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most citedSearch for light massive gauge bosons as an explanation of the anomaly at MAMI

224 citations · 290 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

nucl-ex2026

First Kaonic Boron Isotopes Measurements with SIDDHARTA-2 at DANE

D Sirghi, M Iliescu, F Sgaramella +35

A precision measurement of X-ray transitions in kaonic boron, performed by the SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration at the DANE collider, is reported. The energies and yields of the $5g\ri…

physics.atom-ph2026

Bound-state QED test above the Schwinger limit with kaonic fluorine

F. Clozza, S. Manti, F. Sgaramella +35

Kaonic atoms, formed when a negatively charged kaon replaces an electron in an atomic orbit, provide access to bound-state quantum electrodynamics (BSQED) in electromagnetic fields…

physics.ins-det2026

Extended X-ray energy characterization of SIDDHARTA-2 large-area Silicon Drift Detectors up to 50 keV

Francesco Clozza, Francesco Sgaramella, Leonardo Abbene +38

The SIDDHARTA-2 experiment at the DANE collider of INFN-LNF performs high precision light kaonic atoms X-ray spectroscopy to investigate the kaon-nucleon(s) strong interaction i…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

A reconciliation of the Pryce-Ward and Klein-Nishina statistics for semi-classical simulations of annihilation photons correlations

Petar Žugec, Eric Andreas Vivoda, Mihael Makek +1

Two photons from the ground state para-positronium annihilation are emitted in a maximally entangled singlet state of orthogonal polarizations. In case of the Compton scattering of…

nucl-ex2025

EXKALIBUR: Towards a Kaonic Atoms Periodic Table to test Fundamental Interactions

Simone Manti, Leonardo Abbene, Francesco Artibani +34

Kaonic atoms, formed when a negatively charged kaon replaces an electron, provide a unique laboratory to test fundamental interactions at low energies. EXKALIBUR (EXtensive Kaonic…

physics.atom-ph2025

Precision Test of Bound-State QED at Intermediate-Z with Kaonic Neon

S. Manti, F. Sgaramella, L. Abbene +40

We report Dirac-Fock calculations of transition energies for kaonic neon (KNe). For the most intense line, the 7-6 transition, the calculated energy is 9450.28 eV, which includes a…

physics.ins-det2025

Measurement of the Ar(e,e) elastic scattering cross section with a novel gas-jet target

M. Littich, L. Doria, P. Brand +35

We report on a measurement of elastic electron scattering on argon performed with a novel cryogenic gas-jet target at the Mainz Microtron accelerator MAMI. The luminosity is estima…

nucl-ex2024

Measurement of the cross sections at

M. Mihovilovič, L. Doria, P. Achenbach +22

We present the findings of a study based on a new inelastic electron-scattering experiment on the nucleus focusing on the kinematic region of $Q^2=0.8\,\mathrm{…

physics.ins-det2024

Kaonic lead feasibility measurement at DAΦNE to solve the charged kaon mass discrepancy

D. Bosnar, L. Abbene, C. Amsler +39

An HPGe detector equipped with a transistor reset preamplifier and readout with a CAEN DT5781 fast pulse digitizer was employed in the measurement of X-rays from kaonic lead at the…

physics.ins-det2023

CdZnTe detectors tested at the DAΦNE collider for future kaonic atoms measurements

A. Scordo, L. Abbene, F. Artibani +42

The SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration at the INFN Laboratories of Frascati (LNF) aims to perform groundbreaking measurements on kaonic atoms. In parallel and beyond the ongoing kaonic deut…

nucl-ex2023★ 1 cited

Two-Photon EXchange -- TPEX

R. Alarcon, R. Beck, J. C. Bernauer +33

We propose a new measurement of the ratio of positron-proton to electron-proton, elastic scattering at DESY to determine the contributions beyond single-photon exchange, which are…

physics.ins-det2021★ 27 cited

Operation and characterization of a windowless gas jet target in high-intensity electron beams

B. S. Schlimme, S. Aulenbacher, P. Brand +54

A cryogenic supersonic gas jet target was developed for the MAGIX experiment at the high-intensity electron accelerator MESA. It will be operated as an internal, windowless target…

nucl-ex2020★ 4 cited

Measurements of the induced polarization in the quasi-elastic process in non-coplanar kinematics

Sebouh J. Paul, Tim Kolar, Tilen Brecelj +44

We report measurements of the induced polarization of protons knocked out from H and C via the reaction. We have studied the dependence of $\v…

nucl-ex2020★ 7 cited

Measurement of the Generalized Polarizabilities of the Proton at Intermediate

H. Fonvieille, J. Beričič, L. Correa +35

Background: Generalized polarizabilities (GPs) are important observables to describe the nucleon structure, and measurements of these observables are still scarce. Purpose: This pa…

nucl-ex2019★ 13 cited

New Insight in the -Dependence of Proton Generalized Polarizabilities

J. Beričič, L. Correa, M. Benali +35

Virtual Compton scattering on the proton has been investigated at three yet unexplored values of the four-momentum transfer : 0.10, 0.20 and 0.45 GeV, at the Mainz Microtr…

nucl-ex2019★ 2 cited

The proton charge radius extracted from the Initial State Radiation experiment at MAMI

Miha Mihovilovič, Patrick Achenbach, Tobias Beranek +32

We report on a comprehensive reinterpretation of the existing cross-section data for elastic electron-proton scattering obtained by the initial-state radiation technique, resulting…

nucl-ex2019★ 8 cited

Quasi-elastic polarization-transfer measurements on the deuteron in anti-parallel kinematics

Sebouh J. Paul, David Izraeli, Tilen Brecelj +41

We present measurements of the polarization-transfer components in the H reaction, covering a previously unexplored kinematic region with large positive (ant…

hep-ex2014★ 224 cited

Search for light massive gauge bosons as an explanation of the anomaly at MAMI

H. Merkel, P. Achenbach, C. Ayerbe Gayoso +33

A massive, but light abelian U(1) gauge boson is a well motivated possible signature of physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. In this paper, the search for the sig…

nucl-ex2011★ 3 cited

Particle tracking in kaon electroproduction with cathode-charge sampling in multi-wire proportional chambers

P. Achenbach, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, J. C. Bernauer +18

Wire chambers are routinely operated as tracking detectors in magnetic spectrometers at high-intensity continuous electron beams. Especially in experiments studying reactions with…