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most citedDarkSide-20k: A 20 Tonne Two-Phase LAr TPC for Direct Dark Matter Detection at LNGS

613 citations · 5.6k across the 89 of their papers we have counts for

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92 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Cryogenic characterisation of the FBK NUV-HD-cryo Silicon Photomultipliers for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +298

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are highly promising detectors for dark matter searches due to their uniform response, scalability to large target masses, and compatib…

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

Procurement and Purification of Liquid Argon for the LEGEND-200 Experiment

Malgorzata Harańczyk, Patrick Krause, Tomasz Mróz +8

LEGEND-200 requires high-purity liquid argon for effective background discrimination. In this paper, we present the design, construction, and performance of a dedicated liquid argo…

physics.ins-det2026

The Darkside-20k Data Acquisition System

Fabio Acerbi, Pushparaj Adhikari, Paolo Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a WIMP search experiment using liquid argon as a target, designed to perform a background-free search for dark matter with unprecedented sensitivity, and is current…

hep-ex2026

First Nuclear Ultra-Heavy Dark Matter Search in Argon Time Projection Chambers with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

P. Agnes, I. F. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +125

We report the first search for nuclear ultra-heavy dark matter (UHDM) in a dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber using the DarkSide-50 experiment. Unlike conventional wea…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +294

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant f…

hep-ex2025

Characterization of spurious-electron signals in the double-phase argon TPC of the DarkSide-50 experiment

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. Albuquerque +144

Spurious-electron signals in dual-phase noble liquid time projection chambers have been observed in both xenon and argon Time Projection Chambers (TPCs). This paper presents the fi…

physics.ins-det2025

Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM Tiles for the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +301

The DarkSide-20k dark matter direct detection experiment will employ a 21 m^2 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, instrumenting a dual-phase 50 tonnes liquid argon Time Projectio…

nucl-ex2025

Search for the in-situ production of Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

M. Agostini, A. Alexander, G. Araujo +108

The beta decay of Ge and Ge, both produced by neutron capture on Ge, is a potential background for Germanium based neutrinoless double-beta decay sea…

hep-ph2025★ 2 cited

Fermionic sub-GeV Dark Matter from evaporating Primordial Black Holes at DarkSide-50

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. Albuquerque +125

We present a search for boosted dark matter from Primordial Black Holes (PBH) evaporation using the DarkSide-50 ionization-signal-only dataset corresponding to the experiment's ($1…

hep-ex2025★ 19 cited

First Results on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the LEGEND-200 Experiment

H. Acharya, N. Ackermann, M. Agostini +256

The LEGEND collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta () decay by operating high-purity germanium detectors enriched in Ge in a low-background liquid argo…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +300

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground wel…

physics.ins-det2024

Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM production for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a novel liquid argon dark matter detector currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclear…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c. This was demons…

nucl-ex2024

Searches for new physics below twice the electron mass with GERDA

GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +108

A search for full energy depositions from bosonic keV-scale dark matter candidates of masses between 65 keV and 1021 keV has been performed with data collected during Phase II of t…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

nucl-ex2023★ 10 cited

Constraining nucleon effective masses with flow and stopping observables from the SRIT experiment

C. Y. Tsang, M. Kurata-Nishimura, M. B. Tsang +52

Properties of the nuclear equation of state (EoS) can be probed by measuring the dynamical properties of nucleus-nucleus collisions. In this study, we present the directed flow ($v…

nucl-ex2023

An improved limit on the neutrinoless double-electron capture of Ar with GERDA

GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +110

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment operated enriched high-purity germanium detectors in a liquid argon cryostat, which contains 0.33% of Ar, a candidate isotope…

hep-ex2023★ 3 cited

Long-term temporal stability of the DarkSide-50 dark matter detector

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +142

The stability of a dark matter detector on the timescale of a few years is a key requirement due to the large exposure needed to achieve a competitive sensitivity. It is especially…

nucl-ex2023★ 24 cited

Final Results of GERDA on the Two-Neutrino Double- Decay Half-Life of Ge

GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +116

We present the measurement of the two-neutrino double- decay rate of Ge performed with the GERDA Phase II experiment. With a subset of the entire GERDA exposure, 11.8 kg$…

nucl-ex2023★ 7 cited

Search for tri-nucleon decays of Ge in GERDA

GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +111

We search for tri-nucleon decays of Ge in the dataset from the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment. Decays that populate excited levels of the daughter nucleus above…

physics.ins-det2023

Directionality of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

20k Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. Ahmad +264

The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils (NR) produced in a target material from the W…

hep-ex2023★ 4 cited

Search for dark matter annual modulation with DarkSide-50

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +142

Dark matter induced event rate in an Earth-based detector is predicted to show an annual modulation as a result of the Earth's orbital motion around the Sun. We searched for this m…