Dark matter and background light

JM Overduin, PS Wesson - Physics Reports, 2004 - Elsevier
Progress in observational cosmology over the past five years has established that the
Universe is dominated dynamically by dark matter and dark energy. Both these new and …

A viable QCD axion in the MeV mass range

DSM Alves, N Weiner - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract The QCD axion is one of the most compelling solutions of the strong CP problem.
There are major current efforts into searching for an ultralight, invisible axion, which is …

Signals of the QCD axion with mass of : Nuclear transitions and light meson decays

DSM Alves - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
The QCD axion remains experimentally viable in the mass range of O (10 MeV) if (i) it
couples predominantly to the first generation of SM fermions;(ii) it decays to e+ e-with a short …

Neutrino properties studied with a triton source and a large spherical TPC

Y Giomataris, JD Vergados - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2004 - Elsevier
The purpose of the present paper is to study the neutrino properties as they may appear in
the low-energy neutrinos emitted in triton decay:[Formula: see text] with maximum neutrino …

[HTML][HTML] A network of neutral current spherical TPCs for dedicated supernova detection

Y Giomataris, JD Vergados - Physics Letters B, 2006 - Elsevier
The coherent contribution of all neutrons in neutrino nucleus scattering due to the neutral
current offers a realistic prospect of detecting supernova neutrinos. As a matter of fact for a …

[图书][B] The light/dark universe: light from galaxies, dark matter and dark energy

JM Overduin, PS Wesson - 2008 - books.google.com
To the eyes of the average person and the trained scientist, the night sky is dark, even
though the universe is populated by myriads of bright galaxies. Why this happens is a …

CERN Axion Solar Telescope as a probe of large extra dimensions

R Horvat, M Krčmar, B Lakić - Physical Review D, 2004 - APS
We explore the potential of the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) for testing the
presence of large extra dimensions. The CAST experiment has originally been proposed to …

Dedicated supernova detection by a network of neutral current spherical TPC detectors

JD Vergados, Y Giomataris - Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 2007 - Springer
Supernova neutrinos can easily be detected by a spherical gaseous TPC detector
measuring very low energy nuclear recoils. The expected rates are quite large for a neutron …

Supernova detection via a network of neutral current spherical TPC's

JD Vergados, Y Giomataris - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The coherent contribution of all neutrons in neutrino nucleus scattering due to the neutral
current offers a realistic prospect of detecting supernova neutrinos. For a typical supernova …

Setup of a Neutron Scattering Facility for the Measurement of Scintillation Light Quenching Factors of Low-Temperature Detectors Used in the Direct Dark Matter …

C Ciemniak - 2011 - mediatum.ub.tum.de
“CRESST” employs scintillating CaWO4 crystals to search for Dark Matter (DM) induced
nuclear recoils. The detector response to a nuclear recoil is described by the quenching …