Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA)

Sebastian Vetter

Information:

Institute: IAP
Room: 402/114
Phone: +49 721 608 24750
Email: sebastian.vetter@kit.edu

Research:

Machine Learning Applications to Enhance Signal Quality in the XENONnT Experiment
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Valerius
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Torben Ferber



Publications

Light Dark Matter Search with 7.8 Tonne-Year of Ionization-Only Data in XENONnT Aprile, E. et al, 2026
Development & Characterization of Electrodes for large-scale Xenon Time Projection Chambers Elykov, A. et al, 2025
Constraints on Solar Reflected Dark Matter from a combined analysis of XENON1T and XENONnT data Aprile, E. et al, 2025
Challenging Spontaneous Quantum Collapse with XENONnT Aprile, E. et al, 2025
Radon Removal in XENONnT down to the Solar Neutrino Level Aprile, E. et al, 2025
The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics Aalbers, J. et al, 2024
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory Aalbers, J. et al, 2024
XENONnT WIMP Search: Signal & Background Modeling and Statistical Inference Aprile, E. et al, 2024
First Search for Light Dark Matter in the Neutrino Fog with XENONnT Aprile, E. et al, 2024
Model-independent searches of new physics in DARWIN with a semi-supervised deep learning pipeline Aalbers, J. et al, 2024
The neutron veto of the XENONnT experiment: Results with demineralized water Aprile, E. et al, 2024
Low-Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration of XENONnT with a ^{88}YBe Photoneutron Source Aprile, E. et al, 2024
First Indication of Solar ^8B Neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with XENONnT Aprile, E. et al, 2024
XENONnT Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection Aprile, E. et al, 2024
Offline tagging of radon-induced backgrounds in XENON1T and applicability to other liquid xenon detectors Aprile, E. et al, 2024
Cosmogenic background simulations for the DARWIN observatory at different underground locations Adrover, M. et al, 2023
GPU-based optical simulation of the DARWIN detector Althueser, L. et al, 2022
A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics Aalbers, J. et al, 2022

Conferences and Talks

Machine Learning based defect detection for large-scale electrodes | DPG Spring Meeting | Dresden | 2023-03-21 Abstract
Probabilistic Machine Learning for the XENONnT position reconstruction | DPG Spring Meeting | Karlsruhe | 2024-03-07 Abstract
Probabilistic Position Reconstruction in the XENONnT Experiment | Neutrino Physics and Machine Learning | Zurich | 2024-06-26 Slides

Supervised Theses

Implementation of different electrode geometries in the DARWIN simulation package A. Mulas 2023-07-08

Teaching

SS 23 Moderne Experimentalphysik fuer Lehramtskandidaten
WS 23/24 Praktikum Moderne Physik

Annual Work Reports

2022 Link
2023 Link
2024 Link