F. Gao

ORCID: 0000-0003-1376-677X
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Research Areas
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Neutrino Physics Research
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
  • Scientific Research and Discoveries
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Computational Physics and Python Applications
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
  • Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Recommender Systems and Techniques
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

University of Pittsburgh
2018-2025

Tsinghua University
2021-2025

University of California, Santa Barbara
2023-2024

Institute of High Energy Physics
2020-2024

Shenyang University of Chemical Technology
2024

Columbia University
2017-2023

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2011-2021

RWTH Aachen University
2021

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2020

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2020

We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using 278.8 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment at LNGS. utilizes liquid xenon time projection chamber fiducial mass (1.30±0.01) ton, resulting in 1.0 ton yr exposure. The energy region interest, [1.4,10.6] keV_{ee} ([4.9,40.9] keV_{nr}), exhibits an ultralow electron recoil background rate [82_{-3}^{+5}(syst)±3(stat)] events/(ton keV_{ee}). No significant excess over is found, and profile likelihood...

10.1103/physrevlett.121.111302 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical Review Letters 2018-09-12

We report on a search for particle dark matter with the XENON100 experiment, operated at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso 13 months during 2011 and 2012. features an ultralow electromagnetic background of (5.3 ± 0.6) × 10(-3) events/(keV(ee) kg day) in energy region interest. A blind analysis 224.6 live days 34 exposure has yielded no evidence interactions. The two candidate events observed predefined nuclear recoil range 6.6-30.5 keV(nr) are consistent expectation (1.0 0.2) events....

10.1103/physrevlett.109.181301 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical Review Letters 2012-11-02

We report the first dark matter search results from XENON1T, a ∼2000-kg-target-mass dual-phase (liquid-gas) xenon time projection chamber in operation at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso Italy and ton-scale detector of this kind. The blinded used 34.2 live days data acquired between November 2016 January 2017. Inside (1042±12)-kg fiducial mass [5,40] keV_{nr} energy range interest for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) searches, electronic recoil background was (1.93±0.25)×10^{-4}...

10.1103/physrevlett.119.181301 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2017-10-30

We present results from the direct search for dark matter with XENON100 detector, installed underground at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN, Italy. is a two-phase time projection chamber 62 kg liquid xenon target. Interaction vertex reconstruction in three dimensions millimeter precision allows to select only innermost 48 as ultra-low background fiducial In 100.9 live days data, acquired between January and June 2010, no evidence found. Three candidate events were observed...

10.1103/physrevlett.107.131302 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical Review Letters 2011-09-19

We report results from searches for new physics with low-energy electronic recoil data recorded the XENON1T detector. With an exposure of 0.65 tonne-years and unprecedentedly low background rate 76±2stat events/(tonne×year×keV) between 1 30 keV, enable one most sensitive solar axions, enhanced neutrino magnetic moment using neutrinos, bosonic dark matter. An excess over known backgrounds is observed at energies prominent 2 3 keV. The axion model has a 3.4σ significance, three-dimensional 90%...

10.1103/physrevd.102.072004 article EN cc-by Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2020-10-12

We report constraints on light dark matter (DM) models using ionization signals in the XENON1T experiment. mitigate backgrounds with strong event selections, rather than requiring a scintillation signal, leaving an effective exposure of (22±3) tonne day. Above ∼0.4 keV_{ee}, we observe <1 event/(tonne day keV_{ee}), which is more 1000 times lower similar searches other detectors. Despite observing higher rate at energies, no DM or CEvNS detection may be claimed because cannot model all our...

10.1103/physrevlett.123.251801 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2019-12-17

XENONnT is a dark matter direct detection experiment, utilizing 5.9 t of instrumented liquid xenon, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. In this work, we predict experimental background and project sensitivity to weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The expected average differential rate in energy region interest, corresponding (1, 13) keV (4, 50) for electronic nuclear recoils, amounts $12.3 \pm 0.6$ (keV y)$^{-1}$ $(2.2\pm 0.5)\times 10^{-3}$ y)$^{-1}$,...

10.1088/1475-7516/2020/11/031 article EN Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2020-11-01

The NOvA experiment has made a $4.4\sigma$-significant observation of $\bar\nu_{e}$ appearance in 2 GeV $\bar\nu_{\mu}$ beam at distance 810 km. Using $12.33\times10^{20}$ protons on target delivered to the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beamline, recorded 27 $\bar\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \bar\nu_{e}$ candidates with background 10.3 and 102 \bar\nu_{\mu}$ candidates. This new antineutrino data is combined measure oscillation parameters $|\Delta m^2_{32}| = 2.48^{+0.11}_{-0.06}\times10^{-3}$ eV$^2/c^4$,...

10.1103/physrevlett.123.151803 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2019-10-11

We present new experimental constraints on the elastic, spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section using recent data from XENON100 experiment, operated in Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso Italy. An analysis of 224.6 live days×34 kg exposure acquired during 2011 and 2012 revealed no excess signal due to axial-vector WIMP interactions with 129Xe 131Xe nuclei. This leads most stringent upper limits WIMP-neutron sections for masses above 6 GeV/c², a minimum 3.5×10(-40) cm² at mass 45 90%...

10.1103/physrevlett.111.021301 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical Review Letters 2013-07-09

We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with XENONnT experiment, which is based a two-phase time projection chamber sensitive liquid xenon mass 5.9 ton. During (1.09±0.03) ton yr exposure used this search, intrinsic ^{85}Kr and ^{222}Rn concentrations target are reduced to unprecedentedly low levels, giving an electronic recoil background rate (15.8±1.3) events/ton keV region interest. A blind analysis events...

10.1103/physrevlett.131.041003 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2023-07-28

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is first WIMP dark matter detector operating with a liquid xenon target mass above ton-scale. Out of its 3.2t inventory, 2.0t constitute active dual-phase time projection chamber. scintillation and ionization signals from particle interactions are detected low-background photomultipliers. This article describes instrument subsystems as well strategies to achieve an unprecedented low background level. First results on...

10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5326-3 article EN cc-by The European Physical Journal C 2017-12-01

We report the first experimental results on spin-dependent elastic weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) nucleon scattering from XENON1T dark matter search experiment. The analysis uses full ton year exposure of to constrain proton-only and neutron-only cases. No significant signal excess is observed, a profile likelihood ratio used set exclusion limits WIMP-nucleon interactions. This includes most stringent constraint date WIMP-neutron cross section, with minimum 6.3×10^{-42} cm^{2} at...

10.1103/physrevlett.122.141301 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical Review Letters 2019-04-08

Direct dark matter detection experiments based on a liquid xenon target are leading the search for particles with masses above $\sim$ 5 GeV/c$^2$, but have limited sensitivity to lighter because of small momentum transfer in matter-nucleus elastic scattering. However, there is an irreducible contribution from inelastic processes accompanying scattering, which leads excitation and ionization recoiling atom (the Migdal effect) or emission Bremsstrahlung photon. In this letter, we report probe...

10.1103/physrevlett.123.241803 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2019-12-13

We report on a blinded analysis of low-energy electronic-recoil data from the first science run XENONnT dark matter experiment. Novel subsystems and increased 5.9 tonne liquid xenon target reduced background in (1, 30) keV search region to $(15.8 \pm 1.3)$ events/(tonne$\times$year$\times$keV), lowest ever achieved detector $\sim$5 times lower than XENON1T. With an exposure 1.16 tonne-years, we observe no excess above set stringent new limits solar axions, enhanced neutrino magnetic moment,...

10.1103/physrevlett.129.161805 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2022-10-13

We present updated results from the NOvA experiment for $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\mu$ and $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_e$ oscillations an exposure of $8.85\times10^{20}$ protons on target, which represents increase 46% compared to our previous publication. The utilize significant improvements in both simulations analysis data. A joint fit data $\nu_\mu$ disappearance $\nu_e$ appearance gives best point as normal mass hierarchy, $\Delta m^2_{32} = 2.44\times 10^{-3}{{\rm eV}^2}/c^4$,...

10.1103/physrevd.98.032012 article EN cc-by Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2018-08-24

We present new $ν_μ\rightarrowν_e$, $ν_μ\rightarrowν_μ$, $\overlineν_μ\rightarrow\overlineν_e$, and $\overlineν_μ\rightarrow\overlineν_μ$ oscillation measurements by the NOvA experiment, with a 50% increase in neutrino-mode beam exposure over previously reported results. The additional data, combined published neutrino antineutrino are all analyzed using improved techniques simulations. A joint fit to $ν_e$, $ν_μ$, $\overlineν_e$, $\overlineν_μ$ candidate samples within 3-flavor framework...

10.1103/physrevd.106.032004 article EN cc-by Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2022-08-03

Delayed single- and few-electron emissions plague dual-phase time projection chambers, limiting their potential to search for light-mass dark matter. This paper examines the origins of these events in XENON1T experiment. Characterization intensity delayed electron backgrounds shows that resulting are correlated, position, with high-energy can effectively be vetoed. In this work we extend previous S2-only analyses down a single electron. From analysis, after removing correlated backgrounds,...

10.1103/physrevd.106.022001 article EN cc-by Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2022-07-05

We present the first measurement of nuclear recoils from solar <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mrow><a:mmultiscripts><a:mrow><a:mi mathvariant="normal">B</a:mi></a:mrow><a:mprescripts/><a:none/><a:mrow><a:mn>8</a:mn></a:mrow></a:mmultiscripts></a:mrow></a:math> neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with XENONnT dark matter experiment. The central detector is a low-background, two-phase time projection chamber 5.9 t sensitive...

10.1103/physrevlett.133.191002 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2024-11-07

The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and sensitivity. XENONnT experiment is the latest detector in program, planned be an upgrade its predecessor XENON1T. It features active target 5.9 tonnes cryogenic (8.5 total mass cryostat). expected extend sensitivity WIMP by more than order magnitude compared XENON1T, thanks larger significantly reduced background,...

10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12982-5 article EN cc-by The European Physical Journal C 2024-08-07

We search for dark matter (DM) with a mass [3,12] GeV/c^{2} using an exposure of 3.51 tonne year the XENONnT experiment. consider spin-independent DM-nucleon interactions mediated by heavy or light mediator, spin-dependent DM-neutron interactions, momentum-dependent DM scattering, and mirror DM. Using lowered energy threshold compared to previous weakly interacting massive particle search, blind analysis [0.5, 5.0] keV nuclear recoil events reveals no significant signal excess over...

10.1103/physrevlett.134.111802 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2025-03-20

We present the first results of searches for axions and axion-like-particles with XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, $g_{Ae}$, has been probed by exploiting axio-electric effect in liquid xenon. A profile likelihood analysis 224.6 live days $\times$ 34 kg exposure shown no evidence a signal. By rejecting larger than $7.7 \times 10^{-12}$ (90\% CL) solar axion search, we set best limit to date on this coupling. In frame DFSZ KSVZ models, exclude QCD heavier 0.3...

10.1103/physrevd.90.062009 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology 2014-09-09

We report on WIMP search results of the XENON100 experiment, combining three runs summing up to 477 live days from January 2010 2014. Data first two were already published. A blind analysis was applied last run recorded between April 2013 and 2014 prior results. The ultra-low electromagnetic background ~$5 \times 10^{-3}$ events/(keV$_{\mathrm{ee}}\times$kg$\times$day) before electronic recoil rejection, together with increased exposure 48 kg $\times$ yr improves sensitivity. profile...

10.1103/physrevd.94.122001 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2016-12-12

We report on a search for nuclear recoil signals from solar $^8$B neutrinos elastically scattering off xenon nuclei in XENON1T data, lowering the energy threshold 2.6 keV to 1.6 keV. develop variety of novel techniques limit resulting increase backgrounds near threshold. No significant neutrino-like excess is found an exposure 0.6 t $\times$ y. For first time, we use non-detection constrain light yield 1-2 recoils liquid xenon, as well non-standard neutrino-quark interactions. Finally,...

10.1103/physrevlett.126.091301 article EN cc-by Physical Review Letters 2021-03-01

The XENON1T experiment searches for dark matter particles through their scattering off xenon atoms in a 2 tonne liquid target. detector is dual-phase time projection chamber, which measures simultaneously the scintillation and ionization signals produced by interactions target volume, to reconstruct energy position, as well type of interaction. background rate central volume lowest achieved so far with xenon-based direct detection experiment. In this work we describe response model detector,...

10.1103/physrevd.99.112009 article EN publisher-specific-oa Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2019-06-27
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