Toward the discovery of matter creation with neutrinoless decay

M Agostini, G Benato, JA Detwiler, J Menéndez… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The discovery of neutrinoless β β decay could soon be within reach. This hypothetical
ultrarare nuclear decay offers a privileged portal to physics beyond the standard model of …

A next-generation liquid xenon observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics

J Aalbers, SS AbdusSalam, K Abe… - Journal of Physics G …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in
contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the …

First dark matter search results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, CW Akerlof, AK Al Musalhi… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time
projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South …

Ab initio predictions link the neutron skin of 208Pb to nuclear forces

B Hu, W Jiang, T Miyagi, Z Sun, A Ekström, C Forssén… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Heavy atomic nuclei have an excess of neutrons over protons, which leads to the formation
of a neutron skin whose thickness is sensitive to details of the nuclear force. This links …

First Indication of Solar Neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with XENONnT

E Aprile, J Aalbers, K Abe, S Ahmed Maouloud… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We present the first measurement of nuclear recoils from solar B 8 neutrinos via coherent
elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with the XENONnT dark matter experiment. The central …

Combined Theoretical Analysis of the Parity-Violating Asymmetry for and

PG Reinhard, X Roca-Maza, W Nazarewicz - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The recent experimental determination of the parity violating asymmetry A PV in Ca 48 and
Pb 208 at Jefferson Lab is important for our understanding on how neutrons and protons …

Information Content of the Parity-Violating Asymmetry in

PG Reinhard, X Roca-Maza, W Nazarewicz - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The parity-violating asymmetry A PV in Pb 208, recently measured by the PREX-2
Collaboration, is studied using modern relativistic (covariant) and nonrelativistic energy …

Measurement of the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering cross section on CsI by COHERENT

D Akimov, P An, C Awe, PS Barbeau, B Becker… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We measured the cross section of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS)
using a CsI [Na] scintillating crystal in a high flux of neutrinos produced at the Spallation …

Search for new physics in low-energy electron recoils from the first LZ exposure

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon
time projection chamber. We report searches for new physics appearing through few-keV …

Physics implications of a combined analysis of COHERENT CsI and LAr data

V De Romeri, OG Miranda, DK Papoulias… - Journal of High Energy …, 2023 - Springer
A bstract The observation of coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering has opened the
window to many physics opportunities. This process has been measured by the COHERENT …