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C. Pellegrino
Nuclear Energy
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Open AccessMeasurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches
The Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Ita...
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Open AccessFirst observation of the cosmic ray shadow of the Moon and the Sun with KM3NeT/ORCA
This article reports the first observation of the Moon and the Sun shadows in the sky distribution of cosmic-ray induced muons measured by the KM3NeT/ORCA detector. The analysed data-taking period spans from F...
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Open AccessMeasurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35 \(^{\circ }\) \(\div \) 82 \(^{\circ }\) N with the PolarquEEEst experiment
After its successful campaign of measurements beyond the Polar Arctic Circle, the PolarquEEEst experiment measured the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in a latitude interval between 35
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Open AccessImplementation and first results of the KM3NeT real-time core-collapse supernova neutrino search
The KM3NeT research infrastructure is unconstruction in the Mediterranean Sea. KM3NeT will study atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos with two multi-purpose neutrino detectors, ARCA and ORCA, primarily aime...
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Open AccessDetermining the neutrino mass ordering and oscillation parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA
The next generation of water Cherenkov neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea are under construction offshore France (KM3NeT/ORCA) and Sicily (KM3NeT/ARCA). The KM3NeT/ORCA detector features an energy de...
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Open AccessThe cosmic muon and detector simulation framework of the extreme energy events (EEE) experiment
This paper describes the simulation framework of the extreme energy events (EEE) experiment. EEE is a network of cosmic muon trackers, each made of three multi-gap resistive plate chambers (MRPC), able to prec...
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Open AccessThe KM3NeT potential for the next core-collapse supernova observation with neutrinos
The KM3NeT research infrastructure is under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of two water Cherenkov neutrino detectors, ARCA and ORCA, aimed at neutrino astrophysics and oscillation research,...
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Open AccessSeparating \({^{39}\hbox {Ar}}\) from \({^{40}\hbox {Ar}}\) by cryogenic distillation with Aria for dark-matter searches
Aria is a plant hosting a \({350}\,\hbox {m}\) 350 ...
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Open AccessSiPM-matrix readout of two-phase argon detectors using electroluminescence in the visible and near infrared range
Proportional electroluminescence (EL) in noble gases is used in two-phase detectors for dark matter searches to record (in the gas phase) the ionization signal induced by particle scattering in the liquid phas...
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Open AccessErratum to: New high precision measurements of the cosmic charged particle rate beyond the Arctic Circle with the PolarquEEEst experiment
In the original version of this article, the names of four authors were missing in the author list: L. Perasso, O. Pinazza, C. Pinto and S. Pisano.
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Open AccessNew high precision measurements of the cosmic charged particle rate beyond the Arctic Circle with the PolarquEEEst experiment
The goal of the PolarquEEEst experiment was to measure the cosmic charged particle rate at latitudes greater than 66 \(^{\circ }\) ...
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Open AccessSearch for neutrino counterparts of gravitational-wave events detected by LIGO and Virgo during run O2 with the ANTARES telescope
An offline search for a neutrino counterpart to gravitational-wave (GW) events detected during the second observation run (O2) of Advanced-LIGO and Advanced-Virgo performed with ANTARES data is presented. In a...
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Open AccessDependence of atmospheric muon flux on seawater depth measured with the first KM3NeT detection units
KM3NeT is a research infrastructure located in the Mediterranean Sea, that will consist of two deep-sea Cherenkov neutrino detectors. With one detector (ARCA), the KM3NeT Collaboration aims at identifying and ...
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Open AccessThe cosmic ray shadow of the Moon observed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope
One of the main objectives of the ANTARES telescope is the search for point-like neutrino sources. Both the pointing accuracy and the angular resolution of the detector are important in this context and a reli...
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Open AccessLong-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using \(^{40}\mathrm{{K}}\) decays in sea water
Cherenkov light induced by radioactive decay products is one of the major sources of background light for deep-sea neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES. These decays are at the same time a powerful calibration ...
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Open AccessAll-sky search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW170104 with the Antares neutrino telescope
Advanced LIGO detected a significant gravitational wave signal (GW170104) originating from the coalescence of two black holes during the second observation run on January 4th, 2017. An all-sky high-energy neutrin...
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Open AccessAn algorithm for the reconstruction of high-energy neutrino-induced particle showers and its application to the ANTARES neutrino telescope
A novel algorithm to reconstruct neutrino-induced particle showers within the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. The method achieves a median angular resolution of
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Open AccessStacked search for time shifted high energy neutrinos from gamma ray bursts with the Antares neutrino telescope
A search for high-energy neutrino emission correlated with gamma-ray bursts outside the electromagnetic prompt-emission time window is presented. Using a stacking approach of the time delays between reported g...
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Open AccessLong term monitoring of the optical background in the Capo Passero deep-sea site with the NEMO tower prototype
The NEMO Phase-2 tower is the first detector which was operated underwater for more than 1 year at the “record” depth of 3500 m. It was designed and built within the framework of the NEMO (NEutrino Mediterrane...
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Open AccessThe prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT detector
A prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT deep-sea neutrino telescope has been installed at 3500m depth 80 km offshore the Italian coast. KM3NeT in its final configuration will contain several hundreds of detec...
