Michael Heffner | 18-ERD-028
Executive Summary
We will explore detection schemes and a novel xenon production technique for use in next-generation experiments to uncover the underlying physics behind rare and subtle neutrino interactions. This research will have applications in nuclear reactor monitoring projects, forensics detection technology, and cross section measurements relevant to national goals to reduce threats to global nuclear security.
Publications List
Brodsky, J. P., et al. 2019. "Background Discrimination for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in Liquid Xenon Using Cherenkov Light." Nuclear Instruments and Methods A (922):76–83. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.12.057. LLNL-JRNL-761641
Chambers, C., et al. 2019. "Imaging Individual Barium Atoms in Solid Xenon for Barium Tagging in nEXO." Nature 569. 203–207. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1169-4. LLNL-JRNL-759458
Gallina, G., et al. 2019. "Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO." Nuclear Instruments and Methods A (940):371–379. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.05.096. LLNL-JRNL-805155
