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

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36 papers

physics.ins-det2025

Ultra-high precision high voltage system for PTOLEMY

R. Ammendola, A. Apponi, G. Benato +63

The PTOLEMY project is prototyping a novel electromagnetic filter for high-precision spectroscopy, with the ultimate and ambitious long-term goal of detecting the cosmic neutri…

physics.ins-det2025

GEMINI: The First Underground Testbed for Seismic Isolation and Interplatform Control in Next-Generation Gravitational-Wave Detectors

Tomislav Andric, Jan Harms, Ilaria Caravella +18

GEMINI is an underground research and development facility dedicated to advancing seismic isolation and control technologies for future gravitational-wave observatories, including…

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…

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…

hep-ex2023

Search for low mass dark matter in DarkSide-50: the bayesian network approach

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +140

We present a novel approach for the search of dark matter in the DarkSide-50 experiment, relying on Bayesian Networks. This method incorporates the detector response model into the…

hep-ex2022★ 92 cited

Search for dark matter particle interactions with electron final states with DarkSide-50

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +140

We present a search for dark matter particles with sub-GeV/ masses whose interactions have final state electrons using the DarkSide-50 experiment's (12306 184) kg d low-…

hep-ex2022

Search for dark matter-nucleon interactions via Migdal effect with DarkSide-50

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +141

Dark matter elastic scattering off nuclei can result in the excitation and ionization of the recoiling atom through the so-called Migdal effect. The energy deposition from the ioni…

hep-ex2022★ 4 cited

Search for low-mass dark matter WIMPs with 12 ton-day exposure of DarkSide-50

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +139

We report on the search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 10 GeV/c, from the analysis of the entire dataset acquired with a low-radioactivity argon target by the Da…

physics.ins-det2021★ 31 cited

Calibration of the liquid argon ionization response to low energy electronic and nuclear recoils with DarkSide-50

The DarkSide collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +136

DarkSide-50 has demonstrated the high potential of dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers in exploring interactions of WIMPs in the GeV/c mass range. The technique, b…

physics.ins-det2021

A study of events with photoelectric emission in the DarkSide-50 liquid argon Time Projection Chamber

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +135

Finding unequivocal evidence of dark matter interactions in a particle detector is a major objective of physics research. Liquid argon time projection chambers offer a path to prob…

physics.ins-det2021★ 5 cited

Measurement of the muon flux in the bunker of Monte Soratte with the CRC detector

Attanasio Candela, Alfredo Cocco, Nicola D Ambrosio +10

In the context of the PTOLEMY project, the need for a site with a rather low cosmogenic induced background led us to measure the differential muon flux inside the bunker of Monte S…

physics.ins-det2020★ 33 cited

Characterization of SABRE crystal NaI-33 with direct underground counting

M. Antonello, I. J. Arnquist, E. Barberio +43

Ultra-pure NaI(Tl) crystals are the key element for a model-independent verification of the long standing DAMA result and a powerful means to search for the annual modulation signa…

physics.ins-det2020★ 29 cited

SiPM-matrix readout of two-phase argon detectors using electroluminescence in the visible and near infrared range

The DarkSide collaboration, C. E. Aalseth, S. Abdelhakim +312

Proportional electroluminescence (EL) in noble gases is used in two-phase detectors for dark matter searches to record (in the gas phase) the ionization signal induced by particle…

hep-ex2020

Effective field theory interactions for liquid argon target in DarkSide-50 experiment

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +164

We reanalize data collected with the DarkSide-50 experiment and recently used to set limits on the spin-independent interaction rate of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 33 cited

Design and construction of a new detector to measure ultra-low radioactive-isotope contamination of argon

The DarkSide Collaboration, C. E. Aalseth, S. Abdelhakim +328

Large liquid argon detectors offer one of the best avenues for the detection of galactic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their scattering on atomic nuclei. The liq…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 4 cited

Measurement of the ion fraction and mobility of Po produced in Rn decays in liquid argon

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +163

We report measurements of the charged daughter fraction of Po as a result of the Rn alpha decay, and the mobility of Po ions, using radon-polonium coinc…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 274 cited

DarkSide-50 532-day Dark Matter Search with Low-Radioactivity Argon

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +172

The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on the bl…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 253 cited

Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter-Electron Scattering from the DarkSide-50 Experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +193

We present new constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles scattering off electrons in argon based on an analysis of ionization signal data from the DarkSide-50 detector.

astro-ph.HE2018★ 443 cited

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +192

We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50…

physics.ins-det2018★ 24 cited

Electroluminescence pulse shape and electron diffusion in liquid argon measured in a dual-phase TPC

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +163

We report the measurement of the longitudinal diffusion constant in liquid argon with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase time projection chamber. The measurement is performed at drift elec…

physics.ins-det2017★ 613 cited

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

C. E. Aalseth, F. Acerbi, P. Agnes +282

Building on the successful experience in operating the DarkSide-50 detector, the DarkSide Collaboration is going to construct DarkSide-20k, a direct WIMP search detector using a tw…

physics.ins-det2017★ 15 cited

The Electronics, Trigger and Data Acquisition System for the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber of the DarkSide-50 Search for Dark Matter

DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +177

The DarkSide-50 experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is a search for dark matter using a dual phase time projection chamber with 50 kg of low radioactivity argon a…

physics.ins-det2017★ 38 cited

Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +147

A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP intera…

physics.ins-det2017★ 38 cited

Development of a novel single-channel, 24~cm, SiPM-based, cryogenic photodetector

Marco D'Incecco, Cristiano Galbiati, Graham K. Giovanetti +6

We report on the realization of a novel SiPM-based, cryogenic photosensor with an active area of 24 cm that operates as a single-channel analog detector. The device is capable…