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author Artibani, Francesco
Manti, Simone
Abbene, Leonardo
Buttacavoli, Antonino
Bettelli, Manuele
Gerardi, Gaetano
Principato, Fabio
Zappettini, Andrea
Bazzi, Massimiliano
Borghi, Giacomo
Bosnar, Damir
Bragadireanu, Mario
Carminati, Marco
Clozza, Alberto
Clozza, Francesco
Del Grande, Raffaele
De Paolis, Luca
Fiorini, Carlo
Friscic, Ivica
Guaraldo, Carlo
Iliescu, Mihail
Iwasaki, Masahiko
Khreptak, Aleksander
Marton, Johann
Moskal, Pawel
Napolitano, Fabrizio
Ohnishi, Hiroaki
Piscicchia, Kristian
Sgaramella, Francesco
Silarski, Michal
Sirghi, Diana Laura
Sirghi, Florin
Skurzok, Magdalena
Spallone, Antonio
Toho, Kairo
Doce, Oton Vazquez
Zmeskal, Johann
Curceanu, Catalina
Scordo, Alessandro
author_facet Artibani, Francesco
Manti, Simone
Abbene, Leonardo
Buttacavoli, Antonino
Bettelli, Manuele
Gerardi, Gaetano
Principato, Fabio
Zappettini, Andrea
Bazzi, Massimiliano
Borghi, Giacomo
Bosnar, Damir
Bragadireanu, Mario
Carminati, Marco
Clozza, Alberto
Clozza, Francesco
Del Grande, Raffaele
De Paolis, Luca
Fiorini, Carlo
Friscic, Ivica
Guaraldo, Carlo
Iliescu, Mihail
Iwasaki, Masahiko
Khreptak, Aleksander
Marton, Johann
Moskal, Pawel
Napolitano, Fabrizio
Ohnishi, Hiroaki
Piscicchia, Kristian
Sgaramella, Francesco
Silarski, Michal
Sirghi, Diana Laura
Sirghi, Florin
Skurzok, Magdalena
Spallone, Antonio
Toho, Kairo
Doce, Oton Vazquez
Zmeskal, Johann
Curceanu, Catalina
Scordo, Alessandro
contents \noindent In this work, new measurements of absolute X-ray yields for several transitions in kaonic copper and, for the first time, in kaonic fluorine are reported. The data were collected by the SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration at the DA$Φ$NE collider using a novel room-temperature Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) detection system. Detection efficiencies were evaluated through a dedicated Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of the full experimental setup, enabling the extraction of absolute yields per stopped kaon. \noindent The measured yields exhibit a systematic dependence on the principal quantum number, reflecting the interplay between radiative transitions, Auger de-excitation, and strong-interaction-induced nuclear capture. In kaonic fluorine, a suppression of the 4$\to$3 transition yield relative to higher-n transitions is observed, providing evidence for the onset of strong-interaction effects already at the $n=4$ level. From this behaviour, a conservative lower limit on the corresponding strong-interaction width is derived. \noindent These results provide new quantitative constraints for cascade models of exotic atoms and extend experimental access to intermediate atomic levels where strong-interaction effects are not directly observable via level shifts and widths. They also establish CZT-based detection as a powerful and versatile approach for high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of kaonic atoms in collider environments.
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spellingShingle Kaonic Copper and Fluorine Absolute Yields Measurement with a CZT-based Detection System at DA$Φ$NE
Artibani, Francesco
Manti, Simone
Abbene, Leonardo
Buttacavoli, Antonino
Bettelli, Manuele
Gerardi, Gaetano
Principato, Fabio
Zappettini, Andrea
Bazzi, Massimiliano
Borghi, Giacomo
Bosnar, Damir
Bragadireanu, Mario
Carminati, Marco
Clozza, Alberto
Clozza, Francesco
Del Grande, Raffaele
De Paolis, Luca
Fiorini, Carlo
Friscic, Ivica
Guaraldo, Carlo
Iliescu, Mihail
Iwasaki, Masahiko
Khreptak, Aleksander
Marton, Johann
Moskal, Pawel
Napolitano, Fabrizio
Ohnishi, Hiroaki
Piscicchia, Kristian
Sgaramella, Francesco
Silarski, Michal
Sirghi, Diana Laura
Sirghi, Florin
Skurzok, Magdalena
Spallone, Antonio
Toho, Kairo
Doce, Oton Vazquez
Zmeskal, Johann
Curceanu, Catalina
Scordo, Alessandro
Nuclear Experiment
\noindent In this work, new measurements of absolute X-ray yields for several transitions in kaonic copper and, for the first time, in kaonic fluorine are reported. The data were collected by the SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration at the DA$Φ$NE collider using a novel room-temperature Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) detection system. Detection efficiencies were evaluated through a dedicated Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of the full experimental setup, enabling the extraction of absolute yields per stopped kaon. \noindent The measured yields exhibit a systematic dependence on the principal quantum number, reflecting the interplay between radiative transitions, Auger de-excitation, and strong-interaction-induced nuclear capture. In kaonic fluorine, a suppression of the 4$\to$3 transition yield relative to higher-n transitions is observed, providing evidence for the onset of strong-interaction effects already at the $n=4$ level. From this behaviour, a conservative lower limit on the corresponding strong-interaction width is derived. \noindent These results provide new quantitative constraints for cascade models of exotic atoms and extend experimental access to intermediate atomic levels where strong-interaction effects are not directly observable via level shifts and widths. They also establish CZT-based detection as a powerful and versatile approach for high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of kaonic atoms in collider environments.
title Kaonic Copper and Fluorine Absolute Yields Measurement with a CZT-based Detection System at DA$Φ$NE
topic Nuclear Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10477