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physics.ins-det2017★ 6 cited

A Review and Outlook for the Removal of Radon-Generated Po-210 Surface Contamination

V. E. Guiseppe, C. D. Christofferson, K. R. Hair +1

The next generation low-background detectors operating deep underground aim for unprecedented low levels of radioactive backgrounds. The deposition and presence of radon progeny on…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 33 cited

A Search for Neutrino Emission from Fast Radio Bursts with Six Years of IceCube Data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +320

We present a search for coincidence between IceCube TeV neutrinos and fast radio bursts (FRBs). During the search period from 2010 May 31 to 2016 May 12, a total of 29 FRBs with 13…

physics.ins-det2017★ 43 cited

Calibration, event reconstruction, data analysis and limits calculation for the LUX dark matter experiment

D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +95

The LUX experiment has performed searches for dark matter particles scattering elastically on xenon nuclei, leading to stringent upper limits on the nuclear scattering cross sectio…

physics.ins-det2017★ 4 cited

Low Background Materials and Fabrication Techniques for Cables and Connectors in the Majorana Demonstrator

M. Busch, N. Abgrall, S. I. Alvis +67

The MAJORANA Collaboration is searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the nucleus Ge-76. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of germanium detectors deployed with the…

physics.ins-det2017★ 2 cited

Contamination Control and Assay Results for the Majorana Demonstrator Ultra Clean Components

C. D. Christofferson, N. Abgrall, S. I. Alvis +67

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a neutrinoless double beta decay experiment utilizing enriched Ge-76 detectors in 2 separate modules inside of a common solid shield at the Sanford Und…

hep-ex2017★ 190 cited

Measurement of the multi-TeV neutrino cross section with IceCube using Earth absorption

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +314

Neutrinos interact only very weakly, so they are extremely penetrating. However, the theoretical neutrino-nucleon interaction cross section rises with energy such that, at energies…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 11 cited

Growth, electrical, structural, and magnetic properties of half-Heusler CoTiFeSb

Sean D. Harrington, Anthony D. Rice, Tobias Brown-Heft +11

Epitaxial thin films of the substitutionally alloyed half-Heusler series CoTiFeSb were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on InAlAs/InP(001) substrates for concentrations…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 193 cited

Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory

A. Albert, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi +1931

The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst (GRB) that followed the merg…

nucl-ex2017★ 184 cited

Search for Zero-Neutrino Double Beta Decay in 76Ge with the Majorana Demonstrator

C. E. Aalseth, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo +126

The \MJ\ Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge. The \MJ\ \DEM\ comprises 44.1~kg of Ge detectors…

physics.ins-det2017★ 32 cited

Position Reconstruction in LUX

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +91

The position reconstruction method used in the analysis of the complete exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment is presented. The algorithm is based on a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 21 cited

Relative Cooling Power Enhancement by Tuning Magneto-structural Stability in Ni-Mn-In Heusler Alloys

Jing-Han Chen, Nickolaus M. Bruno, Zhenhua Ning +5

Off-stoichiometric NiMnIn Heusler alloys have drawn recent attention due to their large magnetocaloric entropy change associated with the first-order magneto-structural transit…

hep-ex2017★ 44 cited

Search for Nonstandard Neutrino Interactions with IceCube DeepCore

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +317

As atmospheric neutrinos propagate through the Earth, vacuum-like oscillations are modified by Standard-Model neutral- and charged-current interactions with electrons. Theories bey…

physics.ins-det2017★ 216 cited

The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND)

LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Abramov +230

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0) would show that lepton number is violated, reveal that neutrinos are Majorana particles, and provide information on neutr…

physics.ins-det2017★ 49 cited

Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of LUX Detector using Xe Electron Capture

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +91

We report an absolute calibration of the ionization yields($\textit{Q$_y$})$ and fluctuations for electronic recoil events in liquid xenon at discrete energies between 186 eV and 3…

hep-ex2017★ 104 cited

Neutrino Interferometry for High-Precision Tests of Lorentz Symmetry with IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +319

Lorentz symmetry is a fundamental space-time symmetry underlying the Standard Model of particle physics and gravity. However, unified theories, such as string theory, allow for vio…

physics.ins-det2017★ 25 cited

3D Modeling of Electric Fields in the LUX Detector

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +91

This work details the development of a three-dimensional (3D) electric field model for the LUX detector. The detector took data during two periods of searching for weakly interacti…

hep-ex2017★ 153 cited

Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment at Soudan

SuperCDMS Collaboration, R. Agnese, T. Aramaki +101

We report the result of a blinded search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan dataset. With an exposure of 1690 kg days, a si…

physics.ins-det2017★ 7 cited

Radon Mitigation for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB Dark Matter Experiment

J. Street, R. Bunker, E. H. Miller +3

A potential background for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB dark matter experiment is from radon daughters that have plated out onto detector surfaces. To reach desired backgrounds, understand…

physics.ins-det2017★ 5 cited

Radon Daughter Plate-out onto Teflon

Eric S. Morrison, Eric H. Miller, Therese Frels +2

Radiopure materials for detector components in rare event searches may be contaminated after manufacturing with long-lived Pb produced by the decay of atmospheric radon. Ch…

physics.ins-det2017★ 8 cited

Constraining Radon Backgrounds in LZ

E. H. Miller, J. Busenitz, T. K. Edberg +8

The LZ dark matter detector, like many other rare-event searches, will suffer from backgrounds due to the radioactive decay of radon daughters. In order to achieve its science goal…

physics.ins-det2017★ 4 cited

The Status and Initial Results of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Experiment

V. E. Guiseppe, N. Abgrall, S. I. Alvis +67

Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches play a major role in determining the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino m…

physics.ins-det2017★ 36 cited

Kr calibration of the 2013 LUX dark matter search

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +91

LUX was the first dark matter experiment to use a Kr calibration source. In this paper we describe the source preparation and injection. We also present several $^…

physics.ins-det2017★ 7 cited

Measurement of directional range components of nuclear recoil tracks in a fiducialised dark matter detector

J. B. R. Battat, E. J. Daw, A. C. Ezeribe +16

We present results from the first measurement of axial range components of fiducialized neutron induced nuclear recoil tracks using the DRIFT directional dark matter detector. Nucl…

physics.ins-det2017★ 32 cited

The Processing of Enriched Germanium for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and R&D for a Possible Future Ton-Scale Ge-76 Double-Beta Decay Experiment

N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +67

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of point-contact Ge detectors fabricated from Ge isotopically enriched to 88% in Ge-76 to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. The proce…