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most citedFirst results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

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physics.ins-det2020★ 3 cited

The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

CAPTAIN Collaboration, C. E. Taylor, B. Bhandari +73

This manuscript describes the commissioning of the Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon detector in a neutron beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), which led to a first meas…

physics.ins-det2017★ 12 cited

Performance of a MICROMEGAS-based TPC in a high-energy neutron beam

Lucas Snyder, Brett Manning, Nathaniel S. Bowden +27

The MICROMEGAS (MICRO-MEsh GAseous Structure) charge amplification structure has found wide use in many detection applications, especially as a gain stage for the charge readout of…

physics.ins-det2016★ 13 cited

Characterization of the Spontaneous Light Emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz Experiment

Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, T. Abrahão +146

During the commissioning of the first of the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, an unexpected and dominant background caused by the emission of light inside the optical…

physics.ins-det2014★ 15 cited

Ortho-positronium observation in the Double Chooz Experiment

Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos, J. C. Barriere +143

The Double Chooz experiment measures the neutrino mixing angle by detecting reactor via inverse beta decay. The positron-neutron space and time coincidence allow…

physics.ins-det2014★ 15 cited

Precision Muon Reconstruction in Double Chooz

Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos +141

We describe a muon track reconstruction algorithm for the reactor anti-neutrino experiment Double Chooz. The Double Chooz detector consists of two optically isolated volumes of liq…

physics.ins-det2013★ 28 cited

Modeling Pulse Characteristics in Xenon with NEST

Jeremy Mock, Nichole Barry, Kareem Kazkaz +5

A comprehensive model for describing the characteristics of pulsed signals, generated by particle interactions in xenon detectors, is presented. An emphasis is laid on two-phase ti…