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Cyclotron Radiation Signal Characterization in Resonant Cavities for the Project 8 Neutrino Mass Experiment
A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Bhagvati, H. P. Binney +60
Many experimental methods in physics require understanding radiation from single particles into non-trivial electromagnetic mode structures. Such characterization is critical for C…
Antenna Arrays for CRES-based Neutrino Mass Measurement
A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Bhagvati, S. Böser +65
CRES is a technique for precision measurements of kinetic energies of charged particles, pioneered by the Project 8 experiment to measure the neutrino mass using the tritium endpoi…
Dynamics of Magnetic Evaporative Beamline Cooling for Preparation of Cold Atomic Beams
A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Bhagvati, S. Böser +55
The most sensitive direct neutrino mass searches today are based on measurement of the endpoint of the beta spectrum of tritium to infer limits on the mass of the unobserved neutri…
Calorimetric Wire Detector for Measurement of Atomic Hydrogen Beams
M. Astaschov, S. Bhagvati, S. Böser +53
A calorimetric detector for minimally disruptive measurements of atomic hydrogen beams is described. The calorimeter measures heat released by the recombination of hydrogen atoms i…
Deep Learning Based Event Reconstruction for Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy
A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Böser, N. Buzinsky +48
The objective of the Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) technology is to build precise particle energy spectra. This is achieved by identifying the start frequencies…
Real-time Signal Detection for Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy Measurements using Antenna Arrays
A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Böser, N. Buzinsky +48
Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) is a technique for precision measurement of the energies of charged particles, which is being developed by the Project 8 Collaborat…
The Radioactive Source Calibration System of the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +62
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum (PROSPECT) Experiment is a reactor neutrino experiment designed to search for sterile neutrinos with a mass on the order of 1 eV/c$^2…
Lithium-loaded Liquid Scintillator Production for the PROSPECT experiment
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67
This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). Fifty-n…
The PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +86
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reac…
Performance of a segmented Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment
J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype for the PROSPECT…
The PROSPECT Physics Program
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +61
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor a…
Light Collection and Pulse-Shape Discrimination in Elongated Scintillator Cells for the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
A meter-long, 23-liter EJ-309 liquid scintillator detector has been constructed to study the light collection and pulse-shape discrimination performance of elongated scintillator c…
Background Radiation Measurements at High Power Research Reactors
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, C. X. Baldenegro +58
Research reactors host a wide range of activities that make use of the intense neutron fluxes generated at these facilities. Recent interest in performing measurements with relativ…