Search Results - "C. J. Martoff"

BACKGROUNDS TO SENSITIVE EXPERIMENTS UNDERGROUND by Formaggio, Joseph A., Martoff, C.J.

“…▪ Abstract  We summarize residual background sources encountered in experiments conducted deep underground. Physical mechanisms of production and methods of…”
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Measurement of scintillation and ionization yield and scintillation pulse shape from nuclear recoils in liquid argon by Cao, H., Alexander, T., Aprahamian, A., Avetisyan, R., Back, H. O., Cocco, A. G., DeJongh, F., Fiorillo, G., Galbiati, C., Grandi, L., Guardincerri, Y., Kendziora, C., Lippincott, W. H., Love, C., Lyons, S., Manenti, L., Martoff, C. J., Meng, Y., Montanari, D., Mosteiro, P., Olvitt, D., Pordes, S., Qian, H., Rossi, B., Saldanha, R., Sangiorgio, S., Siegl, K., Strauss, S. Y., Tan, W., Tatarowicz, J., Walker, S., Wang, H., Watson, A. W., Westerdale, S., Yoo, J.

“…We have measured the scintillation and ionization yield of recoiling nuclei in liquid argon as a function of applied electric field by exposing a dual-phase…”
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Gaseous dark matter detectors by Sciolla, G, Martoff, C J

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Directionality for nuclear recoils in a LAr TPC by Pino, N., Agnes, P., Ahmad, I., Albergo, S., Albuquerque, I., Ave, M., Bonivento, W. M., Bottino, B., Cadeddu, M., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Cappello, G., Caravati, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cesarano, R., Cicalò, C., Covone, G., de Candia, A., De Filippis, G., De Rosa, G., Dell’Aquila, D., Davini, S., Dionisi, C., Dolganov, G., Fiorillo, G., Franco, D., Galbiati, C., Gulino, M., Ippolito, V., Kemmerich, N., Kimura, M., Kuss, M., La Commara, M., Li, X., Mari, S. M., Martoff, C. J., Matteucci, G., Oleynikov, V., Pallavicini, M., Pandola, L., Rescigno, M., Rode, J., Sanfilippo, S., Sosa, A., Suvorov, Y., Testera, G., Tricomi, A., Wada, M., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Zakhary, P.

“…In the direct searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) as Dark Matter candidates, the sensitivity of the detector to the incom- ing particle…”
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Optimized running conditions and sensitivity for direction sensitive detectors of WIMP dark matter by Tatarowicz, J., Martoff, C.J.

“…► Maximization of specific event rate for direction-sensitive dark matter detectors. ► Optimum pressure found based on minimum resolvable track length and gas…”
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On the mechanism of Townsend avalanche for negative molecular ions by Dion, M.P., Martoff, C.J., Hosack, M.

“…Time projection chambers drifting negative ions (NITPC) instead of electrons have several advantages. A NITPC can operate at very high reduced drift fields…”
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Cumulative fission yields of short-lived fission products from 235U and 239Pu measured by HPGe gamma-ray spectroscopy by Kim, Samuel, Martoff, C. J., Dion, Michael, Glasgow, David

“…In this study, we present a preliminary investigation focused on determining cumulative fission yields for short-lived fission products. Our analysis involves…”
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Negative ion drift and diffusion in a TPC near 1 bar by Martoff, C.J., Ayad, R., Katz-Hyman, M., Bonvicini, G., Schreiner, A.

“…Drift velocity and longitudinal diffusion measurements are reported for a Negative Ion TPC (NITPC) operating with Helium + CS 2 gas mixtures at total pressures…”
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Limits on Sensitivity of Large Silicon Bolometers for Solar Neutrino Detection by Martoff, C. J.

“…Estimates are given for ultimate limits on background in proposed direct-counting measurements of neutrino scattering from large silicon crystals. Methods of…”
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Cumulative fission yields of short-lived fission products from 235U and 239Pu measured by HPGe gamma-ray spectroscopy by Kim, Samuel, Martoff, C.J., Dion, Michael, Glasgow, David

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Neutron recoils in the DRIFT detector by Snowden-Ifft, D.P., Ohnuki, T., Rykoff, E.S., Martoff, C.J.

“…The Directional Recoil Identification From Tracks (DRIFT) project is an endeavor to build and operate a low pressure negative ion TPC to search for weakly…”
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Characterization of the scintillation time response of liquid argon detectors for dark matter search by Agnes, P, De Cecco, S, Fan, A, Fiorillo, G, Franco, D, Galbiati, C, Giganti, C, Korga, G, Lebois, M, Mandarano, A, Martoff, C. J, Pagani, L, Pantic, E, Razeto, A, Renshaw, A. L, Riffard, Q, Schlitzer, B, Tonazzo, A, Wang, H, Wilson, J. N

“…JINST 16 (2021) 11, P11026 The scintillation time response of liquid argon has a key role in the discrimination of electronic backgrounds in dark matter search…”
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GEM operation in negative ion drift gas mixtures by Miyamoto, J, Shipsey, I, Martoff, C.J, Katz-Hyman, M, Ayad, R, Bonvincini, G, Schreiner, A

“…The first operation of GEM gas gain elements in negative ion gas mixtures is reported. Gains up to several thousand were obtained from single-stage GEMs in CS…”
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Performance of the ReD TPC, a novel double-phase LAr detector with Silicon Photomultiplier Readout by Agnes, P, Albergo, S, Albuquerque, I, Arba, M, Ave, M, Boiano, A, Bonivento, W. M, Bottino, B, Bussino, S, Cadeddu, M, Caminata, A, Canci, N, Cappello, G, Caravati, M, Cariello, M, Castellano, S, Catalanotti, S, Cataudella, V, Cereseto, R, Cesarano, R, Cicalò, C, Covone, G, de Candia, A, De Filippis, G, De Rosa, G, Davini, S, Dionisi, C, Dolganov, G, Fiorillo, G, Franco, D, Giovanetti, G. K, Galbiati, C, Gulino, M, Ippolito, V, Kemmerich, N, Kochanek, I, Korga, G, Kuss, M, La Commara, M, La Delfa, L, Leyton, M, Li, X, Lissia, M, Mari, S. M, Martoff, C. J, Masone, V, Matteucci, G, Musico, P, Oleynikov, V, Pallavicini, M, Pandola, L, Razeto, A, Rescigno, M, Rode, J, Rossi, N, Sablone, D, Sanfilippo, S, Scapparone, E, Sosa, A, Suvorov, Y, Testera, G, Tricomi, A, Tuveri, M, Wada, M, Wang, H, Wang, Y, Westerdale, S

“…Eur. Phys. J. C 81, 1014 (2021) A double-phase argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC), with an active mass of 185 g, has been designed and constructed for the…”
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Suppressing drift chamber diffusion without magnetic field by Martoff, C.J., Snowden-Ifft, D.P., Ohnuki, T., Spooner, N., Lehner, M.

“…The spatial resolution in drift chamber detectors for ionizing radiation is limited by diffusion of the primary electrons. A strong magnetic field along the…”
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Measurements of elastic electron-proton scattering at large momentum transfer by SILL, A. F, ARNOLD, R. G, SZALATA, Z. M, SHERDEN, D. J, LAMBERT, J. M, LOMBARD-NELSEN, R. M, BOSTED, P. E, CHANG, C. C, GOMEZ, J, KATRAMATROU, A. T, MARTOFF, C. J, PETRATOS, G. G, RAHBAR, A. A, ROCK, S. E

“…Measurements of the forward-angle differential cross section for elastic electron-proton scattering were made in the range of momentum transfer from [ital…”
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Measuring sticking and stripping in muon-catalyzed dt fusion with multilayer thin films by Fujiwara, M. C., Bailey, J. M., Beer, G. A., Beveridge, J. L., Gete, E., Huber, T. M., Jacot-Guillarmod, R., Kammel, P., Kherani, N. P., Kim, S. K., Knowles, P. E., Kunselman, A. R., Markushin, V. E., Marshall, G. M., Martoff, C. J., Mason, G. R., Mulhauser, F., Olinc, A., Petitjean, C., Porcelli, T. A., Stocki, T. J., Zmeskal, J.

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Measurement of the liquid argon energy response to nuclear and electronic recoils by Agnes, P, Dawson, J, De Cecco, S, Fan, A, Fiorillo, G, Franco, D, Galbiati, C, Giganti, C, Johnson, T. N, Korga, G, Kryn, D, Lebois, M, Mandarano, A, Martoff, C. J, Navrer-Agasson, A, Pantic, E, Qi, L, Razeto, A, Renshaw, A. L, Riffard, Q, Rossi, B, Savarese, C, Schlitzer, B, Suvorov, Y, Tonazzo, A, Wang, H, Wang, Y, Watson, A. W, Wilson, J. N

“…Phys. Rev. D 97, 112005 (2018) A liquid argon time projection chamber, constructed for the Argon Response to Ionization and Scintillation (ARIS) experiment,…”
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Resonant Formation of d μ t Molecules in Deuterium: An Atomic Beam Measurement of Muon Catalyzed dt Fusion by Fujiwara, M. C., Adamczak, A., Bailey, J. M., Beer, G. A., Beveridge, J. L., Faifman, M. P., Huber, T. M., Kammel, P., Kim, S. K., Knowles, P. E., Kunselman, A. R., Maier, M., Markushin, V. E., Marshall, G. M., Martoff, C. J., Mason, G. R., Mulhauser, F., Olin, A., Petitjean, C., Porcelli, T. A., Wozniak, J., Zmeskal, J.

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Solar neutrino detection in a large volume double-phase liquid argon experiment by Franco, D, Giganti, C, Agnes, P, Agostino, L, Bottino, B, Canci, N, Davini, S, De Cecco, S, Fan, A, Fiorillo, G, Galbiati, C, Goretti, A. M, Hungerford, E. V, Ianni, Al, Ianni, An, Jollet, C, Marini, L, Martoff, C. J, Meregaglia, A, Pagani, L, Pallavicini, M, Pantic, E, Pocar, A, Razeti, M, Renshaw, A. L, Rossi, B, Rossi, N, Suvorov, Y, Testera, G, Tonazzo, A, Wang, H, Zavatarelli, S

“…Precision measurements of solar neutrinos emitted by specific nuclear reaction chains in the Sun are of great interest for developing an improved understanding…”
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