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physics.ins-det2026

Characterization of Aluminum Microwave SQUID Multiplexers for CENS Detection

James Amidei, Antoine Armatol, Corinne Augier +92

We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of an aluminum-based six-channel microwave SQUID multiplexer (MUX) prototype for transition-edge sensor (TES) readout in…

physics.ins-det2026

Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment

The LEGEND Collaboration, H. Acharya, M. Agostini +259

This paper describes the energy scale procedures and germanium detectors performance in the LEGEND-200 experiment, a critical component for the first unblinding in the search for n…

physics.ins-det2026

Application of a high-precision distributed uranium source for determining the effective mass and volume of a HPGe detector

A. S. Barabash, S. Evseev, D. Filosofov +10

A distributed uranium source with the accurately certified activity of 238U has been used to verify the effective mass of the HPGe detector intended for the νGeN neutrino experimen…

physics.ins-det2023★ 18 cited

Results from a Prototype TES Detector for the Ricochet Experiment

Ricochet Collaboration, C. Augier, G. Baulieu +88

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) offers valuable sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model. The Ricochet experiment will use cryogenic solid-state dete…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

Tagging and localisation of ionizing events using NbSi transition edge phonon sensors for Dark Matter searches

EDELWEISS Collaboration, C. Augier, A. Benoît +36

In the context of direct searches of sub-GeV Dark Matter particles with germanium detectors, the EDELWEISS collaboration has tested a new technique to tag ionizing events using NbS…

physics.ins-det2022★ 5 cited

High impedance TES bolometers for EDELWEISS

S. Marnieros, E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud +35

The EDELWEISS collaboration aims for direct detection of light dark matter using germanium cryogenic detectors with low threshold phonon sensor technologies and efficient charge re…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

Low-mass Dark Matter searches with EDELWEISS

J. Gascon, E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud +35

The EDELWEISS collaboration searches for light Dark Matter (DM) particles using germanium detectors equipped with a charge and phonon signal readout. Using the Neganov-Trofimov-Luk…

physics.ins-det2021

Ricochet Progress and Status

Ricochet Collaboration, G. Beaulieu, V. Belov +77

We present an overview of recent progress towards the Ricochet coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering CENS experiment. The ILL research reactor in Grenoble, France has bee…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

NaI(Tl+Li) scintillator as multirange energies neutron detector

D. Ponomarev, D. Filosofov, J. Khushvaktov +8

Novel NaIL detector (5x6 inch) was investigated for aims of neutron detection in wide energy range. It has been found that the detector together with its known ability to detect th…

physics.ins-det2021★ 52 cited

LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report

LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, I. Abt +261

We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one o…

physics.ins-det2019★ 116 cited

The CUPID-Mo experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay: performance and prospects

E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +86

CUPID-Mo is a bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay () of Mo. In this article, we detail the CUPID-Mo detector concept, assembly, install…

physics.ins-det2017★ 34 cited

Complete event-by-event / separation in a full-size TeO CUORE bolometer by Neganov-Luke-magnified light detection

L. Bergé, M. Chapellier, M. de Combarieu +41

In the present work, we describe the results obtained with a large ( cm) TeO bolometer, with a view to a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay () of…

physics.ins-det2017★ 216 cited

The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND)

LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Abramov +230

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0) would show that lepton number is violated, reveal that neutrinos are Majorana particles, and provide information on neutr…

physics.ins-det2017★ 49 cited

Optimizing EDELWEISS detectors for low-mass WIMP searches

EDELWEISS Collaboration, Q. Arnaud, E. Armengaud +40

The physics potential of EDELWEISS detectors for the search of low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) is studied. Using a data-driven background model, projected exc…

physics.ins-det2017★ 96 cited

Performance of the EDELWEISS-III experiment for direct dark matter searches

E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud, C. Augier +60

We present the results of measurements demonstrating the efficiency of the EDELWEISS-III array of cryogenic germanium detectors for direct dark matter searches. The experimental se…

physics.ins-det2017★ 133 cited

Development of Mo-containing scintillating bolometers for a high-sensitivity neutrinoless double-beta decay search

E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +99

This paper reports on the development of a technology involving Mo-enriched scintillating bolometers, compatible with the goals of CUPID, a proposed next-generation bolomet…

physics.ins-det2016★ 9 cited

Sensitive neutron detection method using delayed coincidence transitions in existing iodine-containing detectors

E. Yakushev, S. Rozov, A. Drokhlyansky +4

This letter explains a new, highly sensitive method for the detection of neutrons, which uses the T ns delay in the decay of I at the 137.8 keV energy level, re…

physics.ins-det2016★ 8 cited

Signals induced by charge-trapping in EDELWEISS FID detectors: analytical modeling and applications

The EDELWEISS Collaboration, Q. Arnaud, E. Armengaud +47

The EDELWEISS-III direct dark matter search experiment uses cryogenic HP-Ge detectors Fully covered with Inter-Digitized electrodes (FID). They are operated at low fields ($<1\;\ma…

physics.ins-det2015★ 9 cited

Scintillating bolometers based on ZnMoO and ZnMoO crystals to search for 02 decay of Mo (LUMINEU project): first tests at the Modane Underground Laboratory

D. V. Poda, E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud +90

The technology of scintillating bolometers based on zinc molybdate (ZnMoO) crystals is under development within the LUMINEU project to search for 02 decay of Mo w…

physics.ins-det2013★ 63 cited

Background studies for the EDELWEISS dark matter experiment

E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. Benoît +55

The EDELWEISS-II collaboration has completed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using cryogenic Ge detectors (400 g each) and 384 kgdays of effective exposure. A cross-se…

physics.ins-det2013★ 27 cited

DANSSino: a pilot version of the DANSS neutrino detector

I. Alekseev, V. Belov, V. Brudanin +24

DANSSino is a reduced pilot version of a solid-state detector of reactor antineutrinos (to be created within the DANSS project and installed under the industrial 3 GW(th) reactor o…

physics.ins-det2011★ 14 cited

The Plateau de Bure Neutron Monitor: design, operation and Monte-Carlo simulation

S. Semikh, S. Serre, J. L. Autran +4

This paper describes the Plateau de Bure Neutron Monitor (PdBNM), an instrument providing continuous ground-level measurements of atmospheric secondary neutron flux resulting from…