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most citedResults on neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge from GERDA Phase I

523 citations · 2k across the 66 of their papers we have counts for

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65 papers

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment's construction, commissioning, and performance

N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, I. J. Arnquist +108

Background: The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR , a modular array of isotopically enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors, was constructed to demonstrate backgrounds low enough to ju…

nucl-ex2023★ 1 cited

Fundamental Neutron Physics: a White Paper on Progress and Prospects in the US

R. Alarcon, A. Aleksandrova, S. Baeßler +88

Fundamental neutron physics, combining precision measurements and theory, probes particle physics at short range with reach well beyond the highest energies probed by the LHC. Sign…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

Demonstration of Sub-micron UCN Position Resolution using Room-temperature CMOS Sensor

S. Lin, J. K. Baldwin, M. Blatnik +25

High spatial resolution of ultracold neutron (UCN) measurement is of growing interest to UCN experiments such as UCN spectrometers, UCN polarimeters, quantum physics of UCNs, and q…

physics.ins-det2022★ 15 cited

Design of the ECCE Detector for the Electron Ion Collider

J. K. Adkins, Y. Akiba, A. Albataineh +274

The EIC Comprehensive Chromodynamics Experiment (ECCE) detector has been designed to address the full scope of the proposed Electron Ion Collider (EIC) physics program as presented…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Characterization of the new Ultracold Neutron beamline at the LANL UCN facility

D. K. -T. Wong, M. T. Hassan, J. F. Burdine +12

The neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) experiment that is currently being developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will use ultracold neutrons (UCN) and Ramsey's metho…

physics.ins-det2022

Detector Requirements and Simulation Results for the EIC Exclusive, Diffractive and Tagging Physics Program using the ECCE Detector Concept

A. Bylinkin, C. T. Dean, S. Fegan +272

This article presents a collection of simulation studies using the ECCE detector concept in the context of the EIC's exclusive, diffractive, and tagging physics program, which aims…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

Open Heavy Flavor Studies for the ECCE Detector at the Electron Ion Collider

X. Li, J. K. Adkins, Y. Akiba +276

The ECCE detector has been recommended as the selected reference detector for the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). A series of simulation studies have been carried out to valida…

hep-ex2022★ 3 cited

ECCE unpolarized TMD measurements

R. Seidl, A. Vladimirov, J. K. Adkins +273

We performed feasibility studies for various measurements that are related to unpolarized TMD distribution and fragmentation functions. The processes studied include semi-inclusive…

hep-ex2022★ 2 cited

ECCE Sensitivity Studies for Single Hadron Transverse Single Spin Asymmetry Measurements

R. Seidl, A. Vladimirov, D. Pitonyak +275

We performed feasibility studies for various single transverse spin measurements that are related to the Sivers effect, transversity and the tensor charge, and the Collins fragment…

nucl-ex2022★ 7 cited

Exclusive J/ Detection and Physics with ECCE

X. Li, J. K. Adkins, Y. Akiba +276

Exclusive heavy quarkonium photoproduction is one of the most popular processes in EIC, which has a large cross section and a simple final state. Due to the gluonic nature of the e…

hep-ph2022

Search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violation at the EIC with the ECCE Detector

J. -L. Zhang, S. Mantry, J. K. Adkins +276

The recently approved Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will provide a unique new opportunity for searches of charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) and other new physics scenarios. In c…

physics.ins-det2022★ 10 cited

AI-assisted Optimization of the ECCE Tracking System at the Electron Ion Collider

C. Fanelli, Z. Papandreou, K. Suresh +272

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a cutting-edge accelerator facility that will study the nature of the "glue" that binds the building blocks of the visible matter in the universe…

physics.ins-det2022★ 21 cited

Scientific Computing Plan for the ECCE Detector at the Electron Ion Collider

J. C. Bernauer, C. T. Dean, C. Fanelli +271

The Electron Ion Collider (EIC) is the next generation of precision QCD facility to be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory in conjunction with Thomas Jefferson National Laborat…

nucl-ex2022

Fill and dump measurement of the neutron lifetime using an asymmetric magneto-gravitational trap

C. Cude-Woods, F. M. Gonzalez, E. M. Fries +39

The past two decades have yielded several new measurements and reanalyses of older measurements of the neutron lifetime. These have led to a 4.4 standard deviation discrepancy betw…

hep-ph2022★ 28 cited

Electric dipole moments and the search for new physics

Ricardo Alarcon, Jim Alexander, Vassilis Anastassopoulos +140

Static electric dipole moments of nondegenerate systems probe mass scales for physics beyond the Standard Model well beyond those reached directly at high energy colliders. Discrim…

nucl-ex2021★ 2 cited

Improved neutron lifetime measurement with UCN

F. M. Gonzalez, E. M. Fries, C. Cude-Woods +41

We report an improved measurement of the free neutron lifetime using the UCN apparatus at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. We counted a total of approximately $38\…

physics.ins-det2020★ 3 cited

Ultracold Neutron Properties of the Eljen-299-02D deuterated scintillator

Z. Tang, E. B. Watkins, S. M. Clayton +24

In this paper we report studies of the Fermi potential and loss per bounce of ultracold neutron (UCN) on a deuterated scintillator (Eljen-299-02D). These UCN properties of the scin…

physics.ins-det2019★ 57 cited

A New Cryogenic Apparatus to Search for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment

M. W. Ahmed, R. Alarcon, A. Aleksandrova +91

A cryogenic apparatus is described that enables a new experiment, nEDM@SNS, with a major improvement in sensitivity compared to the existing limit in the search for a neutron Elect…

nucl-ex2019★ 5 cited

The neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

K. K. H. Leung, M. Ahmed, R. Alarcon +90

Novel experimental techniques are required to make the next big leap in neutron electric dipole moment experimental sensitivity, both in terms of statistics and systematic error co…

physics.ins-det2019★ 4 cited

A boron-coated CCD camera for direct detection of Ultracold Neutrons (UCN)

K. Kuk, C. Cude-Woods, C. R. Chavez +48

A new boron-coated CCD camera is described for direct detection of ultracold neutrons (UCN) through the capture reactions B (n,0)Li (6%) and B(n,1)$^7…

physics.ins-det2018★ 3 cited

Recent Results from the Majorana Demonstrator

T Gilliss, S I Alvis, I J Arnquist +65

The MAJORANA Collaboration has completed construction and is now operating an array of high purity Ge detectors searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay () in Ge.…

hep-ex2018★ 48 cited

First Limit on the Direct Detection of Lightly Ionizing Particles for Electric Charge as Low as /1000 with the \textsc{Majorana Demonstrator}

S. I. Alvis, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +61

The \textsc{Majorana Demonstrator} is an ultra low-background experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge. The heavily shielded array of germanium detector…

physics.ins-det2017★ 4 cited

Low Background Materials and Fabrication Techniques for Cables and Connectors in the Majorana Demonstrator

M. Busch, N. Abgrall, S. I. Alvis +67

The MAJORANA Collaboration is searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the nucleus Ge-76. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of germanium detectors deployed with the…

physics.ins-det2017★ 1 cited

Design improvements to cables and connectors in the Majorana Demonstrator

C. R. Haufe, A. L. Reine, N. Abgrall +68

The Majorana Demonstrator is an experiment constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decays in germanium-76 and to demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a ton-scale experi…