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Open AccessSearch for tri-nucleon decays of \(^{76}\) Ge in GERDA
We search for tri-nucleon decays of \(^{76}\) 76 ...
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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 AccessSearch for low mass dark matter in DarkSide-50: the bayesian network approach
We present a novel approach for the search of dark matter in the DarkSide-50 experiment, relying on Bayesian Networks. This method incorporates the detector response model into the likelihood function, explici...
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Open AccessLiquid argon light collection and veto modeling in GERDA Phase II
The ability to detect liquid argon scintillation light from within a densely packed high-purity germanium detector array allowed the Gerda experiment to reach an exceptionally low background rate in the search fo...
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Open AccessNeutrino-Induced Decay: A Critical Review of the Arguments
There has been scientific debate about speculations that ‘neutrino-induced’ radioactive decay causes apparent violations of the exponential-decay law. Sturrock and others repeatedly publish papers asserting in...
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Isoscaling in central Sn+Sn collisions at 270 MeV/u
Experimental information on fragment emissions is important in understanding the dynamics of nuclear collisions and in the development of transport model simulating heavy-ion collisions. The composition of com...
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Open AccessAir humidity and annual oscillations in 90Sr/90Y and 60Co decay rate measurements
Parkhomov published decay rate measurements of 90Sr/90Y and 60Co beta decay sources with Geiger–Müller counters which showed annual cyclic deviations with less than 0.2% amplitude from a purely exponential slope....
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Open AccessPulse shape analysis in Gerda Phase II
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- \(\beta \) β ...
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Open AccessRole of ambient humidity underestimated in research on correlation between radioactive decay rates and space weather
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Open AccessOn the interpretation of annual oscillations in 32Si and 36Cl decay rate measurements
The 32Si decay rate measurement data of Alburger et al. obtained in 1982–1986 at Brookhaven National Laboratory have been presented repeatedly as evidence for solar neutrino-induced beta decay. The count rates sh...
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Open AccessCalibration of the Gerda experiment
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- \(\beta \) β ...
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Open AccessCharacterization of inverted coaxial \(^{76}\) Ge detectors in GERDA for future double- \(\beta \) decay experiments
Neutrinoless double- \(\beta \) β decay of
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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 AccessAn online radon monitor for low-background detector assembly facilities
Backgrounds from long-lived radon decay products are often problematic for low-energy neutrino and rare-event experiments. These isotopes, specifically ...
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Open AccessOn the recent claim of correlation between radioactive decay rates and space weather
In recent literature, several authors have challenged the validity of the exponential-decay law, based on observed variations in radioactive decay rate measurements beyond statistical accuracy. Tentative expla...
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Open AccessModeling of GERDA Phase II data
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) of INFN is searching for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 76Ge. The technological challenge of Gerda is to o...
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Open AccessCharacterization of 30 \(^{76}\)Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of \(^{76}\)76Ge into \(^{76}\)76
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Open AccessUpgrade for Phase II of the Gerda experiment
The Gerda collaboration is performing a sensitive search for neutrinoless double beta decay of \(^{76}\hbox {Ge}\) ...
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DarkSide-20k: A 20 tonne two-phase LAr TPC for direct dark matter detection at LNGS
Building on the successful experience in operating the DarkSide-50 detector, the DarkSide Collaboration is going to construct DarkSide-20k, a direct WIMP search detector using a two-phase Liquid Argon Time Pro...
