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Open AccessPulse shape discrimination for the CONUS experiment in the keV and sub-keV regime
Point-contact p-type high-purity germanium detectors (PPC HPGe) are particularly suited for detection of sub-keV nuclear recoils from coherent elastic scattering of neutrinos or light dark matter particles. Wh...
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Open AccessCosmogenic background simulations for neutrinoless double beta decay with the DARWIN observatory at various underground sites
Xenon dual-phase time projections chambers (TPCs) have proven to be a successful technology in studying physical phenomena that require low-background conditions. With
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Open AccessErratum to: Sensitivity of the DARWIN observatory to the neutrinoless double beta decay of \(^{136}\) Xe
We correct an overestimation of the production rate of \(^{137}\) ...
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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 AccessLow-energy calibration of XENON1T with an internal \(^{{\textbf {37}}}\) Ar source
A low-energy electronic recoil calibration of XENON1T, a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, with an internal \({}^{37}\) ...
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Open AccessSearch for dark sector by repurposing the UVX Brazilian synchrotron
We propose the first Search for Dark Sector at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, site of Sirius, a fourth-generation storage ring. We show that UVX, Sirius predecessor, can be a promising dark sector de...
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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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Improved FIFRELIN de-excitation model for neutrino applications
The precise modeling of the de-excitation of Gd isotopes is of great interest for experimental studies of neutrinos using Gd-loaded organic liquid scintillators. The FIFRELIN code was recently used within the ...
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Open AccessFull background decomposition of the CONUS experiment
The CONUS experiment is searching for coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering of reactor anti-neutrinos with four low-energy threshold point-contact high-purity germanium spectrometers. Excellent backgrou...
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Open AccessAn approximate likelihood for nuclear recoil searches with XENON1T data
The XENON collaboration has published stringent limits on specific dark matter – nucleon recoil spectra from dark matter recoiling on the liquid xenon detector target. In this paper, we present an approximate ...
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Open AccessDirect measurement of the ionization quenching factor of nuclear recoils in germanium in the keV energy range
This article reports the measurement of the ionization quenching factor in germanium for nuclear recoil energies in the keV range. Precise knowledge of this factor in this energy range is highly relevant for c...
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Open AccessFirst upper limits on neutrino electromagnetic properties from the CONUS experiment
We report first constraints on electromagnetic properties of neutrinos from neutrino-electron scattering using data obtained from the CONUS germanium detectors, i.e. an upper limit on the effective neutrino magne...
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Open AccessThe Double Chooz antineutrino detectors
This article describes the setup and performance of the near and far detectors in the Double Chooz experiment. The electron antineutrinos of the Chooz nuclear power plant were measured in two identically desig...
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Open AccessMaterial radiopurity control in the XENONnT experiment
The selection of low-radioactive construction materials is of the utmost importance for rare-event searches and thus critical to the XENONnT experiment. Results of an extensive radioassay program are reported,...
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Open AccessNovel constraints on neutrino physics beyond the standard model from the CONUS experiment
The measurements of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEνNS) experiments have opened up the possibility to constrain neutrino physics beyond the standard model of elementary particle physics. Furtherm...
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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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Aggregating Energy Flexibility for Demand-Side Management in Manufacturing Companies – A Two-Step Method
Towards greener production, manufacturing companies face several challenges, for example peak load shaving or flexible production planning as parts of demand-side management (DSM). DSM uses processes that can ...
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Die Thorakotomie als Zugangsweg zu den thorakalen Organen wird topographisch dargestellt, die Indikationen, Fehlermöglichkeiten und Gefahren aufgezeigt und der Thoraxwandverschluss erläutert.
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Open AccessSearch for signatures of sterile neutrinos with Double Chooz
We present a search for signatures of neutrino mixing of electron anti-neutrinos with additional hypothetical sterile neutrino flavors using the Double Chooz experiment. The search is based on data from 5 year...
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Open AccessCalibration of the Gerda experiment
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- \(\beta \) β ...
