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most citedDark Matter Results from 225 Live Days of XENON100 Data

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cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Control of domain wall and pinning disorder interaction by light He ion irradiation in Pt/Co/AlOx ultrathin films

Cristina Balan, Johannes W. van der Jagt, Jose Peña Garcia +6

We have studied the effect of He irradiation on the dynamics of chiral domain walls in Pt/Co/AlOx trilayers in the creep regime. The irradiation leads to a strong decrease of t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Improving Néel domain walls dynamics and skyrmion stability using He ion irradiation

Cristina Balan, Johannes W. van der Jagt, Aymen Fassatoui +8

Magnetization reversal and domain wall dynamics in Pt/Co/AlOx trilayers have been tuned by He+ ion irradiation. Fluences up to 1.5x10 ions/cm strongly decrease the perpe…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 8 cited

Tuning the dynamics of chiral domain walls of ferrimagnetic films with the magneto-ionic effect

Cristina Balan, Jose Pena Garcia, Aymen Fassatoui +6

The manipulation of magnetism with a gate voltage is expected to lead the way towards the realization of energy-efficient spintronics devices and high-performance magnetic memories…

physics.med-ph2022★ 17 cited

Stray radiation produced in FLASH electron beams characterized by the MiniPIX Timepix3 Flex detector

C. Oancea, C. Bălan, J. Pivec +5

This work aims to characterize ultra high dose rate pulses (UHDpulse) electron beams using the hybrid semiconductor pixel detector. The Timepix3 (TPX3) ASIC chip was used to measur…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 24 cited

Kinetics of ion migration in the electric field-driven manipulation of magnetic anisotropy of Pt/Co/oxide multilayers

A. Fassatoui, L. Ranno, J. Peña Garcia +4

Magneto-ionics, by which the magnetic properties of a thin layer can be modified through the migration of ions within a liquid or solid electrolyte, is a fast developing research f…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 50 cited

Search for Event Rate Modulation in XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data

The XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +99

We have searched for periodic variations of the electronic recoil event rate in the (2-6) keV energy range recorded between February 2011 and March 2012 with the XENON100 detector,…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 81 cited

Exclusion of Leptophilic Dark Matter Models using XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data

The XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, F. Agostini +98

Laboratory experiments searching for galactic dark matter particles scattering off nuclei have so far not been able to establish a discovery. We use data from the XENON100 experime…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 95 cited

Lowering the radioactivity of the photomultiplier tubes for the XENON1T dark matter experiment

E. Aprile, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi +95

The low-background, VUV-sensitive 3-inch diameter photomultiplier tube R11410 has been developed by Hamamatsu for dark matter direct detection experiments using liquid xenon as the…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 79 cited

Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment

E. Aprile, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi +88

XENON is a dark matter direct detection project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with liquid xenon as detection medium. The construction of the next generation…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 146 cited

First Axion Results from the XENON100 Experiment

The XENON100 Collaboration, E. Aprile, F. Agostini +87

We present the first results of searches for axions and axion-like-particles with the XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, , has been probed by exploi…

physics.ins-det2013★ 90 cited

Observation and applications of single-electron charge signals in the XENON100 experiment

E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka +77

The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon in a time projection chamber (TPC) to measure xenon nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter Weakly Intera…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 31 cited

The neutron background of the XENON100 dark matter experiment

E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka +74

The XENON100 experiment, installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), aims to directly detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Part…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 76 cited

Response of the XENON100 Dark Matter Detector to Nuclear Recoils

The XENON100 Collaboration, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi +80

Results from the nuclear recoil calibration of the XENON100 dark matter detector installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy are presented. Data…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 278 cited

Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections from 225 live days of XENON100 data

XENON100 collaboration, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi +75

We present new experimental constraints on the elastic, spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section using recent data from the XENON100 experiment, operated in the Laboratori Naziona…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 6 cited

The distributed Slow Control System of the XENON100 Experiment

E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka +72

The XENON100 experiment, in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, was designed to search for evidence of dark matter interactions inside a volume of…

astro-ph.CO2012

Comment on "On the subtleties of searching for dark matter with liquid xenon detectors"

The XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi +74

In a recent manuscript (arXiv:1208.5046) Peter Sorensen claims that XENON100's upper limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross sections for WIMP masses below 10 GeV "may be und…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 1.4k cited

Dark Matter Results from 225 Live Days of XENON100 Data

XENON100 Collaboration, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi +75

We report on a search for particle dark matter with the XENON100 experiment, operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) for 13 months during 2011 and 2012. XENON100…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 60 cited

Analysis of the XENON100 Dark Matter Search Data

The XENON100 Collaboration, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi +71

The XENON100 experiment, situated in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs…

physics.ins-det2010★ 27 cited

Micromegas operation in high pressure xenon: charge and scintillation readout

C. Balan, E. D. C. Freitas, T. Papaevangelou +4

The operational characteristics of a Micromegas operating in pure xenon at the pressure range of 1 to 10 bar are investigated. The maximum charge gain achieved in each pressure is…