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Search for alpha and double alpha decays of natural Nd isotopes accompanied by gamma quanta
From 7 naturally occurring Nd isotopes, 5 are unstable in relation to α decay. If an excited level of the daughter nucleus is populated, or the...
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Surface metallization of PTFE and PTFE composites by ion implantation for low-background electronic substrates in rare-event detection experiments
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a low-background polymer that is applied to several applications in rare-event detection and underground...
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Development of ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detectors for the COSINE-200 experiment
The annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA experiment is a long-standing question in the community of dark matter direct detection. This...
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Impact on Science and Technology
The nuclear fission process is not only a fascinating topic for modern science, it also plays a crucial role in a host of important technologies and...
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Sensitivity of the DARWIN observatory to the neutrinoless double beta decay of \(^{136}\)Xe
The DARWIN observatory is a proposed next-generation experiment to search for particle dark matter and for the neutrinoless double beta decay of
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Few-Nucleon Reactions in Underground Laboratory
Accurate knowledge of thermonuclear reaction rates is important in understanding the generation of energy, the luminosity of neutrinos, and the...
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Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the...
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Study of Small Bodies of the Solar System: Odyssey-Asteroids Project
AbstractThe paper discusses priority scientific tasks related to the study of small bodies in the Solar System, identifies the most promising objects...
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Theia: an advanced optical neutrino detector
New developments in liquid scintillators, high-efficiency, fast photon detectors, and chromatic photon sorting have opened up the possibility for...
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Low radioactive material screening and background control for the PandaX-4T experiment
PandaX-4T is a ton-scale dark matter direct detection experiment using a dual-phase TPC technique at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory....
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Geochronology and monitoring of cosmic rays for accumulating cosmogenic isotopes 53Mn and 10Be in terrestrial rocks
The paper is devoted to discussing the method of measuring the accumulation of radioactive isotopes 53 Mn (with a half-life T = 3.7 million years) and 10...
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Geoneutrinos and geoscience: an intriguing joint-venture
The review is conceived to provide a useful toolbox to understand present geoneutrino results with a view to shed light on Earth’s energetics and...
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Radiation dose rate effects: what is new and what is needed?
Despite decades of research to understand the biological effects of ionising radiation, there is still much uncertainty over the role of dose rate....
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Annual modulations from secular variations: relaxing DAMA?
The DAMA collaboration reported an annually modulated rate with a phase compatible with a Dark Matter induced signal. We point out that a slowly...
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Calibration strategy of the JUNO experiment
We present the calibration strategy for the 20 kton liquid scintillator central detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO). By...
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Background assessment for the TREX dark matter experiment
TREX-DM is conceived to look for low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using a gas Time Projection Chamber equipped with Micromegas...
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Background model for the NaI(Tl) crystals in COSINE-100
The COSINE-100 dark matter search experiment is an array of NaI(Tl) crystal detectors located in the Yangyang Underground Laboratory (Y2L). To...
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Identifying Shocked Feldspar on Mars Using Perseverance Spectroscopic Instruments: Implications for Geochronology Studies on Returned Samples
The Perseverance rover (Mars 2020) mission, the first step in NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, will select samples for caching based on their...
