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1. The DarkSide Program

Author: Rossi B., Agnes P., Alexander T., Alton A., Arisaka K., Back H.O., Baldin B., Biery K., Bonfini G., Bossa M., Brigatti A., Brodsky J., Budano F., Calaprice F., Canci N., Candela A., Cariello M., Cavalcante P., Catalanotti S., Chavarria A., Chepurnov A., Cocco A. G., Covone G., D'Angelo D., D'Incecco M., Deo M. De, Derbin A., Devoto A., Eusanio F. Di, Edkins E., Empl A., Fan A., Fiorillo G., Fomenko K., Franco D., Gabriele F., Galbiati C., Goretti A., Grandi L., Guan M.Y., Guardincerri Y., Hackett B., Herner K., Hungerford E.V., Ianni Al., Ianni An., Kendziora C., Koh G., Korablev D., Korga G., Kurlej A., Li P.X., Lombardi P., Luitz S., Machulin I., Mandarano A., Mari S., Maricic J., Marini L., Martoff C. J., Meyers P.D., Montanari D., Montuschi M., Monzani M.E., Musico P., Odrowski S., Orsini M., Ortica F., Pagani L., Pallavicini M., Pantic E., Papp L., Parmeggiano S., Pelliccia N., Perasso S., Pocar A., Pordes S., Qian H., Randle K., Ranucci G., Razeto A., Reinhold B., Renshaw A., Romani A., Rossi N., Rountree S.D., Sablone D., Saldanha R., Sands W., Segreto E., Shields E., Smirnov O., Sotnikov A., Stanford C., Suvorov Y., Tartaglia R., Tatarowicz J., Testera G., Tonazzo A., Unzhakov E., Vogelaar R.B., Wada M., Walker S., Wang H., Watson A., Westerdale S., Wojcik M., Xiang X., Xu J., Yang C.G., Yoo J., Zavatarelli S., Zec A., Zhu C., and Zuzel G.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: DarkSide-50 at Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS), Italy, is a direct dark matter search experiment based on a liquid argon TPC. DS-50 has completed its first dark matter run using atmospheric argon as target. The detector performances and the results of the first physics run are presented in this proceeding.
Published: 2016
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2. Future Sea Level Rise at Indian Ports Using a Combined Numerical and Data-Driven Approach

Author: Somaiya, P. S., Deo, M. C., di Prisco, Marco, Series Editor, Chen, Sheng-Hong, Series Editor, Vayas, Ioannis, Series Editor, Kumar Shukla, Sanjay, Series Editor, Sharma, Anuj, Series Editor, Kumar, Nagesh, Series Editor, Wang, Chien Ming, Series Editor, Timbadiya, P. V., editor, Deo, M. C., editor, and Singh, Vijay P., editor
Published: 2023
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3. A CUPID Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometer tested in the CROSS underground facility

Author: The CUPID Interest Group, Armatol, A., Armengaud, E., Armstrong, W., Augier, C., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Bandac, I. C., Barabash, A. S., Bari, G., Barresi, A., Baudin, D., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Beretta, M., Bergé, L., Bourgeois, Ch., Biassoni, M., Billard, J., Boldrini, V., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Calvo-Mozota, J. M., Camilleri, J., Candela, A., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Cazes, A., Celi, E., Chang, C., Chapellier, M., Charrier, A., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Colantoni, I., Collamati, F., Copello, S., Cova, F., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Cruciani, A., D'Addabbo, A., D'Imperio, G., Dafinei, I., Danevich, F. A., de Combarieu, M., De Deo, M., De Jesus, M., de Marcillac, P., Dell'Oro, S., Di Domizio, S., Dompe, V., Drobizhev, A., Dumoulin, L., Fantini, G., Fasoli, M., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferri, F., Ferroni, F., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Formaggio, J., Franceschi, A., Fu, C., Fu, S., Fujikawa, B. K., Gascon, J., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gras, P., Gros, M., Guerard, E., Gutierrez, T. D., Han, K., Hansen, E. V., Heeger, K. M., Helis, D. L., Huang, H. Z., Huang, R. G., Ianni, A., Imbert, L., Johnston, J., Juillard, A., Karapetrov, G., Keppel, G., Khalife, H., Kobychev, V. V., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Konovalov, S. I., Liu, Y., Loaiza, P., Ma, L., Madhukuttan, M., Mancarella, F., Mariam, R., Marini, L., Marnieros, S., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mauri, B., Mayer, D., Mei, Y., Milana, S., Misiak, D., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Navick, X. -F., Nikkel, J., Nipoti, R., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Novosad, V., Nutini, I., O'Donnell, T., Olivier, G., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Ouellet, J. L., Pagan, S., Pagliarone, C., Pagnanini, L., Pari, P., Pattavina, L., Paul, B., Pavan, M., Peng, H., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Poda, D. V., Polakovic, T., Polischuk, O. G., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Ressa, A., Reynet, D., Rizzoli, R., Rosenfeld, C., Sanglard, V., Scarpaci, J. A., Schmidt, B., Sharma, V., Shlegel, V. N., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Speller, D., Surukuchi, P. T., Taffarello, L., Tellier, O., Tomei, C., Tretyak, V. I., Tsymbaliuk, A., Vedda, A., Velazquez, M., Vetter, K. J., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, G., Wang, L., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L. A., Xue, M., Yan, L., Yang, J., Yefremenko, V., Yumatov, V. I., Zarytskyy, M. M., Zhang, J., Zolotarova, A. S., and Zucchelli, S.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: A scintillating bolometer based on a large cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystal (45 mm side) and a Ge wafer (scintillation detector) has been operated in the CROSS cryogenic facility at the Canfranc underground laboratory in Spain. The dual-readout detector is a prototype of the technology that will be used in the next-generation $0\nu2\beta$ experiment CUPID. The measurements were performed at 18 and 12 mK temperature in a pulse tube dilution refrigerator. This setup utilizes the same technology as the CUORE cryostat that will host CUPID and so represents an accurate estimation of the expected performance. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ bolometer shows a high energy resolution of 6 keV FWHM at the 2615 keV $\gamma$ line. The detection of scintillation light for each event triggered by the Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ bolometer allowed for a full separation ($\sim$8$\sigma$) between $\gamma$($\beta$) and $\alpha$ events above 2 MeV. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystal also shows a high internal radiopurity with $^{228}$Th and $^{226}$Ra activities of less than 3 and 8 $\mu$Bq/kg, respectively. Taking also into account the advantage of a more compact and massive detector array, which can be made of cubic-shaped crystals (compared to the cylindrical ones), this test demonstrates the great potential of cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers for high-sensitivity searches for the $^{100}$Mo $0\nu2\beta$ decay in CROSS and CUPID projects., Comment: 19 pages, 7 figures, 1 table
Published: 2020
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4. SiPM-matrix readout of two-phase argon detectors using electroluminescence in the visible and near infrared range

Author: The DarkSide collaboration, Aalseth, C. E., Abdelhakim, S., Agnes, P., Ajaj, R., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alici, A., Alton, A. K., Amaudruz, P., Ameli, F., Anstey, J., Antonioli, P., Arba, M., Arcelli, S., Ardito, R., Arnquist, I. J., Arpaia, P., Asner, D. M., Asunskis, A., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Barbaryan, V., Olmedo, A. Barrado, Batignani, G., Bisogni, M. G., Bocci, V., Bondar, A., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Borisova, E., Bottino, B., Boulay, M. G., Bunker, R., Bussino, S., Buzulutskov, A., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cantini, C., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carnesecchi, F., Castellani, A., Castello, P., Cavalcante, P., Cavazza, D., Cavuoti, S., Cebrian, S., Ruiz, J. M. Cela, Celano, B., Cereseto, R., Chashin, S., Cheng, W., Chepurnov, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Citterio, M., Coccetti, F., Cocco, V., Colocci, M., Vilda, E. Conde, Consiglio, L., Cossio, F., Covone, G., Crivelli, P., D'Antone, I., D'Incecco, M., Rolo, M. D. Da Rocha, Dadoun, O., Daniel, M., Davini, S., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Falco, A., De Gruttola, D., De Guido, G., De Rosa, G., Dellacasa, G., Demontis, P., De Pasquale, S., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Noto, L., Di Pietro, G., Di Stefano, P., Dionisi, C., Dolganov, G., Dordei, F., Downing, M., Edalatfar, F., Empl, A., Diaz, M. Fernandez, Filip, C., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franceschi, A., Franco, D., Frolov, E., Froudakis, G. E., Funicello, N., Gabriele, F., Gabrieli, A., Galbiati, C., Garbini, M., Abia, P. Garcia, Fora, D. Gascón, Gendotti, A., Ghiano, C., Ghisi, A., Giampa, P., Giampaolo, R. A., Giganti, C., Giorgi, M. A., Giovanetti, G. K., Gligan, M. L., Gorchakov, O., Grab, M., Diaz, R. Graciani, Grassi, M., Grate, J. W., Grobov, A., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guerra, M. B. B., Guerzoni, M., Gulino, M., Haaland, R. K., Hackett, B. R., Hallin, A., Haranczyk, M., Harrop, B., Hoppe, E. W., Horikawa, S., Hosseini, B., Hubaut, F., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., Ilyasov, A., Ippolito, V., Jillings, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kochanek, I., Kondo, K., Kopp, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kugathasan, R., Kuss, M., La Commara, M., La Delfa, L., Lai, M., Lebois, M., Lehnert, B., Levashko, N., Li, X., Liqiang, Q., Lissia, M., Lodi, G. U., Longo, G., Lussana, R., Luzzi, L., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Manecki, S., Mapelli, L., Margotti, A., Mari, S. M., Mariani, M., Maricic, J., Marinelli, M., Marras, D., Martínez, M., Rojas, A. D. Martinez, Mascia, M., Mason, J., Masoni, A., McDonald, A. B., Messina, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Moggi, A., Moioli, S., Monroe, J., Morrocchi, M., Mroz, T., Mu, W., Muratova, V. N., Murphy, S., Muscas, C., Musico, P., Nania, R., Napolitano, T., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nessi, M., Nikulin, I., Nosov, V., Nowak, J. A., Oleinik, A., Oleynikov, V., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Palmas, S., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Pazzona, F., Peeters, S., Pegoraro, P. A., Pelczar, K., Pellegrini, L. A., Pellegrino, C., Pelliccia, N., Perotti, F., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Pietropaolo, F., Pocar, A., Pollmann, T. R., Portaluppi, D., Poudel, S. S., Pralavorio, P., Price, D., Radics, B., Raffaelli, F., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Regenfus, C., Renshaw, A. L., Rescia, S., Rescigno, M., Retiere, F., Rignanese, L. P., Ripoli, C., Rivetti, A., Rode, J., Romani, A., Romero, L., Rossi, N., Rubbia, A., Sala, P., Salatino, P., Samoylov, O., García, E. Sánchez, Sandford, E., Sanfilippo, S., Sant, M., Santone, D., Santorelli, R., Savarese, C., Scapparone, E., Schlitzer, B., Scioli, G., Segreto, E., Seifert, A., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Sheshukov, A., Siddhanta, S., Simeone, M., Singh, P. N., Skensved, P., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sobrero, G., Sokolov, A., Sotnikov, A., Stainforth, R., Steri, A., Stracka, S., Strickland, V., Suffritti, G. B., Sulis, S., Suvorov, Y., Szelc, A. M., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thorpe, T., Tonazzo, A., Tosi, A., Tuveri, M., Unzhakov, E. V., Usai, G., Vacca, A., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Viant, T., Viel, S., Villa, F., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., Wahl, J., Walding, J. J., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Westerdale, S., Wheadon, R. J., Williams, R., Wilson, J., Wojcik, Ma. M., Wojcik, Ma., Wu, S., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zuffa, M., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: 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 phase. The "standard" EL mechanism is considered to be due to noble gas excimer emission in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV). In addition, there are two alternative mechanisms, producing light in the visible and near infrared (NIR) ranges. The first is due to bremsstrahlung of electrons scattered on neutral atoms ("neutral bremsstrahlung", NBrS). The second, responsible for electron avalanche scintillation in the NIR at higher electric fields, is due to transitions between excited atomic states. In this work, we have for the first time demonstrated two alternative techniques of the optical readout of two-phase argon detectors, in the visible and NIR range, using a silicon photomultiplier matrix and electroluminescence due to either neutral bremsstrahlung or avalanche scintillation. The amplitude yield and position resolution were measured for these readout techniques, which allowed to assess the detection threshold for electron and nuclear recoils in two-phase argon detectors for dark matter searches. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first practical application of the NBrS effect in detection science., Comment: 26 pages, 22 figures, 3 tables
Published: 2020
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5. Design and construction of a new detector to measure ultra-low radioactive-isotope contamination of argon

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Aalseth, C. E., Abdelhakim, S., Acerbi, F., Agnes, P., Ajaj, R., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alici, A., Alton, A. K., Amaudruz, P., Ameli, F., Anstey, J., Antonioli, P., Arba, M., Arcelli, S., Ardito, R., Arnquist, I. J., Arpaia, P., Asner, D. M., Asunskis, A., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Olmedo, A. Barrado, Batignani, G., Bisogni, M. G., Bocci, V., Bondar, A., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Borisova, E., Bottino, B., Boulay, M. G., Bunker, R., Bussino, S., Buzulutskov, A., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cantini, C., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carnesecchi, F., Carpinelli, M., Castellani, A., Castello, P., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavazza, D., Cavuoti, S., Cebrian, S., Ruiz, J. M. Cela, Celano, B., Cereseto, R., Cheng, W., Chepurnov, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Citterio, M., Cocco, A. G., Cocco, V., Colocci, M., Consiglio, L., Cossio, F., Covone, G., Crivelli, P., D'Antone, I., D'Incecco, M., D'Urso, D., Rolo, M. D. Da Rocha, Dadoun, O., Daniel, M., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Falco, A., De Filippis, G., De Gruttola, D., De Guido, G., De Rosa, G., Dellacasa, G., Demontis, P., DePaquale, S., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Noto, L., Di Pietro, G., Di Stefano, P., Dionisi, C., Dolganov, G., Dordei, F., Downing, M., Edalatfar, F., Empl, A., Diaz, M. Fernandez, Ferri, A., Filip, C., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franceschi, A., Franco, D., Froudakis, G. E., Gabriele, F., Gabrieli, A., Galbiati, C., Abia, P. Garcia, Fora, D. Gascón, Gendotti, A., Ghiano, C., Ghisi, A., Giagu, S., Giampa, P., Giampaolo, R. A., Giganti, C., Giorgi, M. A., Giovanetti, G. K., Gligan, M. L., Gola, A., Gorchakov, O., Grab, M., Diaz, R. Graciani, Granato, F., Grassi, M., Grate, J. W., Grigoriev, G. Y., Grobov, A., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guerra, M. B. B., Guerzoni, M., Gulino, M., Haaland, R. K., Hackett, B. R., Hallin, A., Harrop, B., Hoppe, E. W., Horikawa, S., Hosseini, B., Hubaut, F., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., Ilyasov, A., Ippolito, V., Jillings, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kim, S., Kochanek, I., Kondo, K., Kopp, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kugathasan, R., Kuss, M., Kuźniak, M., La Commara, M., La Delfa, L., Lai, M., Langrock, S., Lebois, M., Lehnert, B., Levashko, N., Li, X., Liqiang, Q., Lissia, M., Lodi, G. U., Longo, G., Manzano, R. López, Lussana, R., Luzzi, L., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mapelli, L., Marcante, M., Margotti, A., Mari, S. M., Mariani, M., Maricic, J., Marinelli, M., Marras, D., Martínez, M., Morales, J. J. Martínez, Rojas, A. D. Martinez, Martoff, C. J., Mascia, M., Mason, J., Masoni, A., Mazzi, A., McDonald, A. B., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Moggi, A., Moioli, S., Monroe, J., Morrocchi, M., Mroz, T., Mu, W., Muratova, V. N., Murphy, S., Muscas, C., Musico, P., Nania, R., Napolitano, T., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nessi, M., Nikulin, I., Oleinik, A., Oleynikov, V., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Palmas, S., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Paternoster, G., Pavletcov, V., Pazzona, F., Peeters, S., Pegoraro, P. A., Pelczar, K., Pellegrini, L. A., Pellegrino, C., Pelliccia, N., Perotti, F., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Piemonte, C., Pietropaolo, F., Pocar, A., Pollman, T., Portaluppi, D., Poudel, S. S., Pralavorio, P., Price, D., Radics, B., Raffaelli, F., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Regazzoni, V., Regenfus, C., Renshaw, A. L., Rescia, S., Rescigno, M., Retiere, F., Rignanese, L. P., Rivetti, A., Romani, A., Romero, L., Rossi, N., Rubbia, A., Sablone, D., Sala, P., Salatino, P., Samoylov, O., García, E. Sánchez, Sanfilippo, S., Sant, M., Santone, D., Santorelli, R., Savarese, C., Scapparone, E., Schlitzer, B., Scioli, G., Segreto, E., Seifert, A., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Sheshukov, A., Siddhanta, S., Simeone, M., Singh, P. N., Skensved, P., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sobrero, G., Sokolov, A., Sotnikov, A., Stainforth, R., Steri, A., Stracka, S., Strickland, V., Suffritti, G. B., Sulis, S., Suvorov, Y., Szelc, A. M., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Thorpe, T., Tonazzo, A., Tosi, A., Tuveri, M., Unzhakov, E. V., Usai, G., Vacca, A., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Verducci, M., Viant, T., Viel, S., Villa, F., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., Wada, M., Wahl, J., Walding, J. J., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Westerdale, S., Wheadon, R. J., Williams, R., Wilson, J., Wojcik, Marcin, Wojcik, Mariusz, Wu, S., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zuffa, M., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Large liquid argon detectors offer one of the best avenues for the detection of galactic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their scattering on atomic nuclei. The liquid argon target allows exquisite discrimination between nuclear and electron recoil signals via pulse-shape discrimination of the scintillation signals. Atmospheric argon (AAr), however, has a naturally occurring radioactive isotope, $^{39}$Ar, a $\beta$ emitter of cosmogenic origin. For large detectors, the atmospheric $^{39}$Ar activity poses pile-up concerns. The use of argon extracted from underground wells, deprived of $^{39}$Ar, is key to the physics potential of these experiments. The DarkSide-20k dark matter search experiment will operate a dual-phase time projection chamber with 50 tonnes of radio-pure underground argon (UAr), that was shown to be depleted of $^{39}$Ar with respect to AAr by a factor larger than 1400. Assessing the $^{39}$Ar content of the UAr during extraction is crucial for the success of DarkSide-20k, as well as for future experiments of the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration (GADMC). This will be carried out by the DArT in ArDM experiment, a small chamber made with extremely radio-pure materials that will be placed at the centre of the ArDM detector, in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) in Spain. The ArDM LAr volume acts as an active veto for background radioactivity, mostly $\gamma$-rays from the ArDM detector materials and the surrounding rock. This article describes the DArT in ArDM project, including the chamber design and construction, and reviews the background required to achieve the expected performance of the detector., Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures. Corresponding author: E. S\'anchez Garc\'ia
Published: 2020
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6. A CUPID (Li2MoO4)-Mo-100 scintillating bolometer tested in the CROSS underground facility

Author: Armatol, A, Armengaud, E, Armstrong, W, Augier, C, III, Avignone FT, Azzolini, O, Bandac, IC, Barabash, AS, Bari, G, Barresi, A, Baudin, D, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Beretta, M, Berge, L, Bourgeois, Ch, Biassoni, M, Billard, J, Boldrini, V, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Calvo-Mozota, JM, Camilleri, J, Candela, A, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cazes, A, Celi, E, Chang, C, Chapellier, M, Charrier, A, Chiesa, D, Clemenza, M, Colantoni, I, Collamati, F, Copello, S, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, RJ, Cruciani, A, D'Addabbo, A, D'Imperio, G, Dafinei, I, Danevich, FA, de Combarieu, M, De Deo, M, De Jesus, M, de Marcillac, P, Dell'Oro, S, Di Domizio, S, Dompe, V, Drobizhev, A, Dumoulin, L, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferri, F, Ferroni, F, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Formaggio, J, Franceschi, A, Fu, C, Fu, S, Fujikawa, BK, Gascon, J, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gras, P, Gros, M, Guerard, E, Gutierrez, TD, Han, K, Hansen, EV, Heeger, KM, Helis, DL, Huang, HZ, Huang, RG, Ianni, A, Imbert, L, Johnston, J, Juillard, A, Karapetrov, G, Keppel, G, Khalife, H, Kobychev, VV, Kolomensky, Yu G, Konovalov, SI, Liu, Y, Loaiza, P, Ma, L, Madhukuttan, M, Mancarella, F, Mariam, R, and Marini, L
Subjects: Cryogenic detectors, Double-beta decay detectors, Particle identification methods, Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes, physics.ins-det, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract: A scintillating bolometer based on a large cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$crystal (45 mm side) and a Ge wafer (scintillation detector) has been operatedin the CROSS cryogenic facility at the Canfranc underground laboratory inSpain. The dual-readout detector is a prototype of the technology that will beused in the next-generation $0\nu2\beta$ experiment CUPID. The measurementswere performed at 18 and 12 mK temperature in a pulse tube dilutionrefrigerator. This setup utilizes the same technology as the CUORE cryostatthat will host CUPID and so represents an accurate estimation of the expectedperformance. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ bolometer shows a high energyresolution of 6 keV FWHM at the 2615 keV $\gamma$ line. The detection ofscintillation light for each event triggered by the Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$bolometer allowed for a full separation ($\sim$8$\sigma$) between$\gamma$($\beta$) and $\alpha$ events above 2 MeV. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$crystal also shows a high internal radiopurity with $^{228}$Th and $^{226}$Raactivities of less than 3 and 8 $\mu$Bq/kg, respectively. Taking also intoaccount the advantage of a more compact and massive detector array, which canbe made of cubic-shaped crystals (compared to the cylindrical ones), this testdemonstrates the great potential of cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillatingbolometers for high-sensitivity searches for the $^{100}$Mo $0\nu2\beta$ decayin CROSS and CUPID projects.
Published: 2021

7. A CUPID Li2100MoO4 scintillating bolometer tested in the CROSS underground facility

Author: Armatol, A, Armengaud, E, Armstrong, W, Augier, C, Avignone, FT, Azzolini, O, Bandac, IC, Barabash, AS, Bari, G, Barresi, A, Baudin, D, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Beretta, M, Bergé, L, Bourgeois, Ch, Biassoni, M, Billard, J, Boldrini, V, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Calvo-Mozota, JM, Camilleri, J, Candela, A, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cazes, A, Celi, E, Chang, C, Chapellier, M, Charrier, A, Chiesa, D, Clemenza, M, Colantoni, I, Collamati, F, Copello, S, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, RJ, Cruciani, A, D'Addabbo, A, D'Imperio, G, Dafinei, I, Danevich, FA, de Combarieu, M, De Deo, M, De Jesus, M, de Marcillac, P, Dell'Oro, S, Di Domizio, S, Dompe, V, Drobizhev, A, Dumoulin, L, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferri, F, Ferroni, F, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Formaggio, J, Franceschi, A, Fu, C, Fu, S, Fujikawa, BK, Gascon, J, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gras, P, Gros, M, Guerard, E, Gutierrez, TD, Han, K, Hansen, EV, Heeger, KM, Helis, DL, Huang, HZ, Huang, RG, Ianni, A, Imbert, L, Johnston, J, Juillard, A, Karapetrov, G, Keppel, G, Khalife, H, Kobychev, VV, Kolomensky, Yu G, Konovalov, SI, Liu, Y, Loaiza, P, Ma, L, Madhukuttan, M, Mancarella, F, Mariam, R, and Marini, L
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Cryogenic detectors, Double-beta decay detectors, Particle identification methods, Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes, physics.ins-det, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract: A scintillating bolometer based on a large cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$crystal (45 mm side) and a Ge wafer (scintillation detector) has been operatedin the CROSS cryogenic facility at the Canfranc underground laboratory inSpain. The dual-readout detector is a prototype of the technology that will beused in the next-generation $0u2\beta$ experiment CUPID. The measurementswere performed at 18 and 12 mK temperature in a pulse tube dilutionrefrigerator. This setup utilizes the same technology as the CUORE cryostatthat will host CUPID and so represents an accurate estimation of the expectedperformance. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ bolometer shows a high energyresolution of 6 keV FWHM at the 2615 keV $\gamma$ line. The detection ofscintillation light for each event triggered by the Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$bolometer allowed for a full separation ($\sim$8$\sigma$) between$\gamma$($\beta$) and $\alpha$ events above 2 MeV. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$crystal also shows a high internal radiopurity with $^{228}$Th and $^{226}$Raactivities of less than 3 and 8 $\mu$Bq/kg, respectively. Taking also intoaccount the advantage of a more compact and massive detector array, which canbe made of cubic-shaped crystals (compared to the cylindrical ones), this testdemonstrates the great potential of cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillatingbolometers for high-sensitivity searches for the $^{100}$Mo $0u2\beta$ decayin CROSS and CUPID projects.
Published: 2021

8. Measurement of the ion fraction and mobility of $^{218}$Po produced in $^{222}$Rn decays in liquid argon

Author: Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Batignani, G., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W. M., Bottino, B., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavuoti, S., Chepurnov, A., Cicalo, C., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Rosa, G., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., D'Incecco, M., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Downing, M., D'Urso, D., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Gorchakov, O., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Grobov, A., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Gulino, M., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hosseini, B., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Ippolito, V., Johnson, T. N., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kochanek, I., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kuss, M., La Commara, M., Lai, M., Li, X., Lissia, M., Longo, G., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mapelli, L., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Monte, A., Morrocchi, M., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nozdrina, A. O., Oleinik, A., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Picciau, E., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Poudel, S. S., Qian, H., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Sablone, D., Samoylov, O., Sands, W., Sanfilippo, S., Savarese, C., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Stracka, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., Wada, M., Waldrop, T. J., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We report measurements of the charged daughter fraction of $^{218}$Po as a result of the $^{222}$Rn alpha decay, and the mobility of $^{218}$Po$^+$ ions, using radon-polonium coincidences from the $^{238}$U chain identified in 532 live-days of DarkSide-50 WIMP-search data. The fraction of $^{218}$Po that is charged is found to be 0.37$\pm$0.03 and the mobility of $^{218}$Po$^+$ is (8.6$\pm$0.1)$\times$10$^{-4}$$\frac{\text{cm}^2}{\text{Vs}}$.
Published: 2019
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9. Accurate GPS-based timestamp facility for Gran Sasso National Laboratory

Author: De Deo, M., Di Carlo, G., Fulgione, W., Molinario, A., Parlati, S., Podviianiuk, R., and Razeto, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: A new system to assign accurate timestamps to events recorded by experiments running underground has been designed, installed and tested at INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy. This facility is based on a Master unit installed on surface and receiving time information from a GPS receiver, and Slave units placed underground which get data packet from the Master via optical fiber and assign the timestamps. The system is able to provide a time accuracy of 15 ns (1 $\sigma$) and precise reference frequencies to the experiments. It is now part of the infrastructure of the Laboratory for all the experimental activities which need accurate timestamps.
Published: 2019
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10. Measurement of the muon flux in the bunker of Monte Soratte with the CRC detector

Author: Gustavino, G., Candela, A., Cocco, A., D’Ambrosio, N., De Deo, M., De Iulis, A., D’Incecco, M., Garcia Abia, P., Gustavino, C., Messina, M., Paolucci, G., Parlati, S., and Rossi, N.
Published: 2023
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11. Measurement of the ion fraction and mobility of 218Po produced in 222Rn decays in liquid argon

Author: Agnes, P, Albuquerque, IFM, Alexander, T, Alton, AK, Ave, M, Back, HO, Batignani, G, Biery, K, Bocci, V, Bonfini, G, Bonivento, WM, Bottino, B, Bussino, S, Cadeddu, M, Cadoni, M, Calaprice, F, Caminata, A, Canci, N, Candela, A, Caravati, M, Cariello, M, Carlini, M, Carpinelli, M, Catalanotti, S, Cataudella, V, Cavalcante, P, Cavuoti, S, Chepurnov, A, Cicalò, C, Cocco, AG, Covone, G, D'Angelo, D, Davini, S, De Candia, A, De Cecco, S, De Deo, M, De Filippis, G, De Rosa, G, Derbin, AV, Devoto, A, Di Eusanio, F, D'Incecco, M, Di Pietro, G, Dionisi, C, Downing, M, D'Urso, D, Edkins, E, Empl, A, Fiorillo, G, Fomenko, K, Franco, D, Gabriele, F, Galbiati, C, Ghiano, C, Giagu, S, Giganti, C, Giovanetti, GK, Gorchakov, O, Goretti, AM, Granato, F, Grobov, A, Gromov, M, Guan, M, Guardincerri, Y, Gulino, M, Hackett, BR, Herner, K, Hosseini, B, Hughes, D, Humble, P, Hungerford, EV, Ianni, A, Ippolito, V, Johnson, TN, Keeter, K, Kendziora, CL, Kochanek, I, Koh, G, Korablev, D, Korga, G, Kubankin, A, Kuss, M, La Commara, M, Lai, M, Li, X, Lissia, M, Longo, G, Machado, AA, Machulin, IN, Mandarano, A, Mapelli, L, Mari, SM, Maricic, J, Martoff, CJ, Messina, A, Meyers, PD, Milincic, R, Monte, A, and Morrocchi, M
Subjects: Dark Matter detectors, Noble liquid detectors, Time projection chambers, astro-ph.IM, physics.ins-det, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We report measurements of the charged daughter fraction of 218Po as a result of the 222Rn alpha decay, and the mobility of 218Po+ ions, using radon-polonium coincidences from the 238U chain identified in 532 live-days of DarkSide-50 WIMP-search data. The fraction of 218Po that is charged is found to be 0.37 ± 0.03 and the mobility of 218Po+ is (8.6 ± 0.1) × 10−4 cmVs2.
Published: 2019

12. Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Araujo, G. R., Asner, D. M., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Batignani, G., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bottino, B., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavuoti, S., Cereseto, R., Chepurnov, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., D'Urso, D., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Rosa, G., De Vincenzi, M., Demontis, P., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Downing, M., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Gabrieli, A., Galbiati, C., Abia, P. Garcia, Ghiano, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Gorchakov, O., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Gulino, M., Hackett, B. R., Hassanshahi, M. H., Herner, K., Hosseini, B., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Ippolito, V., James, I., Johnson, T. N., Kahn, Y., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kochanek, I., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kuss, M., La Commara, M., Lai, M., Li, X., Lisanti, M., Lissia, M., Loer, B., Longo, G., Ma, Y., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mapelli, L., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Mishra-Sharma, S., Monte, A., Morrocchi, M., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Nania, R., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nozdrina, A. O., Oleinik, A., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Pazzona, F., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pesudo, V., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Poudel, S. S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Sablone, D., Samoylov, O., Sands, W., Sanfilippo, S., Sant, M., Santorelli, R., Savarese, C., Scapparone, E., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Stracka, S., Suffritti, G. B., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Waldrop, T. J., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M. M., Wojcik, M., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zhu, C., Zichichi, A., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50 apparatus at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The analysis is based on the ionization signal, for which the DarkSide-50 time projection chamber is fully efficient at 0.1 keVee. The observed rate in the detector at 0.5 keVee is about 1.5 events/keVee/kg/day and is almost entirely accounted for by known background sources. We obtain a 90% C.L. exclusion limit above 1.8 GeV/c^2 for the spin-independent cross section of dark matter WIMPs on nucleons, extending the exclusion region for dark matter below previous limits in the range 1.8-6 GeV/c^2., Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures; submission accepted by journal
Published: 2018
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13. DarkSide-50 532-day Dark Matter Search with Low-Radioactivity Argon

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Araujo, G. R., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Batignani, G., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bottino, B., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavuoti, S., Chepurnov, A., Cicalò, C., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., D'Urso, D., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Rosa, G., De Vincenzi, M., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Downing, M., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Gorchakov, O., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Gulino, M., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hosseini, B., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., Ippolito, V., James, I., Johnson, T. N., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kochanek, I., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kuss, M., La Commara, M., Lai, M., Li, X., Lissia, M., Longo, G., Ma, Y., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mapelli, L., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Monte, A., Morrocchi, M., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nozdrina, A. O., Oleinik, A., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Poudel, S. S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Sablone, D., Samoylov, O., Sands, W., Sanfilippo, S., Savarese, C., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Stracka, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Waldrop, T. J., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on the blind analysis of a (16,660+-270) kg d exposure using a target of low-radioactivity argon extracted from underground sources. We find no events in the dark matter selection box and set a 90% C.L. upper limit on the dark matter-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 1.14E-44 cm^2 (3.78E-44 cm^2, 3.43E-43 cm^2) for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c^2 (1 TeV/c^2, 10 TeV/c^2)., Comment: 17 pages, 13 figures. V3 changes: updates for clarity for publication, additional figure
Published: 2018
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14. Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter-Electron Scattering from the DarkSide-50 Experiment

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Araujo, G. R., Asner, D. M., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Batignani, G., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bottino, B., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavuoti, S., Cereseto, R., Chepurnov, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., D'Urso, D., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Rosa, G., De Vincenzi, M., Demontis, P., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Downing, M., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Gabrieli, A., Galbiati, C., Abia, P. Garcia, Ghiano, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Gorchakov, O., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Gulino, M., Hackett, B. R., Hassanshahi, M. H., Herner, K., Hosseini, B., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Ippolito, V., James, I., Johnson, T. N., Kahn, Y., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kochanek, I., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kuss, M., La Commara, M., Lai, M., Li, X., Lisanti, M., Lissia, M., Loer, B., Longo, G., Ma, Y., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mapelli, L., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Mishra-Sharma, S., Monte, A., Morrocchi, M., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Nania, R., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nozdrina, A. O., Oleinik, A., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Pazzona, F., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Poudel, S. S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Sablone, D., Samoylov, O., Sands, W., Sanfilippo, S., Sant, M., Santorelli, R., Savarese, C., Scapparone, E., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Stracka, S., Suffritti, G. B., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Waldrop, T. J., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M. M., Wojcik, M., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zhu, C., Zichichi, A., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present new constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles scattering off electrons in argon based on an analysis of ionization signal data from the DarkSide-50 detector., Comment: replaced with published version
Published: 2018
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15. Electroluminescence pulse shape and electron diffusion in liquid argon measured in a dual-phase TPC

Author: Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Asner, D. M., Ave, M. P., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Batignani, G., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavuoti, S., Chepurnov, A., Cicalo, C., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., D'Urso, D., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Rosa, G., De Vincenzi, M., Demontis, P., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Edkins, E., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Gabrieli, A., Galbiati, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardinbcerri, Y., Gulino, M., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., James, I., Johnson, T. N., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kuss, M., Li, X., Lissia, M., Loer, B., Longo, G., Ma, Y., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Monte, A., Morrocchi, M., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nozdrina, A., Oleinik, A., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Pazzona, F., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Qian, H., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Sablone, D., Samoylov, O., Sands, W., Sanfilippo, S., Sant, M., Savarese, C., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suffritti, G. B., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Waldrop, T. J., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We report the measurement of the longitudinal diffusion constant in liquid argon with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase time projection chamber. The measurement is performed at drift electric fields of 100 V/cm, 150 V/cm, and 200 V/cm using high statistics $^{39}$Ar decays from atmospheric argon. We derive an expression to describe the pulse shape of the electroluminescence signal (S2) in dual-phase TPCs. The derived S2 pulse shape is fit to events from the uppermost portion of the TPC in order to characterize the radial dependence of the signal. The results are provided as inputs to the measurement of the longitudinal diffusion constant DL, which we find to be (4.12 $\pm$ 0.04) cm$^2$/s for a selection of 140keV electron recoil events in 200V/cm drift field and 2.8kV/cm extraction field. To study the systematics of our measurement we examine datasets of varying event energy, field strength, and detector volume yielding a weighted average value for the diffusion constant of (4.09 $\pm$ 0.09) cm$^2$ /s. The measured longitudinal diffusion constant is observed to have an energy dependence, and within the studied energy range the result is systematically lower than other results in the literature.
Published: 2018
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16. DarkSide-20k: A 20 Tonne Two-Phase LAr TPC for Direct Dark Matter Detection at LNGS

Author: Aalseth, C. E., Acerbi, F., Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alici, A., Alton, A. K., Antonioli, P., Arcelli, S., Ardito, R., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Olmedo, A. I. Barrado, Batignani, G., Bertoldo, E., Bettarini, S., Bisogni, M. G., Bocci, V., Bondar, A., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Boulay, M., Bunker, R., Bussino, S., Buzulutskov, A., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cantini, C., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Castellani, A., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavuoti, S., Cereseto, R., Chepurnov, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Citterio, M., Cocco, A. G., Colocci, M., Corgiolu, S., Covone, G., Crivelli, P., D'Antone, I., D'Incecco, M., D'Urso, D., Rolo, M. D. Da Rocha, Daniel, M., Davini, S., de Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Guido, G., De Rosa, G., Dellacasa, G., Della Valle, M., Demontis, P., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Dolgov, A., Dormia, I., Dussoni, S., Empl, A., Diaz, M. Fernandez, Ferri, A., Filip, C., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Froudakis, G. E., Gabriele, F., Gabrieli, A., Galbiati, C., Abia, P. Garcia, Gendotti, A., Ghisi, A., Giagu, S., Giampa, P., Gibertoni, G., Giganti, C., Giorgi, M. A., Giovanetti, G. K., Gligan, M. L., Gola, A., Gorchakov, O., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Grassi, M., Grate, J. W., Grigoriev, G. Y., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guerra, M. B. B., Guerzoni, M., Gulino, M., Haaland, R. K., Hallin, A., Harrop, B., Hoppe, E. W., Horikawa, S., Hosseini, B., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., Jillings, C., Johnson, T. N., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kim, S., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kuss, M., Kuźniak, M., Lehnert, B., Li, X., Lissia, M., Lodi, G. U., Loer, B., Longo, G., Loverre, P., Lussana, R., Luzzi, L., Ma, Y., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mapelli, L., Marcante, M., Margotti, A., Mari, S. M., Mariani, M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Mascia, M., Mayer, M., McDonald, A. B., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Moggi, A., Moioli, S., Monroe, J., Monte, A., Morrocchi, M., Mount, B. J., Mu, W., Muratova, V. N., Murphy, S., Musico, P., Nania, R., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nikulin, I., Nosov, V., Nozdrina, A. O., Nurakhov, N. N., Oleinik, A., Oleynikov, V., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Palmas, S., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Paternoster, G., Pavletcov, V., Pazzona, F., Peeters, S., Pelczar, K., Pellegrini, L. A., Pelliccia, N., Perotti, F., Perruzza, R., Fortes, V. Pesudo, Piemonte, C., Pilo, F., Pocar, A., Pollmann, T., Portaluppi, D., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Radics, B., Raffaelli, F., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Regazzoni, V., Regenfus, C., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Retière, F., Riffard, Q., Rivetti, A., Rizzardini, S., Romani, A., Romero, L., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rubbia, A., Sablone, D., Salatino, P., Samoylov, O., García, E. Sánchez, Sands, W., Sant, M., Santorelli, R., Savarese, C., Scapparone, E., Schlitzer, B., Scioli, G., Segreto, E., Seifert, A., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Shekhtman, L., Shemyakina, E., Sheshukov, A., Simeone, M., Singh, P. N., Skensved, P., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sobrero, G., Sokolov, A., Sotnikov, A., Speziale, F., Stainforth, R., Stanford, C., Suffritti, G. B., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Tosi, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Vacca, A., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Verducci, M., Viant, T., Villa, F., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Wahl, J., Walding, J., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Williams, R., Wojcik, M. M., Wu, S., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., de Llano, A. Yllera, Zappa, F., Zappalà, G., Zhu, C., Zichichi, A., Zullo, M., and Zullo, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: 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 Projection Chamber (LArTPC) with an active (fiducial) mass of 23 t (20 t). The DarkSide-20k LArTPC will be deployed within a shield/veto with a spherical Liquid Scintillator Veto (LSV) inside a cylindrical Water Cherenkov Veto (WCV). Operation of DarkSide-50 demonstrated a major reduction in the dominant $^{39}$Ar background when using argon extracted from an underground source, before applying pulse shape analysis. Data from DarkSide-50, in combination with MC simulation and analytical modeling, shows that a rejection factor for discrimination between electron and nuclear recoils of $\gt3\times10^9$ is achievable. This, along with the use of the veto system, is the key to unlocking the path to large LArTPC detector masses, while maintaining an "instrumental background-free" experiment, an experiment in which less than 0.1 events (other than $\nu$-induced nuclear recoils) is expected to occur within the WIMP search region during the planned exposure. DarkSide-20k will have ultra-low backgrounds than can be measured in situ. This will give sensitivity to WIMP-nucleon cross sections of $1.2\times10^{-47}$ cm$^2$ ($1.1\times10^{-46}$ cm$^2$) for WIMPs of $1$ TeV$/c^2$ ($10$ TeV$/c^2$) mass, to be achieved during a 5 yr run producing an exposure of 100 t yr free from any instrumental background. DarkSide-20k could then extend its operation to a decade, increasing the exposure to 200 t yr, reaching a sensitivity of $7.4\times10^{-48}$ cm$^2$ ($6.9\times10^{-47}$ cm$^2$) for WIMPs of $1$ TeV$/c^2$ ($10$ TeV$/c^2$) mass.
Published: 2017
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17. Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Asner, D. M., Back, H. O., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Cicalo, C., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., de Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Vincenzi, M., Derbin, A. V., De Rosa, G., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., James, I., Johnson, T. N., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Li, X., Lissia, M., Loer, B., Longo, G., Ma, Y., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Monte, A., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Napolitano, J., Agasson, A. Navrer, Oleinik, A., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Randle, K., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Sablone, D., Sands, W., Sanfilippo, S., Savarese, C., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wilhelmi, J., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP interactions in liquid argon. In the process of WIMP searches, DarkSide-50 has achieved two fundamental milestones: the rejection of electron recoil background with a power of ~10^7, using the pulse shape discrimination technique, and the measurement of the residual 39Ar contamination in underground argon, ~3 orders of magnitude lower with respect to atmospheric argon. These results rely on the accurate simulation of the detector response to the liquid argon scintillation, its ionization, and electron-ion recombination processes. This work provides a complete overview of the DarkSide Monte Carlo and of its performance, with a particular focus on PARIS, the custom-made liquid argon response model., Comment: 29 pages, 23 figures, 1 table
Published: 2017
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18. Cryogenic Characterization of FBK RGB-HD SiPMs

Author: Aalseth, C. E., Acerbi, F., Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alici, A., Alton, A. K., Ampudia, P., Antonioli, P., Arcelli, S., Ardito, R., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Back, H. O., Batignani, G., Bertoldo, E., Bettarini, S., Bisogni, M. G., Bocci, V., Bondar, A., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Bunker, R., Bussino, S., Buzulutskov, A., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cantini, C., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Castellani, A., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cereseto, R., Chen, Y., Chepurnov, A., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Citterio, M., Cocco, A. G., Colocci, M., Corgiolu, S., Covone, G., Crivelli, P., D'Antone, I., D'Incecco, M., Rolo, M. D. Da Rocha, Daniel, M., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Filippis, G., De Guido, G., De Rosa, G., Dellacasa, G., Demontis, P., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Dolgov, A., Dormia, I., Dussoni, S., Empl, A., Ferri, A., Filip, C., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Froudakis, G. E., Gabriele, F., Gabrieli, A., Galbiati, C., Abia, P. Garcia, Gendotti, A., Ghisi, A., Giagu, S., Gibertoni, G., Giganti, C., Giorgi, M., Giovanetti, G. K., Gligan, M. L., Gola, A., Gorchakov, O., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Grassi, M., Grate, J. W., Grigoriev, G. Y., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guerra, M. B. B., Guerzoni, M., Gulino, M., Haaland, R. K., Harrop, B., Hoppe, E. W., Horikawa, S., Hosseini, B., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., Cabre, S. Jimenez, Johnson, T. N., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kim, S., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kugathasan, R., Kuss, M., Li, X., Lissia, M., Lodi, G. U., Loer, B., Longo, G., Lussana, R., Luzzi, L., Ma, Y., Machado, A. A., Machulin, I. N., Mais, L., Mandarano, A., Mapelli, L., Marcante, M., Margotti, A., Mari, S. M., Mariani, M., Maricic, J., Marinelli, M., Marras, D., Martoff, C. J., Mascia, M., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Moggi, A., Moioli, S., Monasterio, S., Monroe, J., Monte, A., Morrocchi, M., Mu, W., Muratova, V. N., Murphy, S., Musico, P., Nania, R., Napolitano, J., Agasson, A. Navrer, Nikulin, I., Nosov, V., Nozdrina, A. O., Nurakhov, N. N., Oleinik, A., Oleynikov, V., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Palmas, S., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Paternoster, G., Pavletcov, V., Pazzona, F., Pelczar, K., Pellegrini, L. A., Pelliccia, N., Perotti, F., Perruzza, R., Piemonte, C., Pilo, F., Pocar, A., Portaluppi, D., Poudel, S. S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Radics, B., Raffaelli, F., Ragusa, F., Randle, K., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Regazzoni, V., Regenfus, C., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Rivetti, A., Romani, A., Romero, L., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rubbia, A., Sablone, D., Salatino, P., Samoylov, O., Sands, W., Sant, M., Santorelli, R., Savarese, C., Scapparone, E., Schlitzer, B., Scioli, G., Sechi, E., Segreto, E., Seifert, A., Semenov, D. A., Serci, S., Shchagin, A., Shekhtman, L., Shemyakina, E., Sheshukov, A., Simeone, M., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sobrero, G., Sokolov, A., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suffritti, G. B., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Tosi, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Vacca, A., Verducci, M., Viant, T., Villa, F., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Wahl, J., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wilhelmi, J., Williams, R., Wojcik, M. M., Wu, S., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Ye, Z., Zappa, F., Zappalà, G., Zhu, C., Zichichi, A., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We report on the cryogenic characterization of Red Green Blue - High Density (RGB-HD) SiPMs developed at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) as part of the DarkSide program of dark matter searches with liquid argon time projection chambers. A dedicated setup was used to measure the primary dark noise, the correlated noise, and the gain of the SiPMs at varying temperatures. A custom-made data acquisition system and analysis software were used to precisely characterize these parameters. We demonstrate that FBK RGB-HD SiPMs with low quenching resistance (RGB-HD-LR$_q$) can be operated from 40 K to 300 K with gains in the range $10^5$ to $10^6$ and noise rates on the order of a few Hz/mm$^2$.
Published: 2017
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19. Measurement of the muon flux in the bunker of Monte Soratte with the CRC detector

Author: Candela, A., Cocco, A., D’Ambrosio, N., De Deo, M., De Iulis, A., D’Incecco, M., Garcia Abia, P., Gustavino, C., Gustavino, G., Messina, M., Paolucci, G., Parlati, S., and Rossi, N.
Published: 2022
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20. CALIS - a CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment

Author: Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Asner, D. M., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadonati, L., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Catalanotti, S., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Cicalo, C., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Vincenzi, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Forster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., James, I., Johnson, T. N., Jollet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Li, X., Lissia, M., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Longo, G., Ma, Y., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, C. J., Meregaglia, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Miller, J. D., Montanari, D., Monte, A., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Napolitano, J., Agasson, A. Navrer, Odrowski, S., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Parmeggiano, S., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Savarese, C., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenova, D. A., Shields, E., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wilhelmi, J., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, Xi., Xiao, X., Xu, J., Yang, C., Zec, A., Zhong, W., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS deploys radioactive sources into the liquid scintillator veto to characterize the detector response and detection efficiency of the DarkSide-50 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, and the surrounding 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto. It was commissioned in September 2014 and has been used successfully in several gamma and neutron source campaigns since then. A description of the hardware and an excerpt of calibration analysis results are given below., Comment: 21 pages, 11 figures
Published: 2016
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21. Effect of Low Electric Fields on Alpha Scintillation Light Yield in Liquid Argon

Author: Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Asner, D. M., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Caravati, M., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Catalanotti, S., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Cicalò, C., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Vincenzi, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Dionisi, C., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Forster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Giagu, S., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hughes, D., Humble, P., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, A., James, I., Johnson, T. N., Jollet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Li, X., Lissia, M., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Longo, G., Ma, Y., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, C. J., Meregaglia, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Miller, J. D., Montanari, D., Monte, A., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Napolitano, J., Agasson, A. Navrer, Odrowski, S., Oleinik, A., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Parmeggiano, S., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Sands, W., Savarese, C., Schlitzer, B., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shields, E., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Verducci, M., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wilhelmi, J., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xiao, X., Xu, J., Yang, C., Zhong, W., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Measurements were made of scintillation light yield of alpha particles from the $^{222}$Rn decay chain within the DarkSide-50 liquid argon time projection chamber. The light yield was found to increase as the applied electric field increased, with alphas in a 200 V/cm electric field exhibiting a 2% increase in light yield compared to alphas in no field., Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2016
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22. The Electronics and Data Acquisition System for the DarkSide-50 Veto Detectors

Author: Agnes, P., Agostino, L., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Arisaka, K., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Catalanotti, S., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., Crippa, L., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Vincenzi, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Foster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Giganti, C., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K. R., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, James, I., Jollet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kobychev, V., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Li, X., Lissia, M., Lombardi, P., Luitz, S., Ma, Y., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, C. J., Meregaglia, A., Meyers, P. D., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Montanari, D., Monte, A., Montuschi, M., Monzani, M. E., Mosteiro, P., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Napolitano, J., Nelson, A., Odrowski, S., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Parmeggiano, S., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Riffard, Q., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, S. D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Sangiorgio, S., Savarese, C., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shields, E., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wilhelmi, J., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xu, J., Yang, C., Yoo, J., Zavatarelli, S., Zec, A., Zhong, W., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: DarkSide-50 is a detector for dark matter candidates in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). It utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) for the inner main detector. The TPC is surrounded by a liquid scintillator veto (LSV) and a water Cherenkov veto detector (WCV). The LSV and WCV, both instrumented with PMTs, act as the neutron and cosmogenic muon veto detectors for DarkSide-50. This paper describes the electronics and data acquisition system used for these two detectors.
Published: 2016
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23. The veto system of the DarkSide-50 experiment

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Agnes, P., Agostino, L., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Arisaka, K., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadonati, L., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Catalanotti, S., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., Crippa, L., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Vincenzi, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Foster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Giganti, C., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K. R., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Aldo, Ianni, Andrea, James, I., Johnson, T., Jollet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kobychev, V., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Li, X., Lissia, M., Lombardi, P., Luitz, S., Ma, Y., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, C. J., Meregaglia, A., Meyers, P. D., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Montanari, D., Monte, A., Montuschi, M., Monzani, M. E., Mosteiro, P., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Napolitano, J., Nelson, A., Odrowski, S., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Parmeggiano, S., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, S. D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Sangiorgio, S., Savarese, C., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shields, E., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wilhelmi, J., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xu, J., Yang, C., Yoo, J., Zavatarelli, S., Zec, A., Zhong, W., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Nuclear recoil events produced by neutron scatters form one of the most important classes of background in WIMP direct detection experiments, as they may produce nuclear recoils that look exactly like WIMP interactions. In DarkSide-50, we both actively suppress and measure the rate of neutron-induced background events using our neutron veto, composed of a boron-loaded liquid scintillator detector within a water Cherenkov detector. This paper is devoted to the description of the neutron veto system of DarkSide-50, including the detector structure, the fundamentals of event reconstruction and data analysis, and basic performance parameters.
Published: 2015
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24. Results from the first use of low radioactivity argon in a dark matter search

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Agnes, P., Agostino, L., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Arisaka, K., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadonati, L., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Catalanotti, S., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., Crippa, L., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Cecco, S., De Deo, M., De Vincenzi, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Forster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Giganti, C., Goretti, A. M., Granato, F., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., James, I., Jollet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kobychev, V., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Li, X., Lissia, M., Lombardi, P., Luitz, S., Ma, Y., Machulin, I. N., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, C. J., Meregaglia, A., Meyers, P. D., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Montanari, D., Monte, A., Montuschi, M., Monzani, M., Mosteiro, P., Mount, B. J., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Napolitano, J., Nelson, A., Odrowski, S., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Parmeggiano, S., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D. A., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A. L., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Sangiorgio, S., Savarese, C., Segreto, E., Semenov, D. A., Shields, E., Singh, P. N., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smallcomb, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Trinchese, P., Unzhakov, E. V., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Wilhelmi, J., Wojcik, M. M., Xiang, X., Xu, J., Yang, C., Yoo, J., Zavatarelli, S., Zec, A., Zhong, W., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Liquid argon is a bright scintillator with potent particle identification properties, making it an attractive target for direct-detection dark matter searches. The DarkSide-50 dark matter search here reports the first WIMP search results obtained using a target of low-radioactivity argon. DarkSide-50 is a dark matter detector, using two-phase liquid argon time projection chamber, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. The underground argon is shown to contain Ar-39 at a level reduced by a factor (1.4 +- 0.2) x 10^3 relative to atmospheric argon. We report a background-free null result from (2616 +- 43) kg d of data, accumulated over 70.9 live-days. When combined with our previous search using an atmospheric argon, the 90 % C.L. upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section based on zero events found in the WIMP search regions, is 2.0 x 10^-44 cm^2 (8.6 x 10^-44 cm^2, 8.0 x 10^-43 cm^2) for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c^2 (1 TeV/c^2 , 10 TeV/c^2)., Comment: Accepted by Phys. Rev. D
Published: 2015
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25. Hydrogen Bond Symmetrization in Glycinium Oxalate under Pressure

Author: Bhatt, Himal, Murli, Chitra, Mishra, A. K., Verma, Ashok K., Garg, Nandini, Deo, M. N., Chitra, R., and Sharma, Surinder M.
Subjects: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Abstract: We report here the evidences of hydrogen bond symmetrization in the simplest amino acid- carboxylic acid complex, glycinium oxalate, at moderate pressures of 8 GPa using in-situ infrared and Raman spectroscopic investigations combined with first-principles simulations. The protonation of the semioxalate units through dynamic proton movement results in infinite oxalate chains. At pressures above 12 GPa, the glycine units systematically reorient with pressure to form hydrogen bonded supramolecular assemblies held together by these chains.
Published: 2015
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26. The Electronics and Data Acquisition System of the DarkSide Dark Matter Search

Author: The DarkSide Collaboration, Agnes, P., Alexander, T., Alton, A., Arisaka, K., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cariello, M., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Cocco, A. G., Crippa, L., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Deo, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pieto, G., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Forster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M. Y., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B., Herner, K., Hungerford, E., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Jollet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C., Kidner, S., Kobychev, V., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kurlej, A., Li, P. X., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Love, C., Ludhova, L., Luitz, S., Ma, Y. Q., Machulin, I., Mandarano, A., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, J., Meregaglia, A., Meroni, E., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Montanari, D., Montuschi, M., Monzani, M. E., Mosteiro, P., Mount, B., Muratova, V., Musico, P., Nelson, A., Odrowski, S., Okounkoa, M., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Papp, L., Parmeggiano, S., Parsells, Bob, Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, S. D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Sangiorgio, S., Segreto, E., Semenov, D., Shields, E., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Unzhakov, E., Vogelaar, R. B., Wada, M., Walker, S. E., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Xiang, X., Xu, J., Yang, C. G., Yoo, J., Zavatarelli, S., Zec, A., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: It is generally inferred from astronomical measurements that Dark Matter (DM) comprises approximately 27\% of the energy-density of the universe. If DM is a subatomic particle, a possible candidate is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), and the DarkSide-50 (DS) experiment is a direct search for evidence of WIMP-nuclear collisions. DS is located underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, and consists of three active, embedded components; an outer water veto (CTF), a liquid scintillator veto (LSV), and a liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC). This paper describes the data acquisition and electronic systems of the DS detectors, designed to detect the residual ionization from such collisions.
Published: 2014

27. First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

Author: Agnes, P., Alexander, T., Alton, A., Arisaka, K., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cariello, M., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Cocco, A. G., Crippa, L., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Deo, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Forster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M. Y., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B., Herner, K., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Jollet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C., Kidner, S., Kobychev, V., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kurlej, A., Li, P. X., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Love, C., Ludhova, L., Luitz, S., Ma, Y. Q., Machulin, I., Mandarano, A., Mari, S., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, C. J., Meregaglia, A., Meroni, E., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Montanari, D., Monte, A., Montuschi, M., Monzani, M. E., Mosteiro, P., Mount, B., Muratova, V., Musico, P., Nelson, A., Odrowski, S., Okounkova, M., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Papp, L., Parmeggiano, S., Parsells, R., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Pugachev, D., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, S. D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Sangiorgio, S., Segreto, E., Semenov, D., Shields, E., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Unzhakov, E., Vogelaar, R. B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Xiang, X., Xu, J., Yang, C. G., Yoo, J., Zavatarelli, S., Zec, A., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The dark matter detector is a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber with a (46.4+-0.7) kg active mass, operated inside a 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto, which is in turn installed at the center of a 1 kt water Cherenkov veto for the residual flux of cosmic rays. We report here the null results of a dark matter search for a (1422+-67) kg d exposure with an atmospheric argon fill. This is the most sensitive dark matter search performed with an argon target, corresponding to a 90% CL upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 6.1x10^-44 cm^2 for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c^2., Comment: 26 pages, 7 figures; updated figures and references, notably Fig. 7 has updated CDMSII curve; fixed typos; clarified some language and figures; updated references
Published: 2014
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28. Wind speed prediction using different computing techniques

Author: Nayak, Munir Ahmad and Deo, M C
Subjects: Statistics - Computation
Abstract: Wind is slated to become one of the most sought after source of energy in future. Both onshore as well as offshore wind farms are getting deployed rapidly over the world. This paper evaluates a neural network based time series approach to predict wind speed in real time over shorter duration of up to 12 hr based on analysis of three hourly wind data collected through a wave rider buoy deployed off Goa in deep water and far away from the shore. The data were collected for 4 years from February 1998 to February 2002. A simple feed forward type of network trained using a variety of algorithms was used. The input nodes selected by trial were three in number and belonged to the segment of preceding observations while the output node was single and it consisted of the predicted value of the wind speed over the subsequent 3, 6 and 12 hours one at a time. The number of hidden nodes was based on trials. The total sample was divided into a training set (first 70 percent) and a testing set (remaining 30 percent). The outcome of the network was compared with the actual observations with the help of scatter diagrams and time history plots as well as through the error statistics of the correlation coefficient, R, and mean square error, MSE. The testing of the network showed that it predicted the wind speed in a very satisfactory manner with R = 0.99 and MSE = 0.30 (m/s)2 for a 3 hour ahead prediction while these values for a 12 hour ahead predictions were 0.96 and 1.19 (m/s)2, respectively. Such a prediction based on neural network was found to be superior to that based on polynomial fittings as well as ARMA models. ARIMA models were also used but the predicted values showed significant lag., Comment: BALWOIS 2010 Ohrid Republic of Macedonia 25, 29 May 2010
Published: 2014

29. Climate Change Impact on Design Waves Using Climate Models

Author: Jain, Pooja, Deo, M. C., di Prisco, Marco, Series Editor, Chen, Sheng-Hong, Series Editor, Vayas, Ioannis, Series Editor, Kumar Shukla, Sanjay, Series Editor, Solari, Giovanni, Series Editor, Sharma, Anuj, Series Editor, Kumar, Nagesh, Series Editor, Wang, Chien Ming, Series Editor, Murali, K., editor, Sriram, V., editor, Samad, Abdus, editor, and Saha, Nilanjan, editor
Published: 2019
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30. Beta decay of 115-In to the first excited level of 115-Sn: Potential outcome for neutrino mass

Author: Cattadori, C. M., De Deo, M., Laubenstein, M., Pandola, L., and Tretyak, V. I.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Recent observation of beta decay of 115-In to the first excited level of 115-Sn with an extremely low Q_beta value (Q_beta ~ 1 keV) could be used to set a limit on neutrino mass. To give restriction potentially competitive with those extracted from experiments with 3-H (~2 eV) and 187-Re (~15 eV), atomic mass difference between 115-In and 115-Sn and energy of the first 115-Sn level should be remeasured with higher accuracy (possibly of the order of ~1 eV)., Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures; talk at the NANP'05 Conference
Published: 2005
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31. Observation of beta decay of In-115 to the first excited level of Sn-115

Author: Cattadori, C. M., De Deo, M., Laubenstein, M., Pandola, L., and Tretyak, V. I.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: In the context of the LENS R&D solar neutrino project, the gamma spectrum of a sample of metallic indium was measured using a single experimental setup of 4 HP-Ge detectors located underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories (LNGS), Italy. A gamma line at the energy (497.48 +/- 0.21) keV was found that is not present in the background spectrum and that can be identified as a gamma quantum following the beta decay of In-115 to the first excited state of Sn-115 (9/2+ --> 3/2+). This decay channel of In-115, which is reported here for the first time, has an extremely low Q-value, Q = (2 +/- 4) keV, and has a much lower probability than the well-known ground state-ground state transition, being the branching ratio b = (1.18 +/- 0.31) 10^-6. This could be the beta decay with the lowest known Q-value. The limit on charge non-conserving beta decay of In-115 is set at 90% C.L. as tau > 4.1 10^20 y., Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
Published: 2004
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32. Vernacular architecture as an idiom for promoting cultural continuity in South Asia with a special reference to Buddhist monasteries

Author: Ghosh, S., Goenka, A., Deo, M., and Mandal, D.
Published: 2019
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33. Performance of the CORDEX regional climate models in simulating offshore wind and wind potential

Author: Kulkarni, Sumeet, Deo, M. C., and Ghosh, Subimal
Published: 2019
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34. Contrasting the Impact of Nitric Oxide Siblings on Inflammation and Antioxidant Defence in Human Diabetic Aortic Endothelial Cells

Author: Velagic, A., primary, Deo, M., additional, Woodman, O., additional, Kemp-Harper, B., additional, Qin, C., additional, and Ritchie, R., additional
Published: 2023
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35. Sex Differences in the Cardiac and Metabolic Phenotype Induced by a High Fat Diet—Choice of Vehicle Matters

Author: Sharma, A., primary, Deo, M., additional, Parker, A., additional, Perera, N., additional, Velagic, A., additional, Shackleford, D., additional, De Blasio, M., additional, and Ritchie, R., additional
Published: 2023
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36. Cardiac-Selective Adiponectin Receptor Gene Therapy as a Therapeutic Target for Cardiomyopathy In A Mouse Model Of Type 2 Diabetes

Author: De Blasio, M., primary, Mah, M., additional, Prakoso, D., additional, Deo, M., additional, Li, M., additional, Nash, D., additional, Kiriazis, H., additional, Qian, H., additional, Davey, J., additional, Gregorevic, P., additional, and Ritchie, R., additional
Published: 2023
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37. A first walk on the DarkSide

Author: Davini, S., Agnes, P., Alexander, T., Alton, A., Arisaka, K., Back, H.O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cariello, M., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Cocco, A.G., D'Angelo, D., D'Incecco, M., De Deo, M., Derbin, A., Devoto, A., Di Eusanio, F., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Guan, M.Y., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B., Herner, K., Hungerford, E.V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Kendziora, C., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kurlej, A., Li, P.X., Lombardi, P., Luitz, S., Machulin, I., Mandarano, A., Mari, S., Maricic, J., Marini, L., Martoff, C.J., Meyers, P.D., Montanari, D., Montuschi, M., Monzani, M.E., Musico, P., Odrowski, S., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pantic, E., Papp, L., Parmeggiano, S., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, S., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Renshaw, A., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, S.D., Sablone, D., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Segreto, E., Shields, E., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stanford, C., Suvorov, Y., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Unzhakov, E., Vogelaar, R.B., Wada, M., Walker, S., Wang, H., Watson, A., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, M., Xiang, X., Xu, J., Yang, C.G., Yoo, J., Zavatarelli, S., Zec, A., Zhu, C., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2016
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38. MoCRiS a low-cost stratospheric balloon platform to measure the particle flux of cosmic ray showers in the high atmosphere

Author: Bocci, V, Brosio, A, Muscio, G, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Tripodi, M, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Otto-Nello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Se-Rini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Bocci V., Brosio A., Muscio G. G., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Tripodi M. A., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Aramo C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Otto-Nello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Se-Rini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., Zampa G., Bocci, V, Brosio, A, Muscio, G, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Tripodi, M, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Otto-Nello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Se-Rini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Bocci V., Brosio A., Muscio G. G., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Tripodi M. A., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Aramo C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Otto-Nello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Se-Rini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., and Zampa G.
Abstract: In June 2019 from the region of Calabria (Italy) our group launched the Stratospheric Balloon MoCRiS (Measurement of Cosmic Ray in Stratosphere) that reached up to 35111 meters. MoCRiS is a didactical project that uses a Light Balloon with a payload of only 2.1 Kg payload box included. The capsule was Lithium-ion batteries operated and fully instrumented with two Hi-Res Camera, one for picture and one for video, GPS Tracker, two Particle detectors, and sensors for temperature and pressure. Two ArduSiPM [6] scintillation detectors, made by the INFN group in Rome, were used as cosmic ray flux meters. The technology used for these types of devices makes them very economical, light (<150 g), and with low power consumption (<1 Watt). These characteristics are optimal for use with the balloon and in space (e.g. in CubeSat), and very attractive for educational use, even on the ground. During the school year, the students of the scientific high school "Stefano Patrizi" of Cariati (CS) Italy, participated in the definition of the project following theoretical and practical lessons on aerospace techniques and particle physics with regard to cosmic ray showers in the atmosphere. The mission was completely successful by experimentally verifying the pressure-to-height relation, the height of the thermal inversion in the atmosphere, reaching and exceeding the maximum Regener-Pfotzer level of the shower development. The instrumental and didactic platform created is easily replicable even with further upgrades. We are expanding the collaboration with other schools for further launches.
Published: 2022

39. The online laboratories for OCRA - Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities INFN project

Author: Aramo, C, Antolini, R, Bocci, V, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Cataldi, G, Colalillo, R, Convenga, F, Coluccia, M, de Palma, F, Di Nezza, P, Di Sciascio, G, Evoli, C, Galbato, G, Hemmer, S, Giampaoli, A, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Miozzi, S, Paoletti, R, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Veronesi, I, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Caccianiga, B, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Zampa, G, Aramo C., Antolini R., Bocci V., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Cataldi G., Colalillo R., Convenga F., Coluccia M. R., de Palma F., Di Nezza P., Di Sciascio G., Evoli C., Galbato G., Hemmer S., Giampaoli A., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Miozzi S., Paoletti R., Rossi N., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Veronesi I., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Caccianiga B., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Zampa G., Aramo, C, Antolini, R, Bocci, V, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Cataldi, G, Colalillo, R, Convenga, F, Coluccia, M, de Palma, F, Di Nezza, P, Di Sciascio, G, Evoli, C, Galbato, G, Hemmer, S, Giampaoli, A, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Miozzi, S, Paoletti, R, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Veronesi, I, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Caccianiga, B, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Zampa, G, Aramo C., Antolini R., Bocci V., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Cataldi G., Colalillo R., Convenga F., Coluccia M. R., de Palma F., Di Nezza P., Di Sciascio G., Evoli C., Galbato G., Hemmer S., Giampaoli A., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Miozzi S., Paoletti R., Rossi N., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Veronesi I., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Caccianiga B., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., and Zampa G.
Abstract: OCRA - Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities was born in 2018 as a national outreach project of INFN with the aim of collecting, within a national framework, the numerous public engagement activities in the field of cosmic ray physics already present at a local level in the divisions and laboratories. Since spring 2020 OCRA offers also a series of online laboratories on its website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, designed not only to be used by students individually but also to be offered in the classroom by teachers. The cosmic ray path, present on the website, will be presented together with the online laboratories on the measurement of muons, from the one related to the dependence on the zenith angle made during the International Cosmic Day up to measurements of the flux dependency on the altitude in the atmosphere and in the water. Also, a laboratory allowing to analyze public data of the Pierre Auger Observatory will be presented. In addition, some teaching methods included in the "Teachers' area" of the OCRA website will be described. The developed cosmic ray path was also used to organize an online course for teachers of Italian high schools with the purpose of accompanying teachers when approaching the subject for the first time. About 70 teachers participated for a total of 9 lessons. ã Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Published: 2022

40. Discovering cosmic rays with OCRA: outreach activities for students and teachers

Author: Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Cataldi, G, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Tomassetti, N, Vannuccini, E, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Caccianiga, B, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Hemmer S., Aramo C., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Cataldi G., Dimiccoli F., Di Pierro F., Evoli C., Giampaoli A., La Vacca G., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Morsani F., Munini R., Paoletti R., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Tomassetti N., Vannuccini E., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Caccianiga B., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., Zampa G., Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Cataldi, G, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Tomassetti, N, Vannuccini, E, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Caccianiga, B, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Hemmer S., Aramo C., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Cataldi G., Dimiccoli F., Di Pierro F., Evoli C., Giampaoli A., La Vacca G., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Morsani F., Munini R., Paoletti R., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Tomassetti N., Vannuccini E., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Caccianiga B., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., and Zampa G.
Abstract: The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project offers a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Created in 2018, OCRA now counts 21 of the institute's divisions all over Italy as members. The project's core activity is the participation of all its members in the International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, and inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. The national activities are complemented by local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and tutorship programs, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. Since spring of 2020 OCRA also offers a series of online laboratories on its website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, designed not only to be used by students individually but also to be used in the classroom by teachers. Here we will give an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2020 online event organized in occasion of the International Cosmic Day, that saw the participation of more than 3000 students.
Published: 2022

41. “A scuola di Astroparticelle”: a synergy between school education and scientific research

Author: Colalillo, R, Aramo, C, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Colalillo R., Aramo C., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., Zampa G., Colalillo, R, Aramo, C, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Colalillo R., Aramo C., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., and Zampa G.
Abstract: The outreach program “A scuola di Astroparticelle” was proposed in 2016 by the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN - Napoli Division) in collaboration with the Physics Department “Ettore Pancini” of the Federico II University in Napoli, CNR-SPIN and CNR-ISASI Institutes. Its main goal is to engage teachers and students of High Schools in astroparticle physics projects. For the third edition (2018/19), the activities, which are also part of the Italian Educational Program PCTO - “Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e per l'Orientamento”, involved 18 schools for a total of 21 projects on several topics. Some projects were strictly related to astroparticles as cosmic rays, while others were more technical, as the development of particle detectors, or cross-disciplinary projects. Students worked for the entire school year and prepared materials for the final event. More than 600 students attended the event and presented their work to a jury with a poster and an oral presentation in plenary sessions. Since 2018, the program is part of OCRA - Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities - a national outreach project of INFN with the aim of collecting, within a common framework, the numerous outreach activities in cosmic-ray field carried out at the local level. The fourth edition (2019-20), in spite of the difficult situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has also seen the participation of 22 schools that carried out part of the activities in an online format. The project realized using the open data of the Pierre Auger Observatory will be presented in detail.
Published: 2022

42. Comparative studies of Laser induced plasma in TEOS and MTMS based aerogels and solid quartz

Author: Venkateswara Rao, A., Kaur, Channprit, Pisal, A. A., Chaurasia, S., Deo, M. N., and Sharma, S. M.
Published: 2017
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43. DarkSide-50: A WIMP Search with a Two-phase Argon TPC

Author: Meyers, P.D., Agnes, P., Alton, D., Arisaka, K., Back, H.O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cariello, M., Cavalcante, P., Chavarria, A., Chepurnov, A., Cocco, A.G., Crippa, L., DAngelo, D., D’Incecco, M., Davini, S., De Deo, M., Derbin, A., Di Eusanio, F., Di Pietro, G., Edkins, E., Empl, A., Fan, A., Fiorillo, G., Fomenko, K., Forster, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Goretti, A., Grandi, L., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Hackett, B., Herner, K., Humble, P., Hungerford, E.V., Ianni, Al., Ianni, An., Joliet, C., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C., Kidner, S., Kobychev, V., Koh, G., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kurlej, A., Li, P., Loer, B., Lombardi, P., Love, C., Ludhova, L., Luitz, S., Ma, Y., Machulin, I., Mandarano, A., Mari, S., Maricic, J., Martoff, C.J., Meregaglia, A., Meroni, E., Milincic, R., Montanari, D., Montuschi, M., Monzani, M.E., Mosteiro, P., Mount, B., Muratova, V., Musico, P., Nelson, A., Okounkova, M., Orsini, M., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pantic, E., Papp, L., Parmeggiano, S., Parsells, R., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Perasso, S., Perfetto, F., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Qian, H., Randle, K., Ranucci, G., Razeto, A., Reinhold, B., Romani, A., Rossi, B., Rossi, N., Rountree, S.D., Sablone, D., Saggese, P., Saldanha, R., Sands, W., Segreto, E., Semenov, D., Shields, E., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Suvarov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Tatarowicz, J., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Unzhakov, E., Vogelaar, R.B., Wada, M., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watson, A., Westerdale, R., Wojcik, M., Wright, A., Xu, J., Yang, C., Yoo, J., Zavatarelli, S., and Zuzel, G.
Published: 2015
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44. Variability and Statistical Distribution of Ocean Current Observations

Author: Saha, Dauji, Deo, M. C., Bhargava, Kapilesh, Chakraborty, Subrata, editor, and Bhattacharya, Gautam, editor
Published: 2013
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45. THE DARKSIDE-50 EXPERIMENT: A LIQUID ARGON TARGET FOR DARK MATTER PARTICLES

Author: Agnes, P., primary, Agostino, L., additional, Albuquerque, I. F. M., additional, Alexander, T., additional, Alton, A. K., additional, Arisaka, K., additional, Back, H. O., additional, Baldin, B., additional, Biery, K., additional, Bonfini, G., additional, Bossa, M., additional, Bottino, B., additional, Brigatti, A., additional, Brodsky, J., additional, Budano, F., additional, Bussino, S., additional, Cadeddu, M., additional, Cadonati, L., additional, Cadoni, M., additional, Calaprice, F., additional, Canci, N., additional, Candela, A., additional, Cao, H., additional, Cariello, M., additional, Carlini, M., additional, Catalanotti, S., additional, Cavalcante, P., additional, Chepurnov, A., additional, Cocco, A. G., additional, Covone, G., additional, Crippa, L., additional, D’Angelo, D., additional, D’Incecco, M., additional, Davini, S., additional, De Cecco, S., additional, De Deo, M., additional, De Vincenzi, M., additional, Derbin, A., additional, Devoto, A., additional, Di Eusanio, F., additional, Di Pietro, G., additional, Edkins, E., additional, Empl, A., additional, Fan, A., additional, Fiorillo, G., additional, Fomenko, K., additional, Forster, G., additional, Franco, D., additional, Gabriele, F., additional, Galbiati, C., additional, Giganti, C., additional, Goretti, A. M., additional, Granato, F., additional, Grandi, L., additional, Gromov, M., additional, Guan, M., additional, Guardincerri, Y., additional, Hackett, B. R., additional, Herner, K., additional, Hungerford, E. V., additional, Ianni, Al., additional, Ianni, An., additional, James, I., additional, Jollet, C., additional, Keeter, K., additional, Kendziora, C. L., additional, Kobychev, V., additional, Koh, G., additional, Korablev, D., additional, Korga, G., additional, Kubankin, A., additional, Li, X., additional, Lissia, M., additional, Lombardi, P., additional, Luitz, S., additional, Ma, Y., additional, Machulin, I. N., additional, Mandarano, A., additional, Mari, S. M., additional, Maricic, J., additional, Marini, L., additional, Martoff, C J., additional, Meregaglia, A., additional, Meyers, P. D., additional, Miletic, T., additional, Milincic, R., additional, Montanari, D., additional, Monte, A., additional, Montuschi, M., additional, Monzani, M., additional, Mosteiro, P., additional, Mount, B. J., additional, Muratova, V. N., additional, Musico, P., additional, Napolitano, J., additional, Nelson, A., additional, Odrowski, S., additional, Orsini, M., additional, Ortica, F., additional, Pagani, L., additional, Pallavicini, M., additional, Pantic, E., additional, Parmeggiano, S., additional, Pelczar, K., additional, Pelliccia, N., additional, Perasso, S., additional, Pocar, A., additional, Pordes, S., additional, Pugachev, D. A., additional, Qian, H., additional, Randle, K., additional, Ranucci, G., additional, Razeto, A., additional, Reinhold, B., additional, Renshaw, A. L., additional, Romani, A., additional, Rossi, B., additional, Rossi, N., additional, Rountree, D., additional, Sablone, D., additional, Saggese, P., additional, Saldanha, R., additional, Sands, W., additional, Sangiorgio, S., additional, Savarese, C., additional, Segreto, E., additional, Semenov, D. A., additional, Shields, E., additional, Singh, P. N., additional, Skorokhvatov, M. D., additional, Smirnov, O., additional, Sotnikov, A., additional, Stanford, C., additional, Suvorov, Y., additional, Tartaglia, R., additional, Tatarowicz, J., additional, Testera, G., additional, Tonazzo, A., additional, Trinchese, P., additional, Unzhakov, E. V., additional, Vishneva, A., additional, Vogelaar, B., additional, Wada, M., additional, Walker, S., additional, Wang, H., additional, Wang, Y., additional, Watson, A. W., additional, Westerdale, S., additional, Wilhelmi, J., additional, Wojcik, M. M., additional, Xiang, X., additional, Xu, J., additional, Yang, C., additional, Yoo, J., additional, Zavatarelli, S., additional, Zec, A., additional, Zhong, W., additional, Zhu, C., additional, and Zuzel, G., additional
Published: 2017
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46. Derivation of design waves along the Indian coastline incorporating climate change

Author: Roshin, E. and Deo, M. C.
Published: 2017
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47. Impact of active and break wind spells on the demand–supply balance in wind energy in India

Author: Kulkarni, Sumeet, Deo, M. C., and Ghosh, Subimal
Published: 2017
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48. Review of Applications of Neuro-Wavelet Techniques in Water Flows

Author: Dixit, Pradnya, Londhe, Shreenivas, and Deo, M. C.
Published: 2016
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49. A combined numerical and neural technique for short term prediction of ocean currents in the Indian Ocean

Author: Saha, Dauji, Deo, M. C., Joseph, Sudheer, and Bhargava, Kapilesh
Published: 2016
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50. Discovering cosmic rays with OCRA: outreach activities for students and teachers

Author: Hemmer, S., Aramo, C., Bissaldi, E., Bocci, V., Bottino, B., Buscemi, M., Caccianiga, L., Cataldi, G., Dimiccoli, F., Di Pierro, F., Evoli, C., Giampaoli, A., La Vacca, G., Menegolli, A., Miozzi, S., Morsani, F., Munini, R., Paoletti, R., Rozza, D., Schioppa, M., Tomassetti, N., Vannuccini, E., Alemanno, F., Aloisio, R., Altomare, C., Antolini, R., Arcaro, C., Barbato, F. C. T., Battaglieri, M., Battisti, M., Bau, A., Bellinzona, V. E., Bernardini, P., Bersani, A., Bertaina, M., Berti, A., Bertucci, B., Bisconti, F., Boezio, M., Boncioli, D., Bondì, M., Bonechi, L., Bonino, R., Bonnoli, G., Bonvicini, V., Bossini, E., Caccianiga, B., Candela, A., Capone, A., Cariello, M., Caruso, R., Chiodi, G., Chiodini, G., Colalillo, R., Coluccia, M. R., Convenga, F., Copello, S., Corosu, M., D Urso, D., Dal Corso, F., Davini, S., Deo, M., Gateano, S., Laurentis, M., Mitri, I., Palma, F., Vito, E., Aquila, D., Depaoli, D., Di Luca, A., Di Ruzza, B., Di Santo, M., Di Sciascio, G., Di Venere, L., Dimitrios, K., Donnini, F., Doro, M., Duranti, M., Fenu, F., Fontanelli, F., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gervasi, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gnesi, I., Gonzi, S., Grandi, D., Graziani, M., Iacoangeli, F., Insolia, A., Iovenitti, S., Ippolito, V., La Verde, G., Leonora, E., Levorato, S., Liguori, D., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lopez Coto, R., Loporchio, S., Marino, A., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mazziotta, M. N., Miyamoto, H., Mocchiutti, E., Morganti, S., Mussa, R., Nozzoli, F., Nucita, A., Organtini, G. C., Ottonello, G., Pantaleo, F., Parodi, F., Perrone, L., Pesenti, L., Petrera, S., Petronio, C., Pillera, R., Pilo, F., Pizzolotto, C., Prandini, E., Pugliese, M., Rainò, S., Randazzo, N., Rando, R., Recchia, L., Ricci, E., Rinaudo, M., Rizi, V., Rossi, N., Salamida, F., Savina, P., Scherini, V., Scotti, V., Serini, D., Sipala, V., Surdo, A., Tiberio, A., Tomei, C., Iara Tosta e Melo, Turco, P., Vecchiotti, V., Veronesi, I., Zampa, G., Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Cataldi, G, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Tomassetti, N, Vannuccini, E, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Caccianiga, B, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, and Zampa, G
Subjects: cosmic rays
Abstract: The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project offers a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Created in 2018, OCRA now counts 21 of the institute's divisions all over Italy as members. The project's core activity is the participation of all its members in the International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, and inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. The national activities are complemented by local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and tutorship programs, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. Since spring of 2020 OCRA also offers a series of online laboratories on its website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, designed not only to be used by students individually but also to be used in the classroom by teachers. Here we will give an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2020 online event organized in occasion of the International Cosmic Day, that saw the participation of more than 3000 students.
Published: 2022

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