Inorganic crystal scintillators play a crucial role in particle detection for various applications
in fundamental physics and applied science. The use of such materials as scintillating …

Experimental observations and theoretical arguments at Galaxy and larger scales have
suggested that a large fraction of the Universe is composed by Dark Matter particles. This …

The indication for the α decay of 151Eu (Qα= 1.964 MeV) with the half-life T1/2α= 5− 3+ 11×
1018 yr has been observed for the first time with the help of a low background CaF2 (Eu) …

Low counting experiments (search for double β decay and dark matter particles,
measurements of neutrino fluxes from different sources, search for hypothetical nuclear and …

The studies performed in the research of new materials and purification techniques allow us
a wide choice among inorganic scintillators for a variety of use. In this paper crystal …

The DAMA/LIBRA set‐up (about 250 kg highly radiopure NaI (Tl) sensitive mass) is running
at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the INFN. The first DAMA/LIBRA results confirm the …

The DAMA/LIBRA experiment is running at LNGS; it has a sensitive mass of about 250 kg
highly radiopure NaI (Tl) and it is mainly devoted to the investigation of Dark Matter (DM) …

A small CeCl3 crystal (6.9 g) was measured deep underground (3600 m we) at the Gran
Sasso National Laboratories of the INFN (Italy) with a low background HP Ge detector (244 …

The application of very low background techniques is fundamental in deep underground
experiments dedicated to the investigation of rare processes. In this paper, the case of NaI …

The 2 ν 2 β decay of 150 Nd to the first excited 740.5 keV 0 1+ level of 150 Sm was
measured over 5.845 years with the help of a four-crystal low-background HPGe γ …