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Prompt Gamma Timing in Carbon Therapy: First Experimental Results with the TIARA Detector
Maxime Pinson, Adélie André, Yannick Boursier +11
In the context of range monitoring for particle therapy, this study presents the first experimental results obtained with the TIARA detector using carbon-ion beams at the CNAO clin…
TIARA: a fast gamma-ray detector for range monitoring in Proton Therapy
A. André, M. Pinson, C. Hoarau +14
We developed a novel gamma-ray detection system (TIARA) for range monitoring in Particle Therapy. The system employs Cherenkov-based gamma-ray detection modules arranged around the…
Challenging Spontaneous Quantum Collapse with XENONnT
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +174
We report on the search for X-ray radiation as predicted from dynamical quantum collapse with low-energy electronic recoil data in the energy range of 1-140 keV from the first scie…
WIMP Dark Matter Search using a 3.1 Tonne-Year Exposure of the XENONnT Experiment
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +175
We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) via elastic DM-xenon-nucleus interactions in the XENONnT experiment. We combine datasets from…
Radon Removal in XENONnT down to the Solar Neutrino Level
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +169
The XENONnT experiment has achieved an exceptionally low Rn activity concentration within its inner 5.9tonne liquid xenon detector of (0.900.01stat.$\…
The neutron veto of the XENONnT experiment: Results with demineralized water
XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +167
Radiogenic neutrons emitted by detector materials are one of the most challenging backgrounds for the direct search of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particl…
Low-Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration of XENONnT with a YBe Photoneutron Source
XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +169
Characterizing low-energy, keV-range nuclear recoils near the detector threshold is one of the major challenges for large direct dark matter detectors. To that end, we have success…
Radiative neutron capture cross section of Pu measured at n_TOF-EAR1 in the unresolved resonance region up to 600 keV
J. Lerendegui-Marco, C. Guerrero, E. Mendoza +133
Accurate neutron capture cross sections are essential for the design and operation of fast reactors using MOX fuels. For Pu, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) recommends 8--1…
A fast plastic scintillator for low intensity proton beam monitoring
Adélie André, Christophe Hoarau, Yannick Boursier +14
In the context of particle therapy monitoring, we are developing a gamma-ray detector to determine the ion range in vivo from the measurement of particle time-of-flight. For this a…
Search for Light Dark Matter in Low-Energy Ionization Signals from XENONnT
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +165
We report on a blinded search for dark matter with single- and few-electron signals in the first science run of XENONnT relying on a novel detector response framework that is physi…
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory
XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441
The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60 to 80 t capable of probing the remaining WIMP-nucleon interaction parameter…
The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics
XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441
This report describes the experimental strategy and technologies for XLZD, the next-generation xenon observatory sensitive to dark matter and neutrino physics. In the baseline desi…
Model-independent searches of new physics in DARWIN with a semi-supervised deep learning pipeline
J. Aalbers, K. Abe, M. Adrover +231
We present a novel deep learning pipeline to perform a model-independent, likelihood-free search for anomalous (i.e., non-background) events in the proposed next generation multi-t…
XENONnT Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection
XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +165
The XENONnT experiment, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, features a 5.9 tonne liquid xenon time projection chamber surrounded by an instrumented neut…
First Search for Light Dark Matter in the Neutrino Fog with XENONnT
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +165
We search for dark matter (DM) with a mass [3,12] using an exposure of 3.51 with the XENONnT experiment.We consider spin-indepen…
First Indication of Solar B Neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with XENONnT
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +164
We present the first measurement of nuclear recoils from solar B neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with the XENONnT dark matter experiment. The central…
XENONnT WIMP Search: Signal & Background Modeling and Statistical Inference
XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +161
The XENONnT experiment searches for weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter scattering off a xenon nucleus. In particular, XENONnT uses a dual-phase time projection…
Offline tagging of radon-induced backgrounds in XENON1T and applicability to other liquid xenon detectors
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +164
This paper details the first application of a software tagging algorithm to reduce radon-induced backgrounds in liquid noble element time projection chambers, such as XENON1T and X…
The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment
XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +192
The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and se…
Design and performance of the field cage for the XENONnT experiment
E. Aprile, K. Abe, S. Ahmed Maouloud +161
The precision in reconstructing events detected in a dual-phase time projection chamber depends on an homogeneous and well understood electric field within the liquid target. In th…
Cosmogenic background simulations for the DARWIN observatory at different underground locations
M. Adrover, L. Althueser, B. Andrieu +180
Xenon dual-phase time projections chambers (TPCs) have proven to be a successful technology in studying physical phenomena that require low-background conditions. With 40t of liqui…
Search for events in XENON1T associated with Gravitational Waves
XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +160
We perform a blind search for particle signals in the XENON1T dark matter detector that occur close in time to gravitational wave signals in the LIGO and Virgo observatories. No pa…
Searching for Heavy Dark Matter near the Planck Mass with XENON1T
E. Aprile, K. Abe, S. Ahmed Maouloud +164
Multiple viable theoretical models predict heavy dark matter particles with a mass close to the Planck mass, a range relatively unexplored by current experimental measurements. We…
Detector signal characterization with a Bayesian network in XENONnT
XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, K. Abe +164
We developed a detector signal characterization model based on a Bayesian network trained on the waveform attributes generated by a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. By per…