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XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A. |
Title |
Search for Event Rate Modulation in XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Physical Review Letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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115 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
091302 - 6pp |
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We have searched for periodic variations of the electronic recoil event rate in the (2-6) keVenergy range recorded between February 2011 and March 2012 with the XENON100 detector, adding up to 224.6 live days in total. Following a detailed study to establish the stability of the detector and its background contributions during this run, we performed an unbinned profile likelihood analysis to identify any periodicity up to 500 days. We find a global significance of less than 1 sigma for all periods, suggesting no statistically significant modulation in the data. While the local significance for an annual modulation is 2.8 sigma, the analysis of a multiple-scatter control sample and the phase of the modulation disfavor a dark matter interpretation. The DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation interpreted as a dark matter signature with axial-vector coupling of weakly interacting massive particles to electrons is excluded at 4.8 sigma. |
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[Aprile, E.; Anthony, M.; Contreras, H.; de Perio, P.; Goetzke, L. W.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.; Weber, M.; Zhang, Y.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: feigao.ge@sjtu.edu.cn; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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0031-9007 |
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WOS:000360289000004 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2399 |
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XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A. |
Title |
Lowering the radioactivity of the photomultiplier tubes for the XENON1T dark matter experiment |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2015 |
Publication |
European Physical Journal C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Eur. Phys. J. C |
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75 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
546 - 10pp |
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The low-background, VUV-sensitive 3-inch diameter photomultiplier tube R11410 has been developed by Hamamatsu for dark matter direct detection experiments using liquid xenon as the target material. We present the results from the joint effort between the XENON collaboration and the Hamamatsu company to produce a highly radio-pure photosensor (version R11410-21) for the XENON1T dark matter experiment. After introducing the photosensor and its components, we show the methods and results of the radioactive contamination measurements of the individual materials employed in the photomultiplier production. We then discuss the adopted strategies to reduce the radioactivity of the various PMT versions. Finally, we detail the results from screening 286 tubes with ultra-low background germanium detectors, as well as their implications for the expected electronic and nuclear recoil background of the XENON1T experiment. |
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[XENON Collaboration] Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy, Email: lbaudis@uzh.ch; |
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Springer |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000365528200001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2477 |
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XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A. |
Title |
Exclusion of leptophilic dark matter models using XENON100 electronic recoil data |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Science |
Abbreviated Journal |
Science |
Volume |
349 |
Issue |
6250 |
Pages |
851-854 |
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Laboratory experiments searching for galactic dark matter particles scattering off nuclei have so far not been able to establish a discovery. We use data from the XENON100 experiment to search for dark matter interacting with electrons. With no evidence for a signal above the low background of our experiment, we exclude a variety of representative dark matter models that would induce electronic recoils. For axial-vector couplings to electrons, we exclude cross sections above 6 x 10(-35) cm(2) for particle masses of m(chi) = 2 GeV/c(2). Independent of the dark matter halo, we exclude leptophilic models as an explanation for the long-standing DAMA/LIBRA signal, such as couplings to electrons through axial-vector interactions at a 4.4 sigma confidence level, mirror dark matter at 3.6 sigma, and luminous dark matter at 4.6 sigma. |
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Amer Assoc Advancement Science |
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0036-8075 |
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WOS:000359832700045 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2490 |
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IGISOL Collaboration (Briz, J.A. et al); Algora, A.; Tain, J.L.; Guadilla, V.; Agramunt, J.; Estevez, E.; Jordan, M.D.; Molina, F.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Perez, A.B.; Rubio, B. |
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Total absorption spectroscopy of fission fragments relevant for reactor antineutrino spectra determination |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Acta Physica Polonica B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Acta Phys. Pol. B |
Volume |
47 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
755-762 |
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The contribution of each fission fragment to the reactor antineutrino spectra was determined using the summation method based on the existing information on fission yields and decay data contained in nuclear databases and the reactor evolution code MURE. The beta decay of some of the main contributors has been studied using the Total Absorption Spectroscopy (TAS) technique during two experimental campaigns at the IGISOL facility, in Jyvaskyla (Finland). Results on the decay of Rb-92, the most important contributor in the 4-8 MeV energy region are reported. The status of the analysis of the second experiment is presented as well. |
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[Briz, J. A.; Zakari-Issoufou, A-A; Fallot, M.; Porta, A.; Bui, V. M.; Cormon, S.; Cucoanes, A.; Estienne, M.; Shiba, T.] Univ Nantes, Ecole Mines Nantes, SUBATECH, CNRS,IN2P3, Nantes, France |
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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego |
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0587-4254 |
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WOS:000373495500018 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2624 |
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Fujita, Y.; Rubio, B.; Molina, F.; Adachi, T.; Fujita, H.; Blank, B.; Ganioglu, E.; Gelletly, W.; Orrigo, S.E.A. |
Title |
The Tz = ±1 → 0 and ±2 →±1 Mirror Gamow–Teller transitions in pf-shell nuclei |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Acta Physica Polonica B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Acta Phys. Pol. B |
Volume |
47 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
867-881 |
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Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions are the most common weak-interaction processes in the Universe. They play important roles in various processes of nucleosynthesis, for example, in the rapid proton-capture process (rp-process). In the pf-shell region, the rp-process runs through neutron-deficient nuclei with T-z = -2, -1, and 0 mainly by means of GT and Fermi transitions, where T-z is the z component of isospin T defined by T-z = (N = Z)/2. Under the assumption of isospin symmetry, mirror nuclei with reversed Z and N numbers, and thus with opposite signs of T-z, have the same structure. Therefore, symmetry is also expected for the GT transitions starting from and ending up in mirror nuclei. We have been studying the T-z = -2 -> -1 and -1 -> 0 GT transitions in beta decays, while those from stable T-z = +2 and +1 nuclei by means of hadronic (He-3; t) charge-exchange (CE) reactions. The results from these studies are compared in order to examine the mirror-symmetry structure in nuclei. In addition, these results are combined for the better understanding of GT transitions in the pf-shell region. |
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[Fujita, Y.; Adachi, T.; Fujita, H.] Osaka Univ, RCNP, Ibaraki, Osaka 5670047, Japan |
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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego |
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0587-4254 |
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WOS:000373495500033 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2626 |
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