6 papers
The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby
J. Bae, M. Bergevin, E. P. Bernard +62
The BUTTON-30 detector is a 30-tonne technology demonstrator designed to evaluate the potential of hybrid event detection, simultaneously exploiting both Cherenkov and scintillatio…
Design and development of optical modules for the BUTTON-30 detector
D. S. Bhattacharya, J. Bae, M. Bergevin +63
BUTTON-30 is a neutrino detector demonstrator located in the STFC Boulby underground facility in the north-east of England. The main goal of the project is to deploy and test the p…
Gamma-ray background from rock: studies for a next-generation dark matter experiment based on liquid xenon
J. K. Tranter, V. A. Kudryavtsev, P. R. Scovell
Rare event experiments, such as those targeting dark matter interactions and neutrinoless double beta (0) decay, should be shielded from gamma-rays that originated in rock.…
Ultra-Low Background Germanium Assay at the Boulby Underground Laboratory
P. R. Scovell, E. Meehan, S. M. Paling +6
As we move to an era where next generation low-background particle physics experiments begin to be designed and constructed, the ability to assay materials with high sensitivity an…
Improved sensitivity in the search for rare decays of Gd isotopes
B. Lehnert, S. S. Nagorny, M. Thiesse +5
Gadolinium is widely used in multiple low-background experiments, making its isotopes accessible for rare decay searches both in-situ and through radiopurity screening data. This s…
Enhancing Material Screening at Boulby Underground Laboratory with XIA UltraLo-1800 Alpha Particle Detectors
Sid El Moctar Ahmed Maouloud, Anh Nguyen, XinRan Liu +9
The Boulby UnderGround Screening (BUGS) facility, located at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, has significantly advanced its material screening capabilities by installing two XIA…