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most citedFinal results of the EDELWEISS-II WIMP search using a 4-kg array of cryogenic germanium detectors with interleaved electrodes

203 citations · 1.6k across the 61 of their papers we have counts for

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66 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Energy, vertex, and time response of a LiquidO detector with an opaque-scintillator target to Compton-tagged electrons

LiquidO Collaboration, S. Katz, J. T. Moffatt +89

LiquidO detectors confine scintillation light near its point of production by stochastic scattering in an opaque medium and collect it with a lattice of wavelength-shifting (WLS) f…

physics.ins-det2026

The CROSS experiment: detector construction, background projection, and sensitivity to Mo decay

D. Auguste, A. S. Barabash, G. Benato +42

The CROSS experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta () decay in Mo with the help of an array of scintillating cryogenic calorimeters, containing 4.9 kg of $…

physics.ins-det2026

Optimized filtering for pulse-shape based pile-up rejection applied to search with Mo

V. Berest, M. Buchynska, P. Carniti +13

Pile-up events, arising from the partial or complete temporal overlap of distinct signals, represent a major challenge in many areas of experimental physics where rare or low-rate…

physics.ins-det2025

Muon veto system for the CROSS double-beta decay search experiment

A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé, M. Buchynska +36

In preparation to the CROSS experiment at the Canfranc underground laboratory (Spain) aiming to search for neutrinoless double-beta () decay of Mo using low-tempe…

physics.ins-det2025

Fabrication of thin planar radiopure foils with 82Se for the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

X. Aguerre, A. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville +72

The SuperNEMO Demonstrator, designed to search for double beta decay using enriched 82Se, has been assembled in the Modane Underground Laboratory under the French Alps. Thin foils…

physics.ins-det2025

Cryogenic light detectors with thermal signal amplification for search experiments

A. Armatol, A. S. Barabash, D. Baudin +44

As a step towards the realization of cryogenic-detector experiments to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (such as CROSS, BINGO, and CUPID), we investigated a batch of 10 Ge…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Sensitivity of the CUPID experiment to decay of Mo

K. Alfonso, A. Armatol, C. Augier +189

CUPID is a next-generation bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay () of Mo using LiMoO scintillating crystals. It will operate 159…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Innovating Bolometers' Mounting: A Gravity-Based Approach

The CUPID Collaboration, K. Alfonso, A. Armatol +190

Cryogenic calorimeters, also known as bolometers, are among the leading technologies for searching for rare events. The CUPID experiment is exploiting this technology to deploy a t…

physics.ins-det2025★ 18 cited

CUPID, the CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification

The CUPID Collaboration, K. Alfonso, A. Armatol +190

CUPID, the CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification, is a next-generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay () and other rare events using enriched Li…

physics.ins-det2024

Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

X. Aguerre, A. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville +77

The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of \textsuperscript{82}Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter.…

nucl-ex2024

Precise Cd decay spectral shape measurement and interpretation in terms of possible quenching

I. Bandac, L. Berge, J. M. Calvo-Mozota +29

Highly forbidden decays provide a sensitive test to nuclear models in a regime in which the decay goes through high spin-multipole states, similar to the neutrinoless double-$β…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Development of large-volume TeO bolometers for the CROSS decay search experiment

F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, V. Berest +36

We report on the development of thermal detectors based on large-size tellurium dioxide crystals (45x45x45 mm), containing tellurium enriched in Te to about 91%, for the CR…

physics.ins-det2024★ 7 cited

A novel mechanical design of a bolometric array for the CROSS double-beta decay experiment

D. Auguste, A. S. Barabash, V. Berest +35

The CROSS experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay using a specific mechanical structure to hold thermal detectors. The design of the structure was tuned to minimi…

nucl-ex2024

Searching for Beyond the Standard Model physics using the improved description of Mo decay spectral shape with CUPID-Mo

C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini +80

The current experiments searching for neutrinoless double- () decay also collect large statistics of Standard Model allowed two-neutrino double- () decay events.…

physics.geo-ph2023

Probing Earth's Missing Potassium using the Unique Antimatter Signature of Geoneutrinos

LiquidO Consortium, :, A. Cabrera +77

The formation of the Earth remains an epoch with mysterious puzzles extending to our still incomplete understanding of the planet's potential origin and bulk composition. Direct co…

physics.ins-det2023★ 12 cited

Test of CdWO and LiMoO scintillating bolometers in the CROSS underground facility with upgraded detector suspension

A. Ahmine, I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash +38

In preparation to the CROSS decay experiment, we installed a new detector suspension with magnetic dumping inside a pulse-tube cryostat of a dedicated low-background facility…

hep-ex2023★ 22 cited

Search for Daily Modulation of MeV Dark Matter Signals with DAMIC-M

I. Arnquist, N. Avalos, D. Baxter +37

Dark Matter (DM) particles with sufficiently large cross sections may scatter as they travel through Earth's bulk. The corresponding changes in the DM flux give rise to a character…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 15 cited

Confirmation of the spectral excess in DAMIC at SNOLAB with skipper CCDs

A. Aguilar-Arevalo, I. Arnquist, N. Avalos +69

We present results from a 3.25 kg-day target exposure of two silicon charge-coupled devices (CCDs), each with 24 megapixels and skipper readout, deployed in the DAMIC setup at SNOL…

hep-ex2023★ 14 cited

The background model of the CUPID-Mo experiment

Mo Collaboration, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +79

CUPID-Mo, located in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France), was a demonstrator for the next generation decay experiment, CUPID. It consisted of an array of 20 enrich…

physics.ins-det2023★ 9 cited

LiMoO Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments

I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé +35

We report on the development of scintillating bolometers based on lithium molybdate crystals containing molybdenum depleted in the double- active isotope Mo (Li$^{10…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

ZnO-based scintillating bolometers: New prospects to study double beta decay of Zn

A. Armatol, B. Broerman, L. Dumoulin +15

The first detailed study on the performance of a ZnO-based cryogenic scintillating bolometer as a detector to search for rare processes in zinc isotopes was performed. A 7.2 g ZnO…

physics.ins-det2023★ 12 cited

A first test of CUPID prototypal light detectors with NTD-Ge sensors in a pulse-tube cryostat

CUPID collaboration, K. Alfonso, A. Armatol +176

CUPID is a next-generation bolometric experiment aiming at searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay with ~250 kg of isotopic mass of Mo. It will operate at 10 mK…

physics.ins-det2023★ 11 cited

Twelve-crystal prototype of LiMoO scintillating bolometers for CUPID and CROSS experiments

CUPID, CROSS collaborations, : +182

An array of twelve 0.28 kg lithium molybdate (LMO) low-temperature bolometers equipped with 16 bolometric Ge light detectors, aiming at optimization of detector structure for CROSS…

physics.ins-det2023

Enhanced light signal for the suppression of pile-up events in Mo-based bolometers for the decay search

A. Ahmine, A. Armatol, I. Bandac +24

Random coincidences of events could be one of the main sources of background in the search for neutrino-less double-beta decay of Mo with macro-bolometers, due to their mod…