activity
20142023
most citedSearch for Majorana neutrinos with the first two years of EXO-200 data

437 citations · 1.3k across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

21 papers

hep-ex2023★ 6 cited

Generative Adversarial Networks for Scintillation Signal Simulation in EXO-200

S. Li, I. Ostrovskiy, Z. Li +87

Generative Adversarial Networks trained on samples of simulated or actual events have been proposed as a way of generating large simulated datasets at a reduced computational cost.…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 2 cited

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Particle Physics

C. Bonifazi, J. S. Bonilla, M. -C. Chen +5

To achieve the highest level of intellectual excellence calls for the greatest extent of diversity. However, due to the unjust institutional and societal barriers, the field of par…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 89 cited

Potential PeVatron supernova remnant G106.3+2.7 seen in the highest-energy gamma rays

M. Amenomori, Y. W. Bao, X. J. Bi +92

Cosmic rays (protons and other atomic nuclei) are believed to gain energies of petaelectronvolts (PeV) and beyond at astrophysical particle accelerators called 'PeVatrons' inside o…

hep-ex2021★ 3 cited

Search for Majoron-emitting modes of Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset

S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton, I. Badhrees +103

A search for Majoron-emitting modes of the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset. This dataset consists of a total Xe expo…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 27 cited

Gamma-ray Observation of the Cygnus Region in the 100 TeV Energy Region

M. Amenomori, Y. W. Bao, X. J. Bi +110

We report observations of gamma-ray emissions with energies in the 100 TeV energy region from the Cygnus region in our Galaxy. Two sources are significantly detected in the directi…

hep-ex2019★ 258 cited

Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset

G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau +99

A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay () in Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset using a deep neural network to discriminate between and backgro…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 51 cited

Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO

G. Gallina, P. Giampa, F. Retiere +148

In this paper we report on the characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 (S/N: S13370-6152) Vacuum Ultra-Violet (VUV) sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) as part of the develo…

physics.ins-det2018★ 77 cited

nEXO Pre-Conceptual Design Report

nEXO Collaboration, S. Al Kharusi, A. Alamre +171

The projected performance and detector configuration of nEXO are described in this pre-Conceptual Design Report (pCDR). nEXO is a tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta () deca…

hep-ex2017★ 17 cited

Searches for Double Beta Decay of Xe with EXO-200

200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, G. Anton +90

Searches for double beta decay of Xe were performed with EXO-200, a single-phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe.…

physics.ins-det2017★ 32 cited

Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200

D. S. Leonard, D. Auty, T. Didberidze +98

We report results from a systematic measurement campaign conducted to identify low radioactivity materials for the construction of the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment. Partial…

hep-ph2016

First Search for Lorentz and CPT Violation in Double Beta Decay with EXO-200

L. J. Kaufman

This proceedings contribution reports the first experimental search for Lorentz- and CPT-violating signals specifically studying the effect of the Standard-Model Extension (SME) os…

physics.ins-det2016★ 10 cited

An Optimal Energy Estimator to Reduce Correlated Noise for the EXO-200 Light Readout

200 Collaboration, C. G. Davis, C. Hall +84

The energy resolution of the EXO-200 detector is limited by electronics noise in the measurement of the scintillation response. Here we present a new technique to extract optimal s…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 7 cited

Sensitivity of YAC to measure the light-component spectrum of primary cosmic rays at the "knee" energies

L M Zhai, J Huang, D Chen +7

A new air-shower core-detector array (YAC : Yangbajing Air-shower Core-detector array) has been developed to measure the primary cosmic-ray composition at the "knee" energies in Ti…

nucl-ex2016★ 49 cited

First Search for Lorentz and CPT Violation in Double Beta Decay with EXO-200

200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, P. S. Barbeau +86

A search for Lorentz- and CPT-violating signals in the double beta decay spectrum of Xe has been performed using an exposure of 100 kgyr with the EXO-200 detector. N…

nucl-ex2015★ 27 cited

Cosmogenic Backgrounds to 0νββ in EXO-200

200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty +84

As neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments become more sensitive and intrinsic radioactivity in detector materials is reduced, previously minor contributions to the background m…

nucl-ex2015★ 53 cited

Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of alpha and beta decay products in liquid xenon using EXO-200

J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau +82

Alpha decays in the EXO-200 detector are used to measure the fraction of charged and daughters created from alpha and beta decays, respectiv…

physics.ins-det2015★ 45 cited

Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200

J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau +83

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) requires extremely low background and a good understanding of their sources and their influence on the rate in the region of pa…

physics.ins-det2014★ 47 cited

An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases

Thomas Brunner, Daniel Fudenberg, Victor Varentsov +74

An RF ion-funnel technique has been developed to extract ions from a high-pressure (10 bar) noble-gas environment into vacuum ( mbar). Detailed simulations have been perfo…

physics.atom-ph2014★ 43 cited

Spectroscopy of Ba and Ba deposits in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO

B. Mong, S. Cook, T. Walton +73

Progress on a method of barium tagging for the nEXO double beta decay experiment is reported. Absorption and emission spectra for deposits of barium atoms and ions in solid xenon m…

hep-ex2014★ 49 cited

Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay of Xe with EXO-200

200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty +89

EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe. Here we report on a search for various Majoron-emitting modes b…

nucl-ex2014★ 437 cited

Search for Majorana neutrinos with the first two years of EXO-200 data

200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty +91

Many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics suggest that neutrinos should be Majorana-type fermions, but this assumption is difficult to confirm. Observation of neutr…