Scintillation Pulse Shape Discrimination in a Two-Phase Xenon Time Projection Chamber (2009)
Kwong, J., Brusov, P., Shutt, T., Dahl, C. E., Bolozdynya, A. I., Bradley, A.
The energy and electric field dependence of pulse shape discrimination in liquid xenon have been measured in a 10 gm two-phase xenon time projection chamber. We have demonstrated the use of the pulse...
WIMP EXCLUSION RESULTS FROM THE CDMS EXPERIMENT (2009)
P. L. Brink, L. Baudis, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, C. Chang, T. Saab, ...
In early 2000 CDMS set the most competitive exclusion limit for scalarinteraction WIMPs at the Stanford Underground Facility (SUF). A new search (CDMS II) is now commencing at the Deep-site Soudan...
The Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (2009)
Borexino Collaboration, Alimonti, A., Arpesella, C., Back, H., Balata, M., Bartolomei, D., ...
Borexino, a large volume detector for low energy neutrino spectroscopy, is currently running underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The main goal of the experiment is the...
The scintillation and ionization yield of liquid xenon for nuclear recoils (2008)
Sorensen, P., Manzur, A., Dahl, C. E., Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., ...
XENON10 is an experiment designed to directly detect particle dark matter. It is a dual phase (liquid/gas) xenon time-projection chamber with 3D position imaging. Particle interactions generate a...
Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the XENON10 experiment (2008)
Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., Baudis, L., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., ...
XENON10 is an experiment to directly detect weakly interacting massive particle (WIMPs), which may comprise the bulk of the non-baryonic dark matter in our Universe. We report new results for...
T. Saab, P. L. Brink, L. Baudis, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, C. Chang, ...
The CDMS II experiment deployed a set of 6 ZIP (Z-dependent Ionization and Phonon) detectors at the Stanford Underground Facility (SUF) shallow depth site in the fall of 2001. With a payload...
RESULTS AND STATUS OF THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH (CDMS) (2008)
R. W. Schnee, D. S. Akerib, A. Bolodyzynya, T. A. Perera, P. D. Barnes, D. A. Bauer, ...
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment uses cooled germanium and silicon detectors for a direct search for weakly-interacting massive particles in our Galaxy. The novel detectors allow a high...
Pulse-shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility (2008)
Borexino Collaboration**, Back, H. O., Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., ...
Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is one of the most distinctive features of liquid scintillators. Since the introduction of the scintillation technique in the field of particle detection, many...
Borexino Collaboration, Back, H. O., Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., ...
We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the Borexino solar neutrino experiment. The...
Study of phenylxylylethane (PXE) as scintillator for low energy neutrino experiments (2008)
Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Direct measurement of the Be-7 solar neutrino flux with 192 days of Borexino data (2008)
Arpesella, C., Back, H. O., Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., ...
Direct measurement of the 7Be solar neutrino flux with 192 days of Borexino data (2008)
Borexino Collaboration, Arpesella, C., Back, H.O., Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benzinger, J., ...
Hunting for WIMPs with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (2007)
Golwala Akerib Barnes, S. R. Golwala, D. S. Akerib, P. D. Barnes, D. A. Bauer, A. Bolozdynya, ...
. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search #CDMS# is an experiment whose goal is to detect WIMPs via elastic-scattering interactions in detectors capable of nuclear-recoil discrimination. Recent advances in...
Center For, R. J. Gaitskell, P. D. Barnes, A. Dasilva, S. R. Golwala, J. Jochum, ...
this paper) , and a 100 g Si FLIP detector (which are discussed elsewhere in these (a)
RESULTS AND STATUS OF THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH (CDMS) (2007)
R. W. Schnee, D. S. Akerib, A. Bolodyzynya, T. A. Perera, P. D. Barnes, D. A. Bauer, ...
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment uses cooled germanium and silicon detectors for a direct search for weakly-interacting massive particles in our Galaxy. The novel detectors allow a high...
Present Results and Future Goals of the (2007)
Cryogenic Dark Matter, T. A. Perera, D. Abrams, D. S. Akerib, D. A. Bauer, A. Bolozdynya, ...
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) uses Ge and Si detectors to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interaction with atomic nuclei. The present...
A Scintillator Purification System for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Detector (2007)
Benziger, J., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Chen, M., Corsi, A., Dalnoki-Veress, F., ...
Purification of the 278 tons of liquid scintillator and 889 tons of buffer shielding for the Borexino solar neutrino detector was performed with a system that combined distillation, water extraction,...
First Results from the XENON10 Dark Matter Experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (2007)
Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., Baudis, L., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., ...
The XENON10 experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory uses a 15 kg xenon dual phase time projection chamber (XeTPC) to search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
A recently published article by Klapdor-Kleingrothaus et al. critiques the limit on the stability of the electron obtained by the Borexino collaboration. We respond here to the criticisms raised by...
Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., ...
Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...
The Nylon Scintillator Containment Vessels for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment (2007)
Benziger, J., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., De Haas, E., Fernholz, R., Ford, R., ...
Borexino is a solar neutrino experiment designed to observe the 0.86 MeV Be-7 neutrinos emitted in the pp cycle of the sun. Neutrinos will be detected by their elastic scattering on electrons in 100...
3D Position Sensitive XeTPC for Dark Matter Search (2006)
Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., Baudis, L., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., ...
The technique to realize 3D position sensitivity in a two-phase xenon time projection chamber (XeTPC) for dark matter search is described. Results from a prototype detector (XENON3) are presented.
Shutt, T., Dahl, C. E., Kwong, J., Bolozdynya, A., Brusov, P.
We extend the study of the performance of a prototype two-phase liquid xenon WIMP dark matter detector to recoil energies below 20 keV. We demonstrate a new method for obtaining the best estimate of...
Aprile, E., Dahl, C. E., DeViveiros, L., Gaitskell, R., Giboni, K. L., Kwong, J., ...
We report the first measurements of the absolute ionization yield of nuclear recoils in liquid xenon, as a function of energy and electric-field. Independent experiments were carried out with two...
Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., ...
Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...
Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., ...
Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...
Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...
Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...
The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons ($n,p$) in $^{12}C$ and $^{16}O$ nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the...
Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., Benziger,J., ...
The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons (n,p) in 12C and 16C nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the Counting...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...
The XENON Dark Matter Search Experiment (2004)
Aprile, E., Giboni, K. L., Majewski, P., Ni, K., Yamashita, M., Gaitskell, R., ...
The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xe nuclei. A fiducial mass of 1000 kg,...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...
The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons ($n,p$) in $^{12}C$ and $^{16}O$ nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...
The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons ($n,p$) in $^{12}C$ and $^{16}O$ nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the...
Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., Beau,T., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., ...
We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...
BOREXINO Collaboration, Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., ...
We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...
Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...
The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons (n,p) in 12C and 16C nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the Counting...
Study of neutrino electromagnetic properties with the prototype of the Borexino detector (2003)
Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., Beau,T., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., ...
New limits on nucleon decays into inisible channels with the BOREXINO Counting Test Facility (2003)
Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., Beau,T., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., ...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
If heavy neutrinos with mass mH 2me are emitted in the decays of 8B in the Sun, then H L + e+ + e- decays should be observed. In the present work, the results of background measurements with the...
New limits on nucleon decays into invisible channels with the BOREXINO counting test facility (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Study of the neutrino electromagnetic properties with prototype of BOREXINO detector (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
If heavy neutrinos with mass mH 2me are emitted in the decays of 8B in the Sun, then H L + e+ + e- decays should be observed. In the present work, the results of background measurements with the...
New limits on nucleon decays into invisible channels with the BOREXINO counting test facility (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Study of the neutrino electromagnetic properties with prototype of BOREXINO detector (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., Beau,T., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., ...
New limits on nucleon decays into invisible channels with the BOREXINO counting test facility (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Study of the neutrino electromagnetic properties with prototype of BOREXINO detector (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Study of neutrino electromagnetic properties with the prototype of the Borexino detector (2003)
Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
New limits on nucleon decays into inisible channels with the BOREXINO Counting Test Facility (2003)
Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
New limits on nucleon decays into invisible channels with the BOREXINO counting test facility (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Study of the neutrino electromagnetic properties with prototype of BOREXINO detector (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
New limits on nucleon decays into invisible channels with the BOREXINO counting test facility (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Study of the neutrino electromagnetic properties with prototype of BOREXINO detector (2003)
Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (2002)
Abrams, D., Akerib, D. S., Armel-Funkhouser, M. S., Baudis, L., Bauer, D. A., Bolozdynya, A., ...
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei...
Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO (2002)
Arpesella,C., Back,H. O., Balata,M., Beau,T., Bellini,G., Benziger,J., ...
The techniques researched, developed and applied towards the measurement of radioisotope concentrations at ultra-low levels in the real-time solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO at Gran Sasso are...
XENON: a 1 tonne Liquid Xenon Experiment for a Sensitive Dark Matter Search (2002)
Aprile, E., Baltz, E. A., Curioni, A., Giboni, K-L., Hailey, C. J., Hui, L., ...
XENON is a novel liquid xenon experiment concept for a sensitive dark matter search using a 1-tonne active target, distributed in an array of ten independent time projection chambers. The design...
Shutt, T., Kesden, M., Golwala, S., Emes, J., Hellmig, J., Sadoulet, B., ...
We report on progress in our understanding of the physics of of implanted contacts, amorphous layer structures and Schottky contacts on detectors based on the simultaneous ionization and phonon based...
Search for electron decay mode e ->gamma+nu with prototype of Borexino detector (2002)
Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., Beau,T., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., ...
The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso laboratory, has been used to obtain a bound on the stability of the electron. The new lower limit on the mean...
Science and technology of BOREXINO: a real-time detector for low energy solar neutrinos. (2002)
Alimonti,G., Arpesella,C., Back,H., Balata,M., Beau,T., Bellini,G., ...
Borexino, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS). The experiment's goal is the...
Measurement of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO (2002)
Arpesella, C., Back, H.O., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., Benzinger, J., ...
Science and Technology of BOREXINO : A Real Time Detector for Low Energy Solar Neutrinos (2002)
Alimonti, G., Arpesella, C., Back, H., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., ...
Measurement of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO (2002)
Arpesella, C., Back, H.O., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., Benzinger, J., ...
Science and Technology of BOREXINO : A Real Time Detector for Low Energy Solar Neutrinos (2002)
Alimonti, G., Arpesella, C., Back, H., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., ...
Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO (2002)
Arpesella, C., Back, H. O., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...
The techniques researched, developed and applied towards the measurement of radioisotope concentrations at ultra-low levels in the real-time solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO at Gran Sasso are...
Search for electron decay mode e ->gamma+nu with prototype of Borexino detector (2002)
Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...
The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso laboratory, has been used to obtain a bound on the stability of the electron. The new lower limit on the mean...
Science and technology of BOREXINO: a real-time detector for low energy solar neutrinos. (2002)
Alimonti, G., Arpesella, C., Back, H., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., ...
Borexino, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS). The experiment's goal is the...
Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (2000)
Abusaidi, R., Akerib, D. S., Bauer, D. A., Bolozdynya, A., Brink, P. L., ...
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs Ge and Si detectors to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while...
A Solution To The Dead Layer Problem In Ionization And Phonon-Based Dark Matter Detectors (2000)
Shutt Emes Haller, T. Shutt, J. Emes, E. E. Haller, J. Hellmig, B. Sadoulet, ...
We report on a study of several different electrode technologies to avoid the "dead layer" problem in ionization and phonon-based dark matter detectors. We have found the most success with...
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano - Italy (2000)
In The Exciting, Gioacchino Ranucci, G. Alimonti, C. Arpesella, H. O. Beck, M. Balata, ...
Be electron capture reaction in the Sun. As a pilot program for the full detector, the Counting Test Facility operated for two years at Gran Sasso, provided the convincing evidence that the...
Akerib, DS, Barnes Jr, PD, Bauer, DA, Brink, PL, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, ...
We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose...