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WINK: Advancing X and Gamma Ray Detection Technology for Space Observations Open

Matteo Tambone, Roberto Aloisio, Uygar Atalay, B. Banerjee, Felicia Barbato , et al. · 2025

X-ray Binaries: A Key Corollary Science with Crystal Eye Open

A. Tarana, Felicia Barbato, Fiamma Capitanio, Ritabrata Sarkar, Pierpaolo Savina , et al. · 2025

Measurement of gravitational and thermal effects in a liquid-actuated torsion pendulum Open

A. Allocca, M. Bassan, M. De Laurentis, R. De Rosa, L. Di Fiore , et al. · 2023

We describe a proof-of-principle experiment aiming to investigate the inverse-square law of gravitation at the centimeter scale. The sensor is a two-stage torsion pendulum, while actuation is accomplished by a variable liquid mass. The tim…

Crystal Eye: a wide sight on the Universe for X and gamma ray detection Open

Roberta Colalillo, Felicia Barbato, I. De Mitri, A. Di Giovanni, Mateo Fernandez Alonso , et al. · 2023

Crystal Eye is a new concept of space-based all sky monitor for the observation of 10keV-30MeV photons exploiting a new detection technique, which foresees enhanced localization capability with respect to current instruments. This is now p…

pygwb: A Python-based Library for Gravitational-wave Background Searches Open

A. Renzini, A. Romero, C. Talbot, Max Lalleman, S. Kandhasamy , et al. · 2023

The collection of gravitational waves (GWs) that are either too weak or too numerous to be individually resolved is commonly referred to as the gravitational-wave background (GWB). A confident detection and model-driven characterization of…

First observation of the cosmic ray shadow of the Moon and the Sun with KM3NeT/ORCA Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, Antonio Ambrosone , et al. · 2023

This article reports the first observation of the Moon and the Sun shadows in the sky distribution of cosmic-ray induced muons measured by the KM3NeT/ORCA detector. The analysed data-taking period spans from February 2020 to November 2021,…

Probing invisible neutrino decay with KM3NeT/ORCA Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone , et al. · 2023

KM3NeT broadcast optical data transport system Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, Antonio Ambrosone , et al. · 2023

The optical data transport system of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will provide more than 6000 optical modules in the detector arrays with a point-to-point optical connection to the control stations o…

The Crystal Eye X and gamma-ray detector for space missions Open

F. Garufi, A. Abba, Antonio Anastasio, G. C. Barbarino, Felicia Barbato , et al. · 2023

Crystal Eye idea comes from the analysis of two gravitational waves events: GW170817 and GW190425. Both events were referred to neutron star mergers. In the first case Fermi-GBM and INTEGRAL claimed the detection of a short Gamma Ray Burst…

Nanobeacon: A time calibration device for the KM3NeT neutrino telescope Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly , et al. · 2022

The KM3NeT multi-PMT optical module Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly , et al. · 2022

The optical module of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope is an innovative multi-faceted large area photodetection module. It contains 31 three-inch photomultiplier tubes in a single 0.44 m diameter pressure-resistant glass sphere. The module is…

Implementation and first results of the KM3NeT real-time core-collapse supernova neutrino search Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly , et al. · 2022

Combined sensitivity of JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA to the neutrino mass ordering Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly , et al. · 2022

Determining the neutrino mass ordering and oscillation parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, Antonio Ambrosone , et al. · 2022

Sensitivity to light sterile neutrino mixing parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly , et al. · 2021

The Crystal Eye X and gamma ray detector for space missions Open

Felicia Barbato, Andrea Abba, Antonio Anastasio, G. C. Barbarino, A. Boiano , et al. · 2021

Crystal Eye is a new concept of all sky monitor for the observation of 10keV-30MeV cosmic photons exploiting a new detection technique, which foresees enhanced localization capability with respect to current instruments. This is now possib…

Sensitivity to light sterile neutrino mixing parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly , et al. · 2021

KM3NeT/ORCA is a next-generation neutrino telescope optimised for atmospheric neutrino oscillations studies. In this paper, the sensitivity of ORCA to the presence of a light sterile neutrino in a 3+1 model is presented. After three years …

The KM3NeT potential for the next core-collapse supernova observation with neutrinos Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, Antonio Ambrosone , et al. · 2021

Architecture and performance of the KM3NeT front-end firmware Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, F. Ameli , et al. · 2021

The KM3NeT infrastructure consists of two deep-sea neutrino telescopes being deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. The telescopes will detect extraterrestrial and atmospheric neutrinos by means of the incident photons induced by the passage o…

Preliminary results of the pixel characterization for the Crystal Eye, a new X and gamma-ray satellite detector for multi-messenger astronomy Open

Felicia Barbato, G. C. Barbarino, A. Boiano, A. Vanzanella, F. Garufi , et al. · 2020

With the observation of the gravitational wave event of August 17th 2017 the multi-messenger astronomy era has definitely begun. With the opening of this new panorama, it is necessary to have new instruments and a perfect coordination of t…

Deep-sea deployment of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope detection units by self-unrolling Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, F. Ameli , et al. · 2020

[EN] KM3NeT is a research infrastructure being installed in the deep Mediterranean Sea. It will house a neutrino telescope comprising hundreds of networked moorings ¿ detection units or strings ¿ equipped with optical instrumentation to de…

Event reconstruction for KM3NeT/ORCA using convolutional neural networks Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, F. Ameli , et al. · 2020

The KM3NeT research infrastructure is currently under construction at two locations in the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ORCA water-Cherenkov neutrino detector off the French coast will instrument several megatons of seawater with photosen…

Deep-sea deployment of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope detection units by self-unrolling Open

The KM NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly , et al. · 2020

KM3NeT is a research infrastructure being installed in the deep Mediterranean Sea. It will house a neutrino telescope comprising hundreds of networked moorings - detection units or strings equipped with optical instrumentation to detect th…

gSeaGen: The KM3NeT GENIE-based code for neutrino telescopes Open

S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, F. Ameli , et al. · 2020

Program summary \nProgram Title: gSeaGen \nCPC Library link to program files: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/ymgxvy2br4.1 \nLicensing provisions: GPLv3 \nProgramming language: C++ \nExternal routines/libraries: GENIE [1] and its external depen…

The Control Unit of the KM3NeT Data Acquisition System Open

S. Aiello, F. Ameli, M. André, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi , et al. · 2020

Dependence of atmospheric muon flux on seawater depth measured with the first KM3NeT detection units Open

M. Ageron, S. Aiello, F. Ameli, M. André, G. Androulakis , et al. · 2020

Crystal Eye: a wide sight on the Universe looking for the electromagnetic counterpart of gravitational waves Open

Felicia Barbato, G. C. Barbarino, A. Boiano, R. De Asmundis, F. Garufi , et al. · 2019

With the observation of the gravitational wave event of August 17th 2017 and\nthen with those of the extragalactic neutrino of September 22nd, the multi\nmessenger astronomy era has definitely begun. With the opening of this new\npanorama,…

KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware and software Open

The KM NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, F. Ameli, M. André, G. Androulakis , et al. · 2019

The KM3NeT research infrastructure being built at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will host water-Cherenkov telescopes for the detection of cosmic neutrinos. The neutrino telescopes will consist of large volume three-dimensional grids …

Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino telescope to point-like neutrino sources Open

S. Aiello, S.E. Akrame, F. Ameli, E.G. Anassontzis, M. André , et al. · 2019

PETER: a torsion pendulum facility to study small forces/torques on free falling instrumented masses Open

F. Garufi, M. Bassan, A. Cavalleri, M. De Laurentis, Fabrizio De Marchi , et al. · 2018

We describe here the realization and tests of a two stage torsion pendulum facility (nicknamed PETER, from Italian PEndolo Traslazionale E Rotazionale, namely translational and Rotational Pendulum) for the measurement of the Gravitational …

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