3 papers
hep-ex2025
The Direct Search Experiment for Light Dark Matter (DELight): Overview and Perspectives
Melih Solmaz
Driven by the null results in the searches for dark matter, the field of direct dark matter detection is constantly evolving to push new frontiers. Ultimately, a vast parameter spa…
physics.ins-det2025
An LNGS Mobile Neutron Detector (ALMOND): Mapping Ambient Neutron Background of Gran Sasso National Laboratory
Melih Solmaz, Klaus Eitel, Alfredo Davide Ferella +3
In deep underground laboratories, environmental neutrons, which are produced at the cavern walls, introduce a source of background to rare event searches. The flux and spectrum of…
physics.ins-det2025
Commissioning of a mobile neutron spectrometer for LNGS
Francesco Pompa, Klaus Eitel, Alfredo Davide Ferella +3
Environmental neutrons are a source of background for rare event searches in underground laboratories. Since the majority of the neutron background comes from the cavern walls due…