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   Kataoka, Takeshi ; Akylas, T. R. ( January 2024 , Water Waves)

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2. Searching for a dark matter particle with anti-protonic atoms

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   Doser, Michael ; Farrar, Glennys ; Kornakov, Georgy ( December 2023 , The European Physical Journal C)

   A wide range of dark matter candidates have been proposed and are actively being searched for in a large number of experiments, both at high (TeV) and low (sub meV) energies. One dark matter candidate, a deeply bounduuddsssexaquark,$$S$$$S$, with mass$$\sim 2$$$\sim 2$GeV (having the same quark content as the hypothesized H-dibaryon, but long lived) is particularly difficult to explore experimentally. In this paper, we propose a scheme in which such a state could be produced at rest through the formation of$$\bar{p}$$$\overline{p}$–$$^3$$$_{}^3$He antiprotonic atoms and their annihilation into$$S$$$S$+$$K^+K^+\pi ^-$$$K^{+}{K}^{+}{\pi }^{-}$, identified both through the unique tag of a$$S=+2, Q=+1$$$S=+2,Q=+1$final state, as well as through full kinematic reconstruction of the final state recoiling against it.

    

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3. Demonstration of event position reconstruction based on diffusion in the NEXT-white detector

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   Haefner, J ; Navarro, K E ; Guenette, R ; Jones, B_J P ; Tripathi, A ; Adams, C ; Almazán, H ; Álvarez, V ; Aparicio, B ; Aranburu, A I ; et al ( May 2024 , The European Physical Journal C)

   Noble element time projection chambers are a leading technology for rare event detection in physics, such as for dark matter and neutrinoless double beta decay searches. Time projection chambers typically assign event position in the drift direction using the relative timing of prompt scintillation and delayed charge collection signals, allowing for reconstruction of an absolute position in the drift direction. In this paper, alternate methods for assigning event drift distance via quantification of electron diffusion in a pure high pressure xenon gas time projection chamber are explored. Data from the NEXT-White detector demonstrate the ability to achieve good position assignment accuracy for both high- and low-energy events. Using point-like energy deposits from$$^{83\textrm{m}}$$${}^{83\text{m}}$Kr calibration electron captures ($$E\sim 45$$$E\sim 45$ keV), the position of origin of low-energy events is determined to 2 cm precision with bias$$< 1~$$$<1$mm. A convolutional neural network approach is then used to quantify diffusion for longer tracks ($$E\ge ~1.5$$$E\ge 1.5$ MeV), from radiogenic electrons, yielding a precision of 3 cm on the event barycenter. The precision achieved with these methods indicates the feasibility energy calibrations of better than 1% FWHM at Q$$_{\beta \beta }$$${}_{\beta \beta }$in pure xenon, as well as the potential for event fiducialization in large future detectors using an alternate method that does not rely on primary scintillation.

    

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   BGOOD Collaboration ; Kohl, K. ; Jude, T. C. ; Alef, S. ; Beck, R. ; Braghieri, A. ; Cole, P. L. ; Elsner, D. ; Di Salvo, R. ; Fantini, A. ; et al ( November 2023 , The European Physical Journal A)

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   Antonello, M. ; Arnquist, I. J. ; Barberio, E. ; Baroncelli, T. ; Benziger, J. ; Bignell, L. J. ; Bolognino, I. ; Calaprice, F. ; Copello, S. ; Dafinei, I. ; et al ( April 2021 , The European Physical Journal C)

   Ultra-pure NaI(Tl) crystals are the key element for a model-independent verification of the long standing DAMA result and a powerful means to search for the annual modulation signature of dark matter interactions. The SABRE collaboration has been developing cutting-edge techniques for the reduction of intrinsic backgrounds over several years. In this paper we report the first characterization of a 3.4 kg crystal, named NaI-33, performed in an underground passive shielding setup at LNGS. NaI-33 has a record low$$^{39}$$${}^{39}$K contamination of 4.3 ± 0.2 ppb as determined by mass spectrometry. We measured a light yield of 11.1 ± 0.2 photoelectrons/keV and an energy resolution of 13.2% (FWHM/E) at 59.5 keV. We evaluated the activities of$$^{226}$$${}^{226}$Ra and$$^{228}$$${}^{228}$Th inside the crystal to be$$5.9\pm 0.6~\upmu $$$5.9\pm 0.6\mu$Bq/kg and$$1.6\pm 0.3~\upmu $$$1.6\pm 0.3\mu$Bq/kg, respectively, which would indicate a contamination from$$^{238}$$${}^{238}$U and$$^{232}$$${}^{232}$Th at part-per-trillion level. We measured an activity of 0.51 ± 0.02 mBq/kg due to$$^{210}$$${}^{210}$Pb out of equilibrium and a$$\alpha $$$\alpha$quenching factor of 0.63 ± 0.01 at 5304 keV. We illustrate the analyses techniques developed to reject electronic noise in the lower part of the energy spectrum. A cut-based strategy and a multivariate approach indicated a rate, attributed to the intrinsic radioactivity of the crystal, of$$\sim $$$\sim$1 count/day/kg/keV in the [5–20] keV region.

    

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