Search for new physics in electronic recoil data from XENONnT

E Aprile, K Abe, F Agostini, S Ahmed Maouloud… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
We report on a blinded analysis of low-energy electronic recoil data from the first science run
of the XENONnT dark matter experiment. Novel subsystems and the increased 5.9 ton liquid …

Double beta decay experiments: Recent achievements and future prospects

A Barabash - Universe, 2023 - mdpi.com
The results of experiments on the search for and study of double beta decay processes
obtained over the past 5 years (from 2018 to April 2023) are discussed. The results of the …

Dual-phase xenon time projection chambers for rare-event searches

L Baudis - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the past decade, dual-phase xenon time projection chambers (Xe-TPCs) have emerged
as some of the most powerful detectors in the fields of astroparticle physics and rare-event …

Background determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, AKA Musalhi, F Alder, SK Alsum… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its
initial science run, down to 9.2× 10-48 cm 2 for the spin-independent interaction of a 36 …

Predicting the neutrinoless double--decay matrix element of using a statistical approach

M Horoi, A Neacsu, S Stoica - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
Calculation of the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for double-β decay is of paramount
importance for guiding experiments and for analyzing and interpreting the experimental …

Self-consistent calculations for atomic electron capture

VA Sevestrean, O Niţescu, S Ghinescu, S Stoica - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We present a comprehensive investigation of electron capture ratios spanning a broad
range of atomic numbers. The study employs a self-consistent computational method that …

A review of NEST models, and their application to improvement of particle identification in liquid xenon experiments

M Szydagis, J Balajthy, GA Block, JP Brodsky… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper discusses microphysical simulation of interactions in liquid xenon, the active
detector medium in many leading rare-event physics searches, and describes experimental …

XENONnT Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

E Aprile, J Aalbers, K Abe, SA Maouloud… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The XENONnT experiment, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy,
features a 5.9 tonne liquid xenon time projection chamber surrounded by an instrumented …

Study of States in : Implications for New Physics Searches with Xenon Detectors

BM Rebeiro, S Triambak, PE Garrett, GC Ball… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
We used the Ba 138 (d, α) reaction to carry out an in-depth study of states in Cs 136, up to
around 2.5 MeV. In this Letter, we place emphasis on hitherto unobserved states below the …

Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-MeV Dark-Matter–Electron Scattering in PandaX-4T

X Shang, A Abdukerim, Z Bo, W Chen, X Chen… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We report the first search for the elastic scatterings between cosmic-ray boosted sub-MeV
dark matter (DM) and electrons in the PandaX-4T liquid xenon experiment. Sub-MeV DM …