Publications
Liquid Xenon
A 83Kr-m Source For Use in Low-Background Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers. JINST 5, P05006 (2010). (arXiv)
Scintillation Efficiency and Ionization Yield of Liquid Xenon for Monoenergetic Nuclear Recoils Down to 4 keV. Phys. Rev. C 81, 025808 (2010). (arXiv)
Calibration of a Liquid Xenon Detector with 83Kr-m. Phys. Rev. C 80, 045809 (2009). (arXiv)
The Scintillation and Ionization Yield of Liquid Xenon for Nuclear Recoils. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 601, p. 339 (2009). (arXiv)
Preparation of Neutron-Activated Xenon for Liquid Xenon Detector Calibration. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 582, p. 569 (2007). (arXiv)
Scintillation Response of Liquid Xenon to Low Energy Nuclear Recoils. Phys. Rev. D 72, 072006 (2005). (arXiv)
Other Liquified Noble Gases
Pulse-shape Discrimination and Energy Resolution of a Liquid Argon Scintillator with Xenon Doping. JINST 9, P06013 (2014). (arXiv)
Radon Backgrounds in the DEAP-I Liquid-Argon-Based Dark Matter Detector. Submitted to Astropart. Phys.. (arXiv)
Scintillation Yield and Time Dependence from Electronic and Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Neon. Phys. Rev. C 86, 015807 (2012). (arXiv)
Measurement of Scintillation Efficiency for Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Argon. Phys. Rev. C 85, 065811 (2012). (arXiv)
Calibration of Liquid Argon and Neon Detectors with 83Kr-m. Phys. Rev. C 81, 045803 (2010). (arXiv)
Scintillation Time Dependence and Pulse Shape Discrimination in Liquid Argon. Phys. Rev. C 78, 35801 (2008). (arXiv)
Scintillation of Liquid Neon From Electronic and Nuclear Recoils. Astropart. Phys. 29, p. 161 (2008). (arXiv)
Operation of a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) in Ar, Xe, and Ar-Xe. JINST 3, P01005 (2008). (arXiv)
Radioactive Krypton Background Evaluation Using Atom Counting. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 545, p. 524 (2005). (arXiv)
Alpha and Beta Particle Induced Scintillations in Liquid and Solid Neon. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 482, p. 387 (2002).
Liquid Helium and Neon - Sensitive, Low Background Scintillation Media For the Detection of Low Energy Neutrinos. Journ. Low Temp. Phys. 118, p. 153 (2000). (arXiv)
LUX
Radiogenic and Muon-Induced Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Detector. Accepted to Astropart. Phys. (2014). (arXiv)
First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. PRL 112, 091303 (2014). (arXiv)
Radio-Assay of Titanium Samples for the LUX Experiment. Submitted to NIM (2014). (arXiv)
Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment. Astropart. Phys. 45, p. 34 (2013). (arXiv)
The LUX Prototype Detector: Heat Exchanger Development. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 709, p. 29 (2013).
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 704, p. 111 (2013). (arXiv)
An Ultra-Low Background PMT for Liquid Xenon Detectors. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 703, p. 1 (2013). (arXiv)
LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low-Background Simulations. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 675, p. 63 (2012). (arXiv)
Data Acquisition and Readout System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 668, p. 1 (2012). (arXiv)
CLEAN
Liquefied Noble Gas (LNG) Detectors for Detection of Nuclear Materials. JINST 7, C03007 (2012).
The Mini-CLEAN Experiment. Nuc. Phys. B Proc. 173, p. 152 (2007).
Demonstration of Photomultiplier Tube Operation at 29 K. JINST 2, P11004 (2007). (arXiv)
Use of Activated Charcoal for the Purification of Neon in the CLEAN Experiment. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 570, p. 556 (2007).
Spatial Methods for Event Reconstruction in CLEAN. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 522, p. 504 (2004). (arXiv)
Neutrino Detection With CLEAN. Astropart. Phys. 22, p. 355 (2004). (arXiv)
Supernova Observation Via Neutrino-Nucleus Elastic Scattering in the CLEAN Detector. Phys. Rev. D 68, 023005 (2003). (arXiv)
XENON
Search for Light Dark Matter in XENON10 Data. Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 051301 (2011). (arXiv)
Design and Performance of the XENON10 Dark Matter Experiment. Astropart. Phys. 34, p. 679 (2011). (arXiv)
Constraints on Inelastic Dark Matter from XENON10. Phys. Rev. D 80, 115005 (2009). (arXiv)
Limits on Spin-Dependent WIMP-Nucleon Cross Sections from the XENON10 Experiment. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 091301 (2008). (arXiv)
First Results from the XENON10 Dark Matter Experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 021303 (2008). (arXiv)
XENON Dark Matter Search Experiment. New Astron. Rev. 49, p. 289 (2005).
Helium Molecules
Detecting Scintillations in Liquid Helium. JINST 8, C09008 (2013).
A Concept for a Dark Matter Detector Using Superfluid Helium-4. Phys. Rev. D 87, 115001 (2013).
Visualization Technique for Determining the Structure Functions of Normal-Fluid Turbulence in Superfluid Helium-4. J. Low Temp. Phys. 171, p. 497 (2013).
Observation of Crossover from Ballistic to Diffusion Regime for Excimer Molecules in Superfluid 4He. J. Low Temp. Phys. 171, p. 207 (2013). (arXiv)
Visualization Study of Counterflow in Superfluid 4He using Metastable Helium Molecules. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 045301 (2010). (arXiv)
Studying the Normal-Fluid Flow in Helium-II Using Metastable Helium Molecules. J. Low Temp. Phys. 158, p. 346 (2010). (arXiv)
Observation of Single Compton-Electron Tracks in Superfluid Helium-4 and Trace Detection of Metastable Helium Molecules by Laser-Induced-Fluorescence Imaging. J. Low Temp. Phys. 158, p. 331 (2010).
Metastable Helium Molecules as Tracers in Superfluid 4He. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 235301 (2009).
Detection and Imaging of He2 Molecules in Superfluid Helium. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 025301 (2008). (arXiv)
Trace Detection of Metastable Helium Molecules in Superfluid Helium by Laser-Induced Fluorescence. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 111101 (2005). (arXiv)
Time Dependence of Liquid-Helium Fluorescence. Phys. Rev. A 67, 062716 (2003).
The Radiative Decay of the Metastable Helium Molecule in Liquid Helium. Phys. Rev. A 59, 200-204 (1999).
Miscellaneous
Scintillation and Charge Yield from the Tracks of Energetic Electrons in Superfluid Helium-4. JINST 7, P01002 (2012). (arXiv)
A Consistent Dark Matter Interpretation for CoGeNT and DAMA/LIBRA. Phys. Rev. D 82, 123509 (2010). (arXiv)
Measuring the Neutron Lifetime Using Magnetically Trapped Neutrons. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 611, p. 171 (2009). (arXiv)
The Liquid Handling Systems for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Detector. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 609, p. 58 (2009).
The Fluid-Filling System for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Detector. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 608, p. 464 (2009).
The Borexino Detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 600, p. 568 (2009). (arXiv)
Direct Measurement of the 7Be Solar Neutrino Flux with 192 Days of Borexino Data. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 091302 (2008).
A Scintillator Purification System for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Detector. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 587, p. 277 (2008). (arXiv)
The Production of Nitrogen-13 by Neutron Capture in Boron Compounds. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. B 215, p. 531 (2004).
Neutron-induced Luminescence and Activation in Neutron Shielding and Scintillation Detection Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. B 217, p. 457 (2004).
Detecting Ionizing Radiation in Liquid Helium Using Wavelength Shifting Light Collection. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 516, p. 475 (2004).
A Long Wavelength Neutron Monochromator for Superthermal Production of Ultracold Neutrons. Physica B 344, p. 343 (2004).
Performance of a Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode at Low Temperature for Scintillation Detection. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A 508, p. 388 (2003).
Magnetic Trapping of Neutrons. Nature 403(6765) (2000). (arXiv)
A Demountable Cryogenic Feedthrough For Plastic Optical Fibers. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 69, 3697 (1998).
Fluorescence Efficiencies of Thin Scintillating Films in the Extreme Ultraviolet Spectral Region. Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. B 132, p. 351 (1997).
Dissertations
Louis Kastens. Calibration of Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chambers for the Direct Detection of Dark Matter. (2013)
Walter Hugh Lippincott. Direct Detection of Dark Matter with Liquid Argon and Neon. (2010)
Angel Manzur. Relative Scintillation Efficiency of Liquid Xenon in the XENON10 Direct Dark Matter Search. (2009)
Wade G. Rellergert. Detecting and Imaging He2 Molecules in Superfluid Helium by Laser-Induced Fluorescence. (2008)
Professor McKinsey. Detection of Magnetically Trapped Neutrons: Liquid Helium as a Scintillator. (2002)