Publications by authors named "M Cargnelli"

The SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration has developed a novel X-ray detection system based on cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT, CdZnTe), marking the first application of this technology at the DAΦNE electron-positron collider at INFN-LNF. This work aims to demonstrate the stability of the detectors' performance in terms of linearity and resolution over short and long periods, thereby establishing their suitability for precise spectroscopic measurements within a collider environment. A reference calibration spectrum is presented in association with findings from assessments of linearity and resolution stability.

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The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP), a cornerstone of quantum mechanics and whole science, states that in a system, two fermions can not simultaneously occupy the same quantum state. Several experimental tests have been performed to place increasingly stringent bounds on the validity of PEP. Among these, the series of VIP experiments, performed at the Gran Sasso Underground National Laboratory of INFN, is searching for PEP-violating atomic X-ray transitions in copper.

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Fermions are subject to the Pauli Exclusion Principle (PEP), which is grounded on the spin-statistics theorem and, hence, related to the very same structure of the underlying symmetries. The VIP-2 (VIolation of Pauli exclusion principle - 2) experiment has been performing extreme sensitivity tests of the PEP, up to its current and final configuration, exploiting several experimental setups designed to study different theoretical models of PEP violation, looking for a faint signal of physics Beyond the Standard Model.A current is introduced in the copper target to bring new electrons into the system and, hence, fulfill the requirements of the Messiah-Greenberg Super-Selection rule.

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  • Kaonic atom X-ray spectroscopy helps explore the strong interactions between kaons and atomic nuclei/nucleons, using soft X-ray emissions (<20 keV) from light kaonic atoms like hydrogen and helium as well as ongoing research for harder X-ray emissions (>20 keV) from intermediate kaonic atoms like carbon and aluminum.
  • New experiments, particularly the SIDDHARTA-2 and EXCALIBUR proposals, focus on making precise measurements using advanced cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detectors, which can effectively detect hard X-rays and gamma-rays.
  • A prototype CZT detector showed impressive performance at room temperature, achieving significant energy resolution in its measurements, and experiments conducted at the DAΦNE collider
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Large area Silicon Drift Detectors are employed in high sensitivity tests of the Pauli Exclusion Principle by the VIP-2 Collaboration. The experiment is operated in the extremely low cosmic background environment of the Gran Sasso underground National Laboratory of INFN. In this work an off-line analysis method is proposed which provides an additional background reduction, as well as a better calibration procedure.

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