts of other research groups to verify…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

PICOLON dark matter search project

K. Fushimi, D. Chernyak, H. Ejiri +21

PICOLON (Pure Inorganic Crystal Observatory for LOw-energy Neutr(al)ino) aims to search for cosmic dark matter by high purity NaI(Tl) scintillator. We developed extremely pure NaI(…

physics.ins-det2021★ 1 cited

Dark matter search with high purity NaI(Tl) scintillator

K. Fushimi, Y. Kanemitsu, K. Kotera +21

A dark matter search project needs and extremely low background radiation detector since the expected event rate of dark matter is less than a few events in one year in one tonne o…

physics.ins-det2021★ 32 cited

Development of highly radiopure NaI(Tl) scintillator for PICOLON dark matter search project

K. Fushimi, Y. Kanemitsu, S. Hirata +20

The highly radiopure NaI(Tl) was developed to search for particle candidates of dark matter. The optimized methods were combined to reduce various radioactive impurities. The $^{40…

hep-ex2020★ 23 cited

Low background measurement in CANDLES-III for studying the neutrino-less double beta decay of Ca

S. Ajimura, W. M. Chan, K. Ichimura +65

We developed a CANDLES-III system to study the neutrino-less double beta (0) decay of Ca. The proposed system employs 96 CaF scintillation crystals (305 kg) with…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 30 cited

Dark matter search project PICO-LON

K. Fushimi, H. Ejiri, R. Hazama +12

The PICO-LON project aims at search for cold dark matter by means of highly radio-pure and large volume NaI(Tl) scintillator. The NaI powder was purifed by chemical processing to r…

astro-ph2006

WIMPs search by exclusive measurements with thin multilayer NaI(Tl) scintillators (PICO-LON)

K. Fushimi, H. Kawasuso, K. Yasuda +11

The WIMPs search project PICO-LON has been started with multilayer thin NaI(Tl) crystals. The thin (0.05cm) and wide area (5cmx5cm) NaI(Tl) crystals was successfully developed. The…

nucl-ex2006★ 18 cited

Multi-layer scintillation detector for the MOON double beta decay experiment: Scintillation photon responses studied by a prototype detector MOON-1

H. Nakamura, P. Doe, H. Ejiri +50

An ensemble of multi-layer scintillators is discussed as an option of the high-sensitivity detector Mo Observatory Of Neutrinos (MOON) for spectroscopic measurements of neutrino-le…

nucl-ex2005★ 5 cited

The performance of thin NaI(Tl) scintillator plate for dark matter search

K. Fushimi, H. Kawasuso, E. Aihara +12

A thin (0.05cm) and wide area (5cmX5cm) NaI(Tl) scintillator was developed. The performance of the thin NaI(Tl) plate, energy resolution, single photoelectron energy and position s…