Publications

2012

Partial γ-ray production cross sections for (n, xnγ) reactions in natural argon from 1-30 MeV.
S. MacMullin, M. Boswell, M. Devlin, S.R. Elliott, N. Fotiades, V.E. Guiseppe, R. Henning, B. LaRoque, R.O. Nelson, J.M. O'Donnell. February 2012
arXiv:1202.2141

2011

Scintillation yield and time dependence from electronic and nuclear recoils in liquid neon.
W. H. Lippincott, K. J. Coakley, D. Gastler, E. Kearns, D. N. McKinsey, J. A. Nikkel. November 2011.
arXiv:1111.3260

Fluorescence Efficiency and Visible Re-emission Spectrum of Tetraphenyl Butadiene Films at Extreme Ultraviolet Wavelengths.
V. M. Gehman, S. R. Seibert, K. Rielage, A. Hime, Y. Sun, D.-M. Mei, J. Maassen, D. Moore. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 570 (2011) pp. 116-121.
arXiv:1104.3259, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.088

Radon Progeny Deposition Model.
V.E. Guiseppe, S.R. Elliott, A. Hime, K. Rielage, S. Westerdale. LA-UR-10-07980. AIP Conf. Proc. 1338 (2011) 95-100.
arXiv:1101.0126, doi:10.1063/1.3579565

2010

Scintillation of thin tetraphenyl butadiene films under alpha particle excitation.
Tina Pollmann, Mark Boulay, Marcin Kuzniak. November 2010.
arXiv:1011.1012

Designing and testing the neutron source deployment system and calibration plan for a dark matter detector.
Shawn Westerdale. Senior Thesis, MIT, May 2010.
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Measurement of scintillation efficiency for nuclear recoils in liquid argon.
D. Gastler, E. Kearns, A. Hime, L.C. Stonehill, S. Seibert , J. Klein, W.H. Lippincott, D.N. McKinsey, J.A. Nikkel. April 2010.
arXiv:1004.0373

Calibration of liquid argon and neon detectors with 83Krm.
W. H. Lippincott, et al. Phys.Rev. C81 (2010) 045803.
arXiv:0911.5453, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.81.045803

Prediction of underground argon content for dark matter experiments.
D.-M Mei, et al. Phys.Rev. C81 (2010) 055802.
arXiv:0912.5368v1, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.81.055802

2009

Measurement of the scintillation time spectra and pulse-shape discrimination of low-energy beta and nuclear recoils in liquid argon with DEAP-1.
M. G. Boulay, et al. April 20, 2009.
arXiv:0904.2930

2008

Scintillation time dependence and pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon.
W. H. Lippincott, et al. Phys. Rev. C 78 (2008) pp. 035801.
arXiv:0801.1531, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.78.035801 Erratum

Scintillation of liquid neon from electronic and nuclear recoils.
J. A. Nikkel, R. Hasty, W. H. Lippincott, D. N. McKinsey. Astropart. Phys. 29 (2008) pp. 161-166.
arXiv:astro-ph/0612108, doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.12.005

A model of nuclear recoil scintillation efficiency in noble liquids.
D.-M. Mei, Z.-B. Yin, L.C. Stonehill, and A. Hime. Astropart. Phys. 30 (2008) pp. 12-17.
arXiv:0712.2470, doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.06.001

Dark matter search at SNOLAB with DEAP-1 and DEAP/CLEAN-3600.
DEAP/CLEAN Collaboration (Mark Boulay et al.). 2008.
J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 136 (2008) 042081

2007

Use of activated charcoal for the purification of neon in the CLEAN experiment.
M. K. Harrison, W. H. Lippincott, D. N. McKinsey, and J. A. Nikkel. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 570 (2007) pp. 556-560.
doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.135

Demonstration of photomultiplier tube operation at 29 K.
J. A. Nikkel, W. H. Lippincott, and D. N. McKinsey. JINST 2 (2007) pp. 11004.
arXiv:astro-ph/0702202, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/2/11/P11004

2006

Technique for direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles using scintillation time discrimination in liquid argon.
M.G. Boulay and A. Hime. Astropart. Phys. 25 (2006) pp. 179-182.
doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.12.009

2004

Direct WIMP detection using scintillation time discrimination in liquid argon.
M. G. Boulay and A. Hime. Nov 15, 2004.
arXiv:astro-ph/0411358

Design constraints for a WIMP dark matter and p-p solar neutrino liquid neon scintillation detector
M. G. Boulay, A. Hime, and J. Lidgard. October 18, 2004.
arXiv:nucl-ex/0410025v1

Neutrino detection with CLEAN.
D. N. McKinsey and K. J. Coakley. Astropart. Phys. 22 (2004) pp. 355-368.
arXiv:astro-ph/0402007, doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.10.003

Spatial methods for event reconstruction in CLEAN.
K. J. Coakley and D. N. McKinsey. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 522 (2004) pp. 504-520.
arXiv:physics/0309033, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.39