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physics.ins-det2021★ 129 cited

The SNO+ Experiment

SNO+ Collaboration, :, V. Albanese +251

The SNO+ experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. A low background search for neutrinoless double beta () decay will be conducted using 780 tonnes…

physics.ins-det2018★ 77 cited

nEXO Pre-Conceptual Design Report

nEXO Collaboration, S. Al Kharusi, A. Alamre +171

The projected performance and detector configuration of nEXO are described in this pre-Conceptual Design Report (pCDR). nEXO is a tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta () deca…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 103 cited

Design and Construction of the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector

P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Baldwin, M. Batygov +106

The Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon…

physics.ins-det2017★ 43 cited

In-situ characterization of the Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier tubes used in the DEAP-3600 experiment

DEAP Collaboration, P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Batygov +99

The Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier-tube (PMT) is a novel high-quantum efficiency PMT. It is currently used in the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector and is of significant interest…

physics.ins-det2014★ 22 cited

DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search

DEAP Collaboration, P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Batygov +54

The DEAP-3600 experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Ontario. It is a single-phase detector that searches for dark matter particle interactions within a 1000…

physics.ins-det2014★ 18 cited

Improving Photoelectron Counting and Particle Identification in Scintillation Detectors with Bayesian Techniques

M. Akashi-Ronquest, P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Batygov +79

Many current and future dark matter and neutrino detectors are designed to measure scintillation light with a large array of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The energy resolution and…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 26 cited

Radon backgrounds in the DEAP-1 liquid-argon-based Dark Matter detector

P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Batygov, B. Beltran +49

The DEAP-1 \SI{7}{kg} single phase liquid argon scintillation detector was operated underground at SNOLAB in order to test the techniques and measure the backgrounds inherent to si…

nucl-ex2011★ 25 cited

The G0 Experiment: Apparatus for Parity-Violating Electron Scattering Measurements at Forward and Backward Angles

G0 Collaboration, D. Androic, D. S. Armstrong +127

In the G0 experiment, performed at Jefferson Lab, the parity-violating elastic scattering of electrons from protons and quasi-elastic scattering from deuterons is measured in order…

physics.ins-det2010

A Layer Correlation technique for pion energy calibration at the 2004 ATLAS Combined Beam Test

E. Abat, J. M. Abdallah, T. N. Addy +482

A new method for calibrating the hadron response of a segmented calorimeter is developed and successfully applied to beam test data. It is based on a principal component analysis o…

physics.ins-det2009★ 1 cited

A Layer Correlation Technique for Pion Energy Calibration at the 2004 ATLAS Combined Beam Test

Karl-Johan Grahn

A new method for calibrating the hadron response of a segmented calorimeter is developed. It is based on a principal component analysis of the calorimeter layer energy deposits, ex…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 72 cited

Measurement of the scintillation time spectra and pulse-shape discrimination of low-energy beta and nuclear recoils in liquid argon with DEAP-1

P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Batygov, B. Beltran +69

The DEAP-1 low-background liquid argon detector was used to measure scintillation pulse shapes of electron and nuclear recoil events and to demonstrate the feasibility of pulse-sha…

nucl-ex2007★ 39 cited

Transverse Beam Spin Asymmetries in Forward-Angle Elastic Electron-Proton Scattering

G0 Collaboration, D. S. Armstrong

We have measured the beam-normal single-spin asymmetry in elastic scattering of transversely-polarized 3 GeV electrons from unpolarized protons at Q^2 = 0.15, 0.25 (GeV/c)^2. The r…

nucl-ex2006★ 145 cited

Measurement of the and Total B Solar Neutrino Fluxes with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Phase I Data Set

SNO Collaboration

This article provides the complete description of results from the Phase I data set of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). The Phase I data set is based on a 0.65 kt-year expos…

hep-ph2006★ 19 cited

Production and detection of very light spin-zero bosons at optical frequencies

A. V. Afanasev, O. K. Baker, K. W. McFarlane +3

The PVLAS collaboration has observed rotation of the plane of polarization of light passing through a magnetic field in vacuum and has proposed that the effect is due to interactio…

nucl-ex2005★ 281 cited

Strange Quark Contributions to Parity-Violating Asymmetries in the Forward G0 Electron-Proton Scattering Experiment

The G0 Collaboration

We have measured parity-violating asymmetries in elastic electron-proton scattering over the range of momentum transfers 0.12 < Q^2 < 1.0 GeV^2. These asymmetries, arising from int…

physics.ins-det2004

X-Ray Scanner for Atlas Barrel TRT Modules

Taeksu Shin, O. K. Baker, K. W. McFarlane +1

X-ray scanners for gain mapping of ATLAS Barrel Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) modules were developed at Hampton University for quality assurance purposes. Gas gain variations…

nucl-ex2003★ 32 cited

Measurement of 222Rn dissolved in water at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

I. Blevis

The technique used at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) to measure the concentration of 222Rn in water is described. Water from the SNO detector is passed through a vacuum deg…

nucl-ex2002★ 39 cited

A radium assay technique using hydrous titanium oxide adsorbent for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

T. C. Andersen, SNO Collaboration

As photodisintegration of deuterons mimics the disintegration of deuterons by neutrinos, the accurate measurement of the radioactivity from thorium and uranium decay chains in the…

nucl-ex2002★ 36 cited

Measurement of radium concentration in water with Mn-coated beads at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

T. C. Andersen

We describe a method to measure the concentration of 224Ra and 226Ra in the heavy water target used to detect solar neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and in the surroun…

nucl-ex2002★ 982 cited

Measurement of Day and Night Neutrino Energy Spectra at SNO and Constraints on Neutrino Mixing Parameters

SNO Collaboration

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has measured day and night solar neutrino energy spectra and rates. For charged current events, assuming an undistorted B spectrum, the n…

nucl-ex2002★ 3k cited

Direct Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Transformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration

Observations of neutral current neutrino interactions on deuterium in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are reported. Using the neutral current, elastic scattering, and charged curr…

hep-ex2000★ 19 cited

First Neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

A. B. McDonald

The first neutrino observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are presented from preliminary analyses. Based on energy, direction and location, the data in the region of in…

nucl-ex1999★ 491 cited

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

The SNO Collaboration

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a second generation water Cherenkov detector designed to determine whether the currently observed solar neutrino deficit is a result of neutrino…