an Innovative Negative Ion TIme projection chamber for Underground dark Matter searches

Project Information

INITIUM

Grant agreement ID: 818744

DOI 10.3030/818744

EC signature date 18 February 2019

Start date 1 March 2019

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 995 719,00

EU contribution € 1 995 719,00

Coordinated by

GRAN SASSO SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Italy

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Stability and detection performance of a GEM-based Optical Readout TPC with He/CF$_4$ gas mixtures

Author(s): Baracchini, E.; Benussi, L.; Bianco, S.; Capoccia, C.; Caponero, M.; Cavoto, G.; Cortez, A.; Costa, I. A.; Di Marco, E.; D'Imperio, G.; Dho, G.; Iacoangeli, F.; Maccarrone, G.; Marafini, M.; Mazzitelli, G.; Messina, A.; Nobrega, R. A.; Orlandi, A.; Paoletti, E.; Passamonti, L.; Petrucci, F.; Piccolo, D.; Pierluigi, D.; Pinci, D.; Renga, F.; Rosatelli, F.; Russo, A.; Saviano, G.; Tomassini, S.
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/p10001

First evidence of luminescence in a He/CF 4 gas mixture induced by non-ionizing electrons

Author(s): E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, C. Capoccia, M. Caponero, G. Cavoto, A. Cortez, I. A. Costa, E. Di Marco, G. D'Imperio, G. Dho, F. Iacoangeli, G. Maccarrone, M. Marafini, G. Mazzitelli, A. Messina, A. Orlandi, E. Paoletti, L. Passamonti, F. Petrucci, D. Piccolo, D. Pierluigi, D. Pinci, F. Renga, F. Rosatelli, A. Russo, G. Saviano, S. Tomassini
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 15/08, 2020, Page(s) P08018-P08018, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/08/p08018

Discovering supernova-produced dark matter with directional detectors

Author(s): Elisabetta Baracchini, William DeRocco, Giorgio Dho
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 102/7, 2020, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.075036

Identification of low energy nuclear recoils in a gas TPC with optical readout

Author(s): Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi, Stefano Bianco, Cesidio Capoccia, Michele Arturo Caponero, Gianluca Cavoto, André Cortez, Igor Abritta Costa, Emanuele Di Marco, Giulia D'Imperio, Giorgio Dho, Fabrizio Iacoangeli, Giovanni Maccarrone, Michela Marafini, Giovanni Mazzitelli, Andrea Messina, Rafael Antunes Nobrega, Aldo Orlandi, Emiliano Paoletti, Luciano Passamonti, Fabrizio Petrucci, Davide P
Published in: Measurement Science and Technology, 2020, ISSN 0957-0233
Publisher: Institute of Physics and the Physical Society
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/abbd12

Performance of an optically read out time projection chamber with ultra-relativistic electrons

Author(s): V.C. Antochi, E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, C. Capoccia, M. Caponero, G. Cavoto, A. Cortez, I.A. Costa, E. Di Marco, G. D’Imperio, G. Dho, F. Iacoangeli, G. Maccarrone, M. Marafini, G. Mazzitelli, A. Messina, R.A. Nóbrega, A. Orlandi, E. Paoletti, L. Passamonti, F. Petrucci, D. Piccolo, D. Pierluigi, D. Pinci, F. Renga, F. Rosatelli, A. Russo, G. Saviano, S. Tomassini, C. Voena
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Issue 999, 2021, Page(s) 165209, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165209

A density-based clustering algorithm for the CYGNO data analysis

Author(s): E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, C. Capoccia, M. Caponero, G. Cavoto, A. Cortez, I.A. Costa, E. Di Marco, G. D'Imperio, G. Dho, F. Iacoangeli, G. Maccarrone, M. Marafini, G. Mazzitelli, A. Messina, R. A. Nobrega, A. Orlandi, E. Paoletti, L. Passamonti, F. Petrucci, D. Piccolo, D. Pierluigi, D. Pinci, F. Renga, F. Rosatelli, A. Russo, G. Saviano, R. Tesauro, S. Tomassini
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 15/12, 2020, Page(s) T12003-T12003, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/12/t12003

CYGNUS

Author(s): Kentaro Miuchi, Elisabetta Baracchini, Gregory Lane, Neil J. C. Spooner, S. E. Vahsen
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 1468, 2021, Page(s) 012044, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012044

Directional Dark Matter Searches with the CYGNO Project

Author(s): E Baracchini, R Bedogni, F Bellini, L Benussi, S Bianco, C Capoccia, M Caponero, G Cavoto, I A Costa, E Di Marco, G D’Imperio, F Iacoangeli, G Maccarone, M Marafini, G Mazzitelli, A Messina, A Orlandi, E Paoletti, L Passamonti, A Pelosi, F Petrucci, D Piccolo, D Pierluigi, D Pinci, F Renga, A Russo, G Saviano, S Tomassini
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 1468, 2020, Page(s) 012039, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012039

CYGNO: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for dark matter directional search

Author(s): E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, C. Capoccia, M. Caponero, G. Cavoto, A. Cortez, I.A. Costa, E. Di Marco, G. D'Imperio, G. Dho, F. Iacoangeli, G. Maccarrone, M. Marafini, G. Mazzitelli, A. Messina, R.A. Nobrega, A. Orlandi, E. Paoletti, L. Passamonti, F. Petrucci, D. Piccolo, D. Pierluigi, D. Pinci, F. Renga, F. Rosatelli, A. Russo, G. Saviano, S. Tomassini
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 15/07, 2020, Page(s) C07036-C07036, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/07/c07036

Directional Dark Matter Searches with CYGNO

Author(s): Fernando Domingues Amaro, Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi, Stefano Bianco, Cesidio Capoccia, Michele Caponero, Gianluca Cavoto, André Cortez, Igor Abritta Costa, Emiliano Dané, Giorgio Dho, Emanuele Di Marco, Giulia D’Imperio, Flaminia Di Giambattista, Robert R. M. Gregorio, Francesco Iacoangeli, Herman Pessoa Lima Júnior, Amaro da Silva Lopes Júnior, Giovanni Maccarrone, Rui Daniel Pas
Published in: Particles, Issue 4/3, 2021, Page(s) 343-353, ISSN 2571-712X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/particles4030029

The CYGNO Experiment

Author(s): "Amaro, Fernando Domingues; Baracchini, Elisabetta; Benussi, Luigi; Bianco, Stefano; Capoccia, Cesidio; Caponero, Michele; Cardoso, Danilo Santos; Cavoto, Gianluca; Cortez, André Costa, Igor Abritta; Roque, Rita Joanna da Cruz; Dané , Emiliano; Dho, Giorgio; Di Giambattista, Flaminia Di; Di Marco, Emanuele Di; Grilli di Cortona, Giovanni Grilli di; D’ Imperio, Giulia; Iacoangeli, Fr"
Published in: Instruments; Volume 6; Issue 1; Pages: 6, Issue 8, 2022, ISSN 2410-390X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2202.05480

Conference proceedings (1)

A 1 m 3 Gas Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout for Directional Dark Matter Searches: the CYGNO Experiment

Author(s): E. Baracchini, R. Bedogni, F. Bellini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, C. Capoccia, M. Caponero, G. Cavoto, I. A. Costa, E. Di Marco, G. D'Imperio, F. Iacoangeli, G. Maccarone, M. Marafini, G. Mazzitelli, A. Messina, A. Orlandi, E. Paoletti, L. Passamonti, A. Pelosi, F. Petrucci, D. Piccolo, D. Pierluigi, D. Pinci, F. Renga, A. Russo, G. Saviano, S. Tomassini
Published in: 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2019, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-1-7281-4164-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9059678