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Author NA64 Collaboration (Andreev, Y.M. et al); Molina Bueno, L.; Tuzi, M.
Title Dark-Sector Search via Pion-Produced η and η' Mesons Decaying Invisibly in the NA64h Detector Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2024 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 133 Issue 12 Pages 121803 - 6pp
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Abstract We present the first results from a proof-of-concept search for dark sectors via invisible decays of pseudoscalar eta and eta ' mesons in the NA64h experiment at the CERN SPS. Our novel technique uses the charge-exchange reaction of 50 GeV pi- on nuclei of an active target as the source of neutral mesons. The eta,eta'-> invisible events would exhibit themselves via a striking signature-the complete disappearance of the incoming beam energy in the detector. No evidence for such events has been found with 2.9x109 pions on target accumulated during one day of data taking. This allows us to set a stringent limit on the branching ratio Br(eta'-> invisible) < 2.1 x 10(-4) improving the current bound by a factor of similar or equal to 3. We also set a limit on Br(eta -> invisible) < 1.1 x 10(-4) comparable with the existing one. These results demonstrate the great potential of our approach and provide clear guidance on how to enhance and extend the sensitivity for dark sector physics from future searches for invisible neutral meson decays.
Address [Antonov, A.; Bisio, P.; Celentano, A.; Marini, A.; Marsicano, L.] INFN, Sez Genova, I-16147 Genoa, Italy, Email: paolo.crivelli@cern.ch;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001321201700003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6291
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Amar, H.; Amedo, P.; Antonova, M.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Rocabado Rocha, J.L.; Sanchez Bravo, A.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title The DUNE far detector vertical drift technology Technical design report Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2024 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 19 Issue 8 Pages T08004 - 418pp
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Abstract DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe. The dual-site experiment will employ an intense neutrino beam focused on a near and a far detector as it aims to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy and to make high-precision measurements of the PMNS matrix parameters, including the CP-violating phase. It will also stand ready to observe supernova neutrino bursts, and seeks to observe nucleon decay as a signature of a grand unified theory underlying the standard model.

The DUNE far detector implements liquid argon time-projection chamber (LArTPC) technology, and combines the many tens-of-kiloton fiducial mass necessary for rare event searches with the sub-centimeter spatial resolution required to image those events with high precision. The addition of a photon detection system enhances physics capabilities for all DUNE physics drivers and opens prospects for further physics explorations. Given its size, the far detector will be implemented as a set of modules, with LArTPC designs that differ from one another as newer technologies arise.

In the vertical drift LArTPC design, a horizontal cathode bisects the detector, creating two stacked drift volumes in which ionization charges drift towards anodes at either the top or bottom. The anodes are composed of perforated PCB layers with conductive strips, enabling reconstruction in 3D. Light-trap-style photon detection modules are placed both on the cryostat's side walls and on the central cathode where they are optically powered.

This Technical Design Report describes in detail the technical implementations of each subsystem of this LArTPC that, together with the other far detector modules and the near detector, will enable DUNE to achieve its physics goals.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1748-0221 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001381766600004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6429
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Amar Es-Sghir, H.; Amedo, P.; Antonova, M.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Rocabado Rocha, J.L.; Sanchez Bravo, A.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2024 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 19 Issue 8 Pages P08005 - 42pp
Keywords Neutrino detectors; Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase); Photon detectors for UV; visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs; CMOS imagers, etc)
Abstract Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. In this paper, we present the results of the first doping test ever performed in a kiloton-scale LArTPC. From February to May 2020, we carried out this special run in the single-phase DUNE Far Detector prototype (ProtoDUNE-SP) at CERN, featuring 720 t of total liquid argon mass with 410 t of fiducial mass. A 5.4 ppm nitrogen contamination was present during the xenon doping campaign. The goal of the run was to measure the light and charge response of the detector to the addition of xenon, up to a concentration of 18.8 ppm. The main purpose was to test the possibility for reduction of non-uniformities in light collection, caused by deployment of photon detectors only within the anode planes. Light collection was analysed as a function of the xenon concentration, by using the pre-existing photon detection system (PDS) of ProtoDUNE-SP and an additional smaller set-up installed specifically for this run. In this paper we first summarize our current understanding of the argon-xenon energy transfer process and the impact of the presence of nitrogen in argon with and without xenon dopant. We then describe the key elements of ProtoDUNE-SP and the injection method deployed. Two dedicated photon detectors were able to collect the light produced by xenon and the total light. The ratio of these components was measured to be about 0.65 as 18.8 ppm of xenon were injected. We performed studies of the collection efficiency as a function of the distance between tracks and light detectors, demonstrating enhanced uniformity of response for the anode-mounted PDS. We also show that xenon doping can substantially recover light losses due to contamination of the liquid argon by nitrogen.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA, Email: ngallice@bnl.gov;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1748-0221 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001381766600003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6431
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Amar Es-Sghir, H.; Amedo, P.; Antonova, M.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Rocabado Rocha, J.L.; Sanchez Bravo, A.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2024 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 110 Issue 9 Pages 092011 - 22pp
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Abstract ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) is a 770-ton liquid argon time projection chamber that operated in a hadron test beam at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2018. We present a measurement of the total inelastic cross section of charged kaons on argon as a function of kaon energy using 6 and 7 GeV/c beam momentum settings. The flux-weighted average of the extracted inelastic cross section at each beam momentum setting was measured to be 380 +/- 26 mbarns for the 6 GeV/c setting and 379 +/- 35 mbarns for the 7 GeV/c setting.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001381776600003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6443
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Author NA64 Collaboration (Andreev, Y.M. et al); Molina Bueno, L.; Tuzi, M.
Title Shedding light on dark sectors with high-energy muons at the NA64 experiment at the CERN SPS Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2024 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 110 Issue 11 Pages 112015 - 23pp
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Abstract A search for dark sectors is performed using the unique M2 beam line at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. New particles (X) could be produced in the bremsstrahlung-like reaction of high-energy 160 GeV positively charged muons impinging on an active target, μN -> μNX, followed by their decays, X -> invisible. The experimental signature would be a scattered single muon from the target, with about less than half of its initial energy and no activity in the subdetectors located downstream from the interaction point. The full sample of the 2022 run is analyzed through the missing-energy/momentum channel, with total statistics of (1.98 +/- 0.02) x 10(10) muons on target. We demonstrate that various muonphilic scenarios involving different types of mediators, such as scalar or vector particles, can be probed simultaneously with such a technique. For the vector case, besides a L-mu – L-tau Z' vector boson, we also consider an invisibly decaying dark photon (A' -> invisible). This search is complementary to NA64 running with electrons and positrons, thus opening the possibility to expand the exploration of the thermal light dark matter parameter space by combining the results obtained with the three beams.
Address [Andreev, Yu. M.; Dermenev, A. V.; Donskov, S. V.; Dusaev, R. R.; Enik, T.; Frolov, V. N.; Gertsenberger, S. V.; Gninenko, S. N.; Kachanov, V. A.; Kambar, Y.; Karneyeu, A. E.; Kasianova, E. A.; Kekelidze, G.; Kirpichnikov, D. V.; Kirsanov, M. M.; Kolosov, V. N.; Kramarenko, V. A.; Kravchuk, L. V.; Krasnikov, N. V.; Lyubovitskij, V. E.; Lysan, V.; Matveev, V. A.; Peshekhonov, D. V.; Polyakov, V. A.; Salamatin, K. M.; Samoylenko, V. D.; Shchukin, D. A.; Tikhomirov, V. O.; Tlisova, I. V.; Toropin, A. N.; Volkov, P. V.; Volkov, V. Yu.; Voronchikhin, I. V.; Zhevlakov, A. S.] CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Email: henri.hugo.sieber@cern.ch
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001399987700001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6465
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Amar, H.; Amedo, P.; Antonova, M.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Hernandez-Garcia, J.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Rocabado Rocha, J.L.; Sanchez Bravo, A.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2024 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 19 Issue 12 Pages P12005 - 91pp
Keywords Cryogenic detectors; Liquid detectors; Neutrino detectors; Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
Abstract The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy toward the implementation of this leading-edge, large-scale science project. The 2023 report of the US Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) reaffirmed this vision and strongly endorsed DUNE Phase I and Phase II, as did the European Strategy for Particle Physics. While the construction of the DUNE Phase I is well underway, this White Paper focuses on DUNE Phase II planning. DUNE Phase-II consists of a third and fourth far detector (FD) module, an upgraded near detector complex, and an enhanced 2.1 MW beam. The fourth FD module is conceived as a “Module of Opportunity”, aimed at expanding the physics opportunities, in addition to supporting the core DUNE science program, with more advanced technologies. This document highlights the increased science opportunities offered by the DUNE Phase II near and far detectors, including long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics, neutrino astrophysics, and physics beyond the standard model. It describes the DUNE Phase II near and far detector technologies and detector design concepts that are currently under consideration. A summary of key R&D goals and prototyping phases needed to realize the Phase II detector technical designs is also provided. DUNE's Phase II detectors, along with the increased beam power, will complete the full scope of DUNE, enabling a multi-decadal program of groundbreaking science with neutrinos.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA, Email: s.soldner-rembold@imperial.ac.uk;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1748-0221 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001413560200001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6536
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Author Super-Kamiokande and T2K Collaborations (Abe, K. et al); Antonova, M.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.
Title First Joint Oscillation Analysis of Super-Kamiokande Atmospheric and T2K Accelerator Neutrino Data Type Journal Article
Year (up) 2025 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 134 Issue 1 Pages 011801 - 13pp
Keywords
Abstract The Super-Kamiokande and T2K Collaborations present a joint measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters from their atmospheric and beam neutrino data. It uses a common interaction model for events overlapping in neutrino energy and correlated detector systematic uncertainties between the two datasets, which are found to be compatible. Using 3244.4 days of atmospheric data and a beam exposure of 19.7(16.3) x 10(20) protons on target in (anti)neutrino mode, the analysis finds a 1.9 sigma exclusion of CP conservation (defined as J(CP) = 0) and a 1.2 sigma exclusion of the inverted mass ordering.
Address [Abe, K.; Abe, S.; Bronner, C.; Hayato, Y.; Hiraide, K.; Hosokawa, K.; Ieki, K.; Ikeda, M.; Kameda, J.; Kanemura, Y.; Kaneshima, R.; Kashiwagi, Y.; Kataoka, Y.; Miki, S.; Mine, S.; Miura, M.; Moriyama, S.; Nakahata, M.; Nakano, Y.; Nakayama, S.; Noguchi, Y.; Sato, K.; Sekiya, H.; Shiba, H.; Shimizu, K.; Shiozawa, M.; Sonoda, Y.; Suzuki, Y.; Takeda, A.; Tanaka, H.; Yano, T.; Katori, T.; Tanaka, H. K.] Univ Tokyo, Inst Cosm Ray Res, Kamioka Observ, Kamioka, Akita, Japan
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001399982500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6544
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