Nicole Bell

A next-generation liquid xenon observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics

J Aalbers, SS AbdusSalam, K Abe, V Aerne, F Agostini, S Ahmed Maouloud, DS Akerib, DY Akimov, J Akshat, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder, SK Alsum, L Althueser, CS Amarasinghe, FD Amaro, A Ames, TJ Anderson, B Andrieu, N Angelides, E Angelino, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS

The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dua..

Nucleon Structure and Strong Interactions in Dark Matter Capture in Neutron Stars (vol 127, 111803, 2021)

Nicole F Bell, Giorgio Busoni, Theo F Motta, Sandra Robles, Anthony W Thomas, Michael Virgato

Journal article  |  2022  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.111803.

Indirect detection of low mass dark matter in direct detection experiments with inelastic scattering

Nicole F Bell, James B Dent, Bhaskar Dutta, Jason Kumar, Jayden L Newstead

Journal article  |  2022  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW D

We revisit the detection of luminous dark matter in direct detection experiments. In this scenario, dark matter scatters endotherm..

High-energy and ultra-high-energy neutrinos: A Snowmass white paper

M Ackermann, M Bustamante, L Lu, N Otte, MH Reno, S Wissel, SK Agarwalla, J Alvarez-Muñiz, R Alves Batista, CA Argüelles, BA Clark, A Cummings, S Das, V Decoene, PB Denton, D Dornic, ZA Dzhilkibaev, Y Farzan, A Garcia, MV Garzelli, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of High Energy Astrophysics

Astrophysical neutrinos are excellent probes of astroparticle physics and high-energy physics. With energies far beyond solar, sup..

Dark matter pollution in the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background

NF Bell, MJ Dolan, S Robles

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

The Hyper-Kamiokande (HyperK) experiment is expected to precisely measure the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB). This r..

Observing the Migdal effect from nuclear recoils of neutral particles with liquid xenon and argon detectors

Nicole F Bell, James B Dent, Rafael F Lang, Jayden L Newstead, Alexander C Ritter

Journal article  |  2022  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW D

In recent years, dark matter direct detection experiments have spurred interest in the Migdal effect, where it is employed to exte..

Improved treatment of dark matter capture in neutron stars III: nucleon and exotic targets

Filippo Anzuini, Nicole F Bell, Giorgio Busoni, Theo F Motta, Sandra Robles, Anthony W Thomas, Michael Virgato

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS

We consider the capture of dark matter (DM) in neutron stars via scattering on hadronic targets, including neutrons, protons and h..

Searching for dark matter in the Sun using Hyper-Kamiokande

Nicole F Bell, Matthew J Dolan, Sandra Robles

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS

We study the ability of the Hyper-Kamiokande (HyperK) experiment, currently under construction, to constrain a neutrino signal pro..

Cosmic-ray upscattered inelastic dark matter

Nicole F Bell, James B Dent, Bhaskar Dutta, Sumit Ghosh, Jason Kumar, Jayden L Newstead, Ian M Shoemaker

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Light nonrelativistic components of the galactic dark matter halo elude direct detection constraints because they lack the kinetic..

Low-mass inelastic dark matter direct detection via the Migdal effect

Nicole F Bell, James B Dent, Bhaskar Dutta, Sumit Ghosh, Jason Kumar, Jayden L Newstead

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW D

We consider searches for the inelastic scattering of low-mass dark matter at direct detection experiments, using the Migdal effect..