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28 papers

hep-ex2024

Characterization of the PADME positron beam for the X17 measurement

S. Bertelli, F. Bossi, B. Buonomo +27

This paper presents a detailed characterization of the positron beam delivered by the Beam Test Facility at Laboratori Nazionali of Frascati to the PADME experiment during Run III,…

physics.acc-ph2023

The Frascati Beam Test Facility

B. Buonomo, F. Cardelli, C. Di Giulio +3

From 2004 the Frascati Beam Test Facility (BTF) in the DAFNE accelerator complex provides to the external user up to 1E10 electrons per bunch or up to 10E9 positrons per bunch to d…

physics.acc-ph2023

TEX (TEst stand for X-band) at LNF

C. Di Giulio, F. Cardelli, S. Pioli +27

TEX facility if commissioned for high power testing to characterize accelerating structures and validate them for the operation on future particle accelerators for medical, industr…

hep-ex2023

Status and Prospects of PADME

Susanna Bertelli, Fabio Bossi, Riccardo De Sangro +28

The Positron Annihilation to Dark Matter Experiment (PADME) was designed and constructed to search for dark photons () in the process , using the positron…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

Commissioning of the PADME experiment with a positron beam

P. Albicocco, R. Assiro, F. Bossi +53

The PADME experiment is designed to search for a hypothetical dark photon produced in positron-electron annihilation using a bunched positron beam at the Beam Test Fac…

physics.ins-det2021★ 4 cited

Performance of scintillating tiles with direct silicon-photomultiplier (SiPM) readout for application to large area detectors

A. Balla, B. Buonomo, V. Cafaro +18

The light yield, the time resolution and the efficiency of different types of scintillating tiles with direct Silicon Photomultiplier readout and instrumented with a customised fro…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 409 cited

Observation of a Large-scale Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Cosmic Rays above eV

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +404

Cosmic rays are atomic nuclei arriving from outer space that reach the highest energies observed in nature. Clues to their origin come from studying the distribution of their arriv…

physics.ins-det2017★ 10 cited

Performance of the diamond active target prototype for the PADME experiment at the DANE BTF

R. Assiro, A. P. Caricato, G. Chiodini +11

The PADME experiment at the DANE Beam-Test Facility (BTF) is designed to search for the gauge boson of a new interaction in the process ee+$\rm A'…

physics.ins-det2016★ 20 cited

Performance of the PADME calorimeter prototype at the DANE BTF

M. Raggi, V. Kozhuharov, P. Valente +10

The PADME experiment at the DANE Beam-Test Facility (BTF) aims at searching for invisible decays of the dark photon by measuring the final state missing mass in the process $e^+…

hep-ex2016★ 236 cited

Testing Hadronic Interactions at Ultrahigh Energies with Air Showers Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +435

Ultrahigh energy cosmic ray air showers probe particle physics at energies beyond the reach of accelerators. Here we introduce a new method to test hadronic interaction models with…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 5 cited

INFN Camera demonstrator for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio, C. Aramo +46

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is a world-wide project for a new generation of ground-based Cherenkov telescopes of the Imaging class with the aim of exploring the highest energy re…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 179 cited

An improved limit to the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Alexander Aab, Pedro Abreu +462

Neutrinos in the cosmic ray flux with energies near 1 EeV and above are detectable with the Surface Detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We report here on searches throu…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 309 cited

Depth of Maximum of Air-Shower Profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Composition Implications

Pierre Auger Collaboration

Using the data taken at the Pierre Auger Observatory between December 2004 and December 2012, we have examined the implications of the distributions of depths of atmospheric shower…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 85 cited

Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +485

We describe the method devised to reconstruct inclined cosmic-ray air showers with zenith angles greater than detected with the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observa…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 37 cited

A search for point sources of EeV photons

Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +483

Measurements of air showers made using the hybrid technique developed with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for point…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 10 cited

Origin of atmospheric aerosols at the Pierre Auger Observatory using studies of air mass trajectories in South America

Pierre Auger Collaboration, Gabriele Curci

The Pierre Auger Observatory is making significant contributions towards understanding the nature and origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. One of its main challenges is the mon…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 2 cited

The Air Microwave Yield (AMY) experiment - A laboratory measurement of the microwave emission from extensive air showers

K. Louedec, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, M. Blanco +31

The AMY experiment aims to measure the microwave bremsstrahlung radiation (MBR) emitted by air-showers secondary electrons accelerating in collisions with neutral molecules of the…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 48 cited

Precise measurement of the absolute fluorescence yield of the 337 nm band in atmospheric gases

AIRFLY Collaboration, M. Ave, M. Bohacova +29

A measurement of the absolute fluorescence yield of the 337 nm nitrogen band, relevant to ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) detectors, is reported. Two independent calibrations…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 83 cited

Description of Atmospheric Conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +499

Atmospheric conditions at the site of a cosmic ray observatory must be known for reconstructing observed extensive air showers. The Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) is a glob…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 211 cited

Trigger and Aperture of the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

J. Abraham, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +469

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory consists of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors, for the study of extensive air showers (EAS) generated by ultra-high-energy c…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 40 cited

Search for signatures of magnetically-induced alignment in the arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +496

We present the results of an analysis of data recorded at the Pierre Auger Observatory in which we search for groups of directionally-aligned events (or `multiplets') which exhibit…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 20 cited

Anisotropy and chemical composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +490

The Pierre Auger Collaboration has reported evidence for anisotropy in the distribution of arrival directions of the cosmic rays with energies eV. Thes…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 89 cited

Search for First Harmonic Modulation in the Right Ascension Distribution of Cosmic Rays Detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +466

We present the results of searches for dipolar-type anisotropies in different energy ranges above eV with the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observa…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 82 cited

Advanced functionality for radio analysis in the Offline software framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +468

The advent of the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) necessitates the development of a powerful framework for the analysis of radio measurements of cosmic ray air showers. As AER…