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6 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Dark Matter Sensitivity of the CYGNO Detector with HFO-1234ze Enhanced Gas Mixtures

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +42

The CYGNO collaboration introduces an innovative approach to direct dark matter detection, proposing a high-resolution optical Time Projection Chamber. It operates at atmospheric p…

physics.ins-det2026

He-CF4-CH4 ternary mixtures as target gas for the CYGNO directional dark matter experiment

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

The CYGNO collaboration is advancing a high-resolution optical Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for directional dark matter searches and solar neutrino spectroscopy at LNGS. The detec…

physics.ins-det2026

Fast reconstruction-based ROI triggering via anomaly detection in the CYGNO optical TPC

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

Optical-readout Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) produce megapixel-scale images whose fine-grained topological information is essential for rare-event searches, but whose size chall…

physics.ins-det2026

First Optical Observation of Negative Ion Drift at Surface Pressure

F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini +41

We report the first observation of Negative Ion Drift (NID) at surface pressure of mbar at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in a He:CF:SF mixture using an op…

physics.ins-det2026

Modeling the light response of an optically readout GEM based TPC for the CYGNO experiment

Fernando Dominques Amaro, Rita Antonietti, Elisabetta Baracchini +56

The use of gaseous Time Projection Chambers enables the detection and the detailed study of rare events due to particles interactions with the atoms of the gas with energy releases…

physics.ins-det2025

Bayesian network 3D event reconstruction in the Cygno optical TPC for dark matter direct detection

Fernando Domingues Amaro, Rita Antonietti, Elisabetta Baracchini +50

The CYGNO experiment is developing a high-resolution gaseous Time Projection Chamber with optical readout for directional dark matter searches. The detector uses a helium-tetrafluo…