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Euclid Structural-Thermal-Optical Performance Open

S. Serrano, G. D. Racca, Vincenzo Mareschi, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balestra , et al. · 2025

The Euclid system performance is defined in terms of image quality metrics tuned to the weak gravitational lensing (WL) cosmological probe. WL induces stringent requirements on the shape and stability of the VIS instrument system point spr…

Euclid preparation: The NISP spectroscopy channel, on ground performance and calibration Open

W. Gillard, T. Maciaszek, E Prieto, F Grupp, A. Costille , et al. · 2025

ESA's Euclid cosmology mission relies on the very sensitive and accurately calibrated spectroscopy channel of the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP). With three operational grisms in two wavelength intervals, NISP provides di…

Design and implementation of the cosmic ray tagger system for the ICARUS detector at FNAL Open

Antoni Aduszkiewicz, L. Bagby, B. Behera, P. Bernardini, S. Bertolucci , et al. · 2025

The ICARUS-T600 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber is operating at Fermilab at shallow depth and thus exposed to a high flux of cosmic rays that can fake neutrino interactions. A cosmic ray tagging (CRT) system (∼ 1100 m 2 ), surrounding…

nuSCOPE: A short-baseline neutrino beam at CERN for high-precision cross-section measurements Open

Fabio Acerbi, C Andreopoulos, I. Angelis, A. Baratto Roldan, L. Bomben , et al. · 2025

A new generation of neutrino cross-section experiments at the GeV scale is crucial in the precision era of oscillation physics and lepton flavor studies. In this document, we present a novel neutrino beam design that leverages the experien…

The ENUBET neutrino cross section experiment and plans at CERN Open

Francesco Terranova, F. Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini , et al. · 2025

ENUBET has pioneered a novel technique to control the neutrino flux and flavor composition with percent-level precision. This successful R&D effort has paved the way for a new generation of cross-section experiments designed to meet the pr…

Calibration of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors for rare event searches Open

M. Kalliokoski, G. Lévi, A. Maulik, I. Ostrovskiy, L. Patrizii , et al. · 2025

The calibration of the CR39 ® and Makrofol ® Nuclear Track Detectors of the MoEDAL experiment at the CERN-LHC was performed by exposing stacks of detector foils to heavy ion beams with energies ranging from 340 MeV/nucleon to 150 GeV/nucle…

Search for Highly Ionizing Particles in Collisions during LHC Run 2 Using the Full MoEDAL Detector Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann, S. Bertolucci , et al. · 2025

This search for magnetic monopoles (MMs) and high electric charge objects (HECOs) with spins 0, 1/2, and 1, uses for the first time the full MoEDAL detector, exposed to 6.46 fb−1 proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. The results are interpr…

The ENUBET monitored neutrino beam and its implementation at CERN Open

ENUBET Collaboration, L. Halić, F. Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben , et al. · 2025

The ENUBET project recently concluded the R&D for a site independent design of a monitored neutrino beam for high precision cross section measurements, in which the neutrino flux is inferred from the measurement of charged leptons in an in…

Design and Implementation of the Cosmic Ray Tagger System for the ICARUS detector at FNAL Open

Antoni Aduszkiewicz, L. Bagby, B. Behera, P. Bernardini, S. Bertolucci , et al. · 2025

The ICARUS-T600 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber is operating at Fermilab at shallow depth and thus exposed to a high flux of cosmic rays that can fake neutrino interactions. A cosmic ray tagging (CRT) system ($\sim$1100 m$^2$), surrou…

MoEDAL Search in the CMS Beam Pipe for Magnetic Monopoles Produced via the Schwinger Effect Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, S. C. Behera, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann , et al. · 2024

We report on a search for magnetic monopoles (MMs) produced in ultraperipheral Pb-Pb collisions during Run 1 of the LHC. The beam pipe surrounding the interaction region of the CMS experiment was exposed to 184.07 μb−1 of Pb-Pb collisions…

Euclid Open

K. Jahnkę, W. Gillard, M. Schirmer, A. Ealet, T. Maciaszek , et al. · 2024

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R ≳ 450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950–2020 nm wavelength range. In this reference article, we illuminate the back…

Euclid commissioning results: the near infrared spectrometer and photometer (NISP) signal detection chain Open

F Cogato, Eduardo Medinaceli Villegas, R. Barbier, S. Dusini, W. Gillard , et al. · 2024

Euclid, the M2 mission of the ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program, aims to explore the Dark Universe by conducting a survey of approximately 14 000 deg2 and creating a 3D map of the observable Universe of around 1.5 billion galaxies up t…

Beamtest characterization of the ENUBET Demonstrator Open

G. Saibene, F Acerbi, I Angelis, L. Bomben, M Bonesini , et al. · 2024

The goal of the ENUBET project is to develop the first monitored neutrino beam, where the neutrino flux can be measured with a 1% precision, in order to carry out measurements of high precision of the neutrino cross section in the energy r…

MoEDAL search in the CMS beam pipe for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger effect Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann, S. Bertolucci , et al. · 2024

We report on a search for magnetic monopoles (MMs) produced in ultraperipheral Pb--Pb collisions during Run-1 of the LHC. The beam pipe surrounding the interaction region of the CMS experiment was exposed to 184.07 \textmu b$^{-1}$ of Pb--…

Space efficiency and throughput performance in AVS/RS under variant lane depths Open

Giacomo Lupi, Riccardo Accorsi, Ilaria Battarra, Riccardo Manzini, G. Sirri · 2024

An automated vehicle storage and retrieval system (AVS/RS) is a widespread automated warehouse solution that hosts hundreds of stock-keeping units (SKU) and counts thousands of incoming and outgoing unit loads corresponding to a sequence o…

The ENUBET monitored neutrino beam: moving towards the implementation of a high precision cross section experiment at CERN Open

F. Pupilli, F. Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini , et al. · 2024

Monitored neutrino beams represent a powerful and cost effective tool to suppress cross section related systematics for the full exploitation of data collected in long baseline oscillation projects like DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande. In the la…

Cryogenic characterization of Hamamatsu HWB MPPCs for the DUNE photon detection system Open

M. Andreotti, S. Bertolucci, A. Branca, C. Brizzolari, G. Brunetti , et al. · 2024

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next generation experiment aimed to study neutrino oscillation. Its long-baseline configuration will exploit a Near Detector (ND) and a Far Detector (FD) located at a distance of ∼1300 k…

A reliability-based methodology for resilient spare parts planning and control Open

G. Sirri, Riccardo Accorsi, Bartolotti Giorgia, Riccardo Manzini, Ronzoni Michele · 2024

Geo-political conflicts, financial crises, natural disasters, pandemics, human operational errors, and other disruptive events can affect supply chain integrity with unpredictable consequences. In addition, intermittent demand patterns and…

Design and performance of the ENUBET monitored neutrino beam Open

Fabio Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini, F. Bramati , et al. · 2023

The Design of the ENUBET Beamline Open

E. Parozzi, Fabio Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini , et al. · 2023

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Monitored neutrino beams and the next generation of high precision cross section experiments Open

A. Branca, Fabio Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini , et al. · 2023

The main source of systematic uncertainty on neutrino cross section measurements at the GeV scale originates from the poor knowledge of the initial flux. The reduction of this uncertainty to 1% can be achieved through the monitoring of cha…

A Monitored Neutrino Beam at the European Spallation Source Open

F. Terranova, Fabio Acerbi, I Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini , et al. · 2023

Monitored neutrino beams are facilities where beam diagnostics enable the counting and identification of charged leptons in the decay tunnel of a narrow band beam. These facilities can monitor neutrino production at the single particle lev…

The ENUBET Monitored Neutrino Beam for High Precision Cross-Section Measurements Open

Claudia Caterina Delogu, Fabio Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini , et al. · 2023

The main source of systematic uncertainty on neutrino cross-section measurements at the GeV scale originates from the poor knowledge of the initial flux. The goal of reducing this uncertainty to 1% can be achieved through the monitoring of…

Euclid preparation Open

T. Castro, A. Fumagalli, Raúl E. Angulo, S. Bocquet, S. Borgani , et al. · 2023

Euclid ’s photometric galaxy cluster survey has the potential to be a very competitive cosmological probe. The main cosmological probe with observations of clusters is their number count, within which the halo mass function (HMF) is a key …

Lane Depth in an Avs/Rs Combining Space Efficiency and Throughput Open

Giacomo Lupi, Riccardo Manzini, Riccardo Accorsi, Ilaria Battarra, G. Sirri · 2023

ENUBET: A monitored neutrino beam for high precision cross section measurements Open

M. Torti, Fabio Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben, M. Bonesini , et al. · 2023

The main source of systematic uncertainty on neutrino cross section measurements at the GeV scale is represented by the poor knowledge of the initial flux. The goal of cutting down this uncertainty to 1% can be achieved through the monitor…

Euclid: Testing the Copernican principle with next-generation surveys Open

David Camarena, Valerio Marra, Z. Sakr, Savvas Nesseris, A. Da Silva , et al. · 2022

Context. The Copernican principle, the notion that we are not at a special location in the Universe, is one of the cornerstones of modern cosmology. Its violation would invalidate the Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric, causing a m…

Euclid: Searching for pair-instability supernovae with the Deep Survey Open

Takashi J. Moriya, C. Inserra, Masaomi Tanaka, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle , et al. · 2022

Pair-instability supernovae are theorized supernovae that have not yet been observationally confirmed. They are predicted to exist in low-metallicity environments. Because overall metallicity becomes lower at higher redshifts, deep near-in…

Euclid near infrared spectrometer and photometer instrument flight model presentation, performance, and ground calibration results summary Open

T. Maciaszek, Anne ealet, W. Gillard, K. Jahnkę, R. Barbier , et al. · 2022

The NISP (Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer) is one of the two Euclid\ninstruments. It operates in the near-IR spectral region (950-2020nm) as a\nphotometer and spectrometer. The instrument is composed of: a cold (135 K)\noptomecha…

EUCLID's near infrared spectro-photometer ready for flight: review of final performances Open

E. Medinaceli, L. Valenziano, N. Auricchio, E. Franceschi, F. Gianotti , et al. · 2022

ESA's mission Euclid while undertaking its final integration stage is fully qualified. Euclid will perform an extra galactic survey (0<2) using visible and near-infrared light. To detect the infrared radiation is equipped with the Near Inf…

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