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

437 citations · 4k across the 81 of their papers we have counts for

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76 papers

nucl-ex2023★ 1 cited

First direct Be electron capture -value measurement towards high-precision BSM neutrino physics searches

R. Bhandari, G. Bollen, T. Brunner +12

We report the first direct measurement of the nuclear electron capture (EC) decay -value of Be Li via high-precision Penning trap mass spectrometry (PT…

nucl-ex2023★ 2 cited

Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos (FSNN): Whitepaper for the 2023 NSAC Long Range Plan

B. Acharya, C. Adams, A. A. Aleksandrova +176

This whitepaper presents the research priorities decided on by attendees of the 2022 Town Meeting for Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons and Neutrinos, which took place December 13-1…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO

R. H. M. Tsang, A. Piepke, S. Al Kharusi +157

Large-scale low-background detectors are increasingly used in rare-event searches as experimental collaborations push for enhanced sensitivity. However, building such detectors, in…

nucl-ex2023★ 3 cited

'Searching for a needle in a haystack;' A Ba-tagging approach for an upgraded nEXO experiment

H. Rasiwala, K. Murray, Y. Lan +17

nEXO is a proposed experiment that will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0) in 5-tonnes of liquid xenon (LXe), isotopically enriched in Xe. A technique calle…

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.…

hep-ex2023★ 6 cited

Search for Two-neutrino Double-Beta Decay of to the excited state of with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset

200 Collaboration, S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton +104

A new search for two-neutrino double-beta () decay of to the excited state of is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset. A deep learnin…

nucl-ex2022★ 7 cited

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

C. Adams, K. Alfonso, C. Andreoiu +229

This White Paper, prepared for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting related to the 2023 Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan, makes the case for double beta…

nucl-ex2022★ 2 cited

Collision-Induced Dissociation at TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science

A. Jacobs, C. Andreoiu, J. Bergmann +26

The performance of high-precision mass spectrometry of radioactive isotopes can often be hindered by large amounts of contamination, including molecular species, stemming from the…

physics.ins-det2022★ 26 cited

Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO

G. Gallina, Y. Guan, F. Retiere +162

Liquid xenon time projection chambers are promising detectors to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0), due to their response uniformity, monolithic sensitive volume,…

hep-ex2022★ 12 cited

Search for MeV Electron Recoils from Dark Matter in EXO-200

200 Collaboration, S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton +104

We present a search for electron-recoil signatures from the charged-current absorption of fermionic dark matter using the EXO-200 detector. We report an average electron recoil bac…

nucl-ex2022★ 22 cited

Summit of the N=40 Island of Inversion: precision mass measurements and ab initio calculations of neutron-rich chromium isotopes

R. Silwal, C. Andreoiu, B. Ashrafkhani +24

Mass measurements continue to provide invaluable information for elucidating nuclear structure and scenarios of astrophysical interest. The transition region between the a…

nucl-ex2022★ 19 cited

Mapping the Island of Inversion: Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-rich Fe Isotopes

W. S. Porter, B. Ashrafkhani, J. Bergmann +32

Nuclear properties across the chart of nuclides are key to improving and validating our understanding of the strong interaction in nuclear physics. We present high-precision mass m…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Development of a Xe calibration source for nEXO

B. G. Lenardo, C. A. Hardy, R. H. M. Tsang +125

We study a possible calibration technique for the nEXO experiment using a Xe electron capture source. nEXO is a next-generation search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($…

nucl-ex2021

Mass measurements of Ga reduce x-ray burst model uncertainties and extend the evaluated isobaric multiplet mass equation

S. F. Paul, J. Bergmann, J. D. Cardona +27

We report precision mass measurements of neutron-deficient gallium isotopes approaching the proton drip line. The measurements of Ga performed with the TITAN multiple-ref…

hep-ph2021★ 1 cited

Status and Perspectives of Neutrino Physics

M. Sajjad Athar, Steven W. Barwick, Thomas Brunner +16

This review demonstrates the unique role of the neutrino by discussing in detail the physics of and with neutrinos. We deal with neutrino sources, neutrino oscillations, absolute m…

physics.ins-det2021★ 26 cited

Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches

A. Avasthi, T. W. Bowyer, C. Bray +31

Large detectors employing xenon are a leading technology in existing and planned searches for new physics, including searches for neutrinoless double beta decay () and dark m…

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…

physics.ins-det2021★ 5 cited

Characterization of a Spatially Resolved Multi-Element Laser Ablation Ion Source

K. Murray, C. Chambers, D. Chen +14

A laser ablation ion source (LAS) is a powerful tool by which diverse species of ions can be produced for mass spectrometer calibration, or surface study applications. It is necess…

physics.ins-det2021★ 10 cited

The EXO-200 detector, part II: Auxiliary Systems

N. Ackerman, J. Albert, M. Auger +157

The EXO-200 experiment searched for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe with a single-phase liquid xenon detector. It used an active mass of 110 kg of 80.6%-enriched liqui…

nucl-ex2021★ 166 cited

NEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond year half-life sensitivity

nEXO Collaboration, G. Adhikari, S. Al Kharusi +158

The nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is designed to use a time projection chamber and 5000 kg of isotopically enriched liquid xenon to search for the decay in $^{136}…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

Reflectivity of VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers in Liquid Xenon

M. Wagenpfeil, T. Ziegler, J. Schneider +140

Silicon photomultipliers are regarded as a very promising technology for next-generation, cutting-edge detectors for low-background experiments in particle physics. This work prese…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 98 cited

SNEWS 2.0: A Next-Generation SuperNova Early Warning System for Multi-messenger Astronomy

S. Al Kharusi, S. Y. BenZvi, J. S. Bobowski +68

The next core-collapse supernova in the Milky Way or its satellites will represent a once-in-a-generation opportunity to obtain detailed information about the explosion of a star a…

physics.ins-det2020★ 6 cited

Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage

T. Stiegler, S. Sangiorgio, J. P. Brodsky +148

nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay () experiment using liquid (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scin…

nucl-ex2020★ 9 cited

Measurement of the Spectral Shape of the beta-decay of 137Xe to the Ground State of 137Cs in EXO-200 and Comparison with Theory

S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton, I. Badhrees +105

We report on a comparison between the theoretically predicted and experimentally measured spectra of the first-forbidden non-unique -decay transition $^{137}\textrm{Xe}(7/2^-)\t…