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Polyethylene naphthalate film as a wavelength shifter in liquid argon detectors by Kuźniak, M., Broerman, B., Pollmann, T., Araujo, G. R.

“…Liquid argon-based scintillation detectors are important for dark matter searches and neutrino physics. Argon scintillation light is in the vacuum ultraviolet…”
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Technique for surface background rejection in liquid argon dark matter detectors using layered wavelength-shifting and scintillating thin films by Boulay, M.G., Kuźniak, M.

“…A technique using layered wavelength shifting, scintillating and non-scintillating films is presented to achieve discrimination of surface α events from…”
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Development of very-thick transparent GEMs with wavelength-shifting capability for noble element TPCs by Kuźniak, M., González-Díaz, D., Amedo, P., Azevedo, C. D. R., Fernández-Posada, D. J., Kuźwa, M., Leardini, S., Leonhardt, A., Łȩcki, T., Manzanillas, L., Muenstermann, D., Nieradka, G., de Oliveira, R., Pollmann, T. R., Saá Hernández, A., Sworobowicz, T., Türkoğlu, C., Williams, S.

“…A new concept for the simultaneous detection of primary and secondary scintillation in time projection chambers is proposed. Its core element is a type of…”
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Direct comparison of PEN and TPB wavelength shifters in a liquid argon detector by Boulay, M. G., Camillo, V., Canci, N., Choudhary, S., Consiglio, L., Flammini, A., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Gola, A., Horikawa, S., Kachru, P., Kochanek, I., Kondo, K., Korga, G., Kuźniak, M., Kuźwa, M., Leonhardt, A., Łęcki, T., Mazzi, A., Moharana, A., Nieradka, G., Paternoster, G., Pollmann, T. R., Razeto, A., Sablone, D., Sworobowicz, T., Szelc, A. M., Türkoğlu, C., Wang, H.

“…A large number of particle detectors employ liquid argon as their target material owing to its high scintillation yield and its ability to drift ionization…”
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Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector by Amaudruz, P.-A., Baldwin, M., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Bina, C.E., Bonatt, J., Boorman, G., Boulay, M.G., Broerman, B., Bromwich, T., Bueno, J.F., Burghardt, P.M., Butcher, A., Cai, B., Chan, S., Chouinard, R., Churchwell, S., Cleveland, B.T., Cranshaw, D., Dering, K., DiGioseffo, J., Dittmeier, S., Duncan, F.A., Dunford, M., Erlandson, A., Fatemighomi, N., Flower, A., Ford, R.J., Gagnon, R., Giampa, P., Golovko, V.V., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grant, D.R., Gulyev, E., Hall, A., Hallin, A.L., Hamstra, M., Harvey, P.J., Hearns, C., Jillings, C.J., Kamaev, O., Kemp, A., Kuźniak, M., Langrock, S., La Zia, F., Lehnert, B., Li, O., Liimatainen, P., Lim, C., Lindner, T., Linn, Y., Liu, S., Majewski, P., Mathew, R., McDonald, A.B., McElroy, T., McFarlane, K., McGinn, T., McLaughlin, J.B., Mead, S., Mehdiyev, R., Mielnichuk, C., Monroe, J., Muir, A., Nadeau, P., Nantais, C., Ng, C., Noble, A.J., O’Dwyer, E., Ohlmann, C., Olchanski, K., Olsen, K.S., Ouellet, C., Pasuthip, P., Peeters, S.J.M., Pollmann, T.R., Rand, E.T., Rau, W., Rethmeier, C., Retière, F., Seeburn, N., Shaw, B., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Smith, N.J.T., Sonley, T., Stainforth, R., Stone, C., Strickland, V., Sur, B., Tang, J., Taylor, J., Veloce, L., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Walding, J., Ward, M., White, R., Woolsey, E., Zielinski, J.

“…The Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a…”
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Surface roughness interpretation of 730 kg days CRESST-II results by Kuzniak, M, Boulay, M G, Pollmann, T

“…The analysis presented in the recent publication of the CRESST-II results [1] finds a statistically significant excess of registered events over known…”
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Ultraviolet-induced fluorescence of poly(methyl methacrylate) compared to 1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene down to 4 K by Ellingwood, E., Benmansour, H., Hars, Q., Hucker, J., Pereymak, V., Corning, J.M., Perrin, P., Araujo, G.R., Di Stefano, P.C.F., Kuźniak, M., Pollmann, T.R., Hamel, M., Boulay, M.G., Cai, B., Gallacher, D., Kemp, A., Mason, J., Skensved, P., Stringer, M.

“…Several particle-physics experiments use poly(methyl methacrylate) (a.k.a. PMMA or acrylic) vessels to contain liquid scintillators. Superluminal charged…”
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Pulse-shape discrimination against low-energy Ar-39 beta decays in liquid argon with 4.5 tonne-years of DEAP-3600 data by Amaudruz, P.-A., Auty, D. J., Beltran, B., Bina, C. E., Bonatt, J., Bonivento, W., Boulay, M. G., Broerman, B., Bueno, J. F., Butcher, A., Cadeddu, M., Cárdenas-Montes, M., Cavuoti, S., Chen, M., Chen, Y., Corning, J. M., Cranshaw, D., Daugherty, S., DelGobbo, P., Dering, K., DiGioseffo, J., Di Stefano, P., Doria, L., Dunford, M., Ellingwood, E., Erlandson, A., Fatemighomi, N., Fiorillo, G., Flower, T., Gagnon, R., Gallacher, D., García Abia, P., Garg, S., Giampa, P., Goeldi, D., Golovko, V., Gorel, P., Grant, D. R., Grobov, A., Hallin, A. L., Harvey, P. J., Hearns, C., Hugues, T., Joy, A., Jigmeddorj, B., Kaur, G., Kemp, A., Kochanek, I., Lai, M., Langrock, S., Lehnert, B., Leonhardt, A., Levashko, N., Lindner, T., Lissia, M., Longo, G., Machulin, I., McDonald, A. B., McElroy, T., McGinn, T., McLaughlin, J. B., Mehdiyev, R., Mielnichuk, C., Monroe, J., Nadeau, P., Nantais, C., Ng, C., Noble, A. J., Ouellet, C., Pal, S., Pasuthip, P., Perry, M., Pesudo, V., Picciau, E., Piro, M.-C., Pollmann, T. R., Rand, E. T., Rethmeier, C., Retière, F., Rodríguez-García, I., Roszkowski, L., Ruhland, J. B., Sánchez-García, E., Santorelli, R., Sinclair, D., Smith, B., Smith, N. J. T., Soukup, J., Stainforth, R., Stone, C., Strickland, V., Stringer, M., Sur, B., Tang, J., Viel, S., Walding, J., Waqar, M., Westerdale, S., Willis, J., Zuñiga-Reyes, A.

“…The DEAP-3600 detector searches for the scintillation signal from dark matter particles scattering on a 3.3 tonne liquid argon target. The largest background…”
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Development and characterization of a slow wavelength shifting coating for background rejection in liquid argon detectors by Gallacher, D., Leonhardt, A., Benmansour, H., Ellingwood, E., Hars, Q., Kuźniak, M., Anstey, J., Bondzior, B., Boulay, M.G., Cai, B., Dereń, P.J., Di Stefano, P.C.F., Garg, S., Mason, J., Pollmann, T.R., Skensved, P., Strickland, V., Stringer, M.

“…We describe a technique, applicable to liquid-argon-based dark matter detectors, allowing for discrimination of alpha-decays in detector regions with…”
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The liquid-argon scintillation pulseshape in DEAP-3600 by Adhikari, P., Ajaj, R., Araujo, G. R., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Bina, C. E., Boulay, M. G., Broerman, B., Bueno, J. F., Butcher, A., Cai, B., Cárdenas-Montes, M., Cavuoti, S., Chen, Y., Corning, J. M., Daugherty, S. J., Di Stefano, P., Dering, K., Doria, L., Duncan, F. A., Dunford, M., Erlandson, A., Fatemighomi, N., Fiorillo, G., Flower, A., Ford, R. J., Gagnon, R., Gallacher, D., Garcés, E. A., Abia, P. García, Garg, S., Giampa, P., Goeldi, D., Golovko, V. V., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grant, D. R., Grobov, A., Hallin, A. L., Hamstra, M., Harvey, P. J., Ilyasov, A., Joy, A., Jillings, C. J., Kamaev, O., Kaur, G., Kemp, A., Kochanek, I., Kuźniak, M., Langrock, S., La Zia, F., Lehnert, B., Levashko, N., Li, X., Litvinov, O., Lock, J., Longo, G., Machulin, I., Majewski, P., McDonald, A. B., McElroy, T., McGinn, T., McLaughlin, J. B., Mehdiyev, R., Mielnichuk, C., Monroe, J., Nadeau, P., Nantais, C., Ng, C., Noble, A. J., Ouellet, C., Pal, S., Pasuthip, P., Peeters, S. J. M., Pesudo, V., Piro, M.-C., Pollmann, T. R., Rand, E. T., Rethmeier, C., Retière, F., García, E. Sanchez, Sánchez-Pastor, T., Seeburn, N., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Smith, N. J. T., Sonley, T., Stainforth, R., Stone, C., Strickland, V., Stringer, M., Sur, B., Veloce, L., Viel, S., Walding, J., Waqar, M., Ward, M., Westerdale, S., Willis, J., Zuñiga-Reyes, A.

“…DEAP-3600 is a liquid-argon scintillation detector looking for dark matter. Scintillation events in the liquid argon (LAr) are registered by 255…”
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In-situ characterization of the Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier tubes used in the DEAP-3600 experiment by Amaudruz, P.-A., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Bina, C.E., Bishop, D., Bonatt, J., Boorman, G., Boulay, M.G., Broerman, B., Bromwich, T., Bueno, J.F., Butcher, A., Cai, B., Chan, S., Chen, M., Chouinard, R., Churchwell, S., Cleveland, B.T., Cranshaw, D., Dering, K., Dittmeier, S., Duncan, F.A., Dunford, M., Erlandson, A., Fatemighomi, N., Ford, R.J., Gagnon, R., Giampa, P., Golovko, V.V., Gorel, P., Gornea, R., Grace, E., Graham, K., Grant, D.R., Gulyev, E., Hall, A., Hallin, A.L., Hamstra, M., Harvey, P.J., Hearns, C., Jillings, C.J., Kamaev, O., Kemp, A., Kuźniak, M., Langrock, S., La Zia, F., Lehnert, B., Li, O., Lidgard, J.J., Liimatainen, P., Lim, C., Lindner, T., Linn, Y., Liu, S., Mathew, R., McDonald, A.B., McElroy, T., McFarlane, K., McLaughlin, J., Mead, S., Mehdiyev, R., Mielnichuk, C., Monroe, J., Muir, A., Nadeau, P., Nantais, C., Ng, C., Noble, A.J., O’Dwyer, E., Ohlmann, C., Olchanski, K., Olsen, K.S., Ouellet, C., Pasuthip, P., Peeters, S.J.M., Pollmann, T.R., Rand, E.T., Rethmeier, C., Retière, F., Seeburn, N., Shaw, B., Singhrao, K., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Smith, N.J.T., Sonley, T., Stainforth, R., Stone, C., Strickland, V., Sur, B., Tang, J., Taylor, J., Veloce, L., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Walding, J., Ward, M., Westerdale, S., White, R., Woolsey, E., Zielinski, J.

“…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…”
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Measurement of the scintillation time spectra and pulse-shape discrimination of low-energy β and nuclear recoils in liquid argon with DEAP-1 by Amaudruz, P.-A., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Bonatt, J., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M.G., Broerman, B., Bueno, J.F., Butcher, A., Cai, B., Caldwell, T., Chen, M., Chouinard, R., Cleveland, B.T., Cranshaw, D., Dering, K., Duncan, F., Fatemighomi, N., Ford, R., Gagnon, R., Giampa, P., Giuliani, F., Gold, M., Golovko, V.V., Gorel, P., Grace, E., Graham, K., Grant, D.R., Hakobyan, R., Hallin, A.L., Hamstra, M., Harvey, P., Hearns, C., Hofgartner, J., Jillings, C.J., Kuźniak, M., Lawson, I., La Zia, F., Li, O., Lidgard, J.J., Liimatainen, P., Lippincott, W.H., Mathew, R., McDonald, A.B., McElroy, T., McFarlane, K., McKinsey, D.N., Mehdiyev, R., Monroe, J., Muir, A., Nantais, C., Nicolics, K., Nikkel, J., Noble, A.J., O’Dwyer, E., Olsen, K., Ouellet, C., Pasuthip, P., Peeters, S.J.M., Pollmann, T., Rau, W., Retière, F., Ronquest, M., Seeburn, N., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Sonley, T., Tang, J., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Veloce, L., Walding, J., Ward, M.

“…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…”
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Direct experimental limit on neutron-mirror-neutron oscillations by Ban, G, Bodek, K, Daum, M, Henneck, R, Heule, S, Kasprzak, M, Khomutov, N, Kirch, K, Kistryn, S, Knecht, A, Knowles, P, Kuźniak, M, Lefort, T, Mtchedlishvili, A, Naviliat-Cuncic, O, Plonka, C, Quéméner, G, Rebetez, M, Rebreyend, D, Roccia, S, Rogel, G, Tur, M, Weis, A, Zejma, J, Zsigmond, G

“…In case a mirror world with a copy of our ordinary particle spectrum would exist, the neutron n and its degenerate partner, the mirror neutron n', could…”
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SiPM cross-talk in liquid argon detectors by Boulay, M. G., Camillo, V., Canci, N., Choudhary, S., Consiglio, L., Flammini, A., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Gola, A., Horikawa, S., Kachru, P., Kochanek, I., Kondo, K., Korga, G., Kuźniak, M., Mazzi, A., Moharana, A., Nieradka, G., Paternoster, G., Razeto, A., Sablone, D., Thorpe, T. N., Türkoğlu, C., Wang, H., Rescigno, M., Sanfilippo, S.

“…SiPM-based readouts are becoming the standard for light detection in particle detectors given their superior resolution and ease of use with respect to vacuum…”
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Test of Lorentz invariance with spin precession of ultracold neutrons by Altarev, I, Baker, C A, Ban, G, Bison, G, Bodek, K, Daum, M, Fierlinger, P, Geltenbort, P, Green, K, van der Grinten, M G D, Gutsmiedl, E, Harris, P G, Heil, W, Henneck, R, Horras, M, Iaydjiev, P, Ivanov, S N, Khomutov, N, Kirch, K, Kistryn, S, Knecht, A, Knowles, P, Kozela, A, Kuchler, F, Kuźniak, M, Lauer, T, Lauss, B, Lefort, T, Mtchedlishvili, A, Naviliat-Cuncic, O, Pazgalev, A, Pendlebury, J M, Petzoldt, G, Pierre, E, Pignol, G, Quéméner, G, Rebetez, M, Rebreyend, D, Roccia, S, Rogel, G, Severijns, N, Shiers, D, Sobolev, Yu, Weis, A, Zejma, J, Zsigmond, G

“…A clock comparison experiment, analyzing the ratio of spin precession frequencies of stored ultracold neutrons and 199Hg atoms, is reported. No daily variation…”
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Measurement of the transverse polarization of electrons emitted in free-neutron decay by Kozela, A, Ban, G, Białek, A, Bodek, K, Gorel, P, Kirch, K, Kistryn, St, Kuźniak, M, Naviliat-Cuncic, O, Pulut, J, Severijns, N, Stephan, E, Zejma, J

“…Both components of the transverse polarization of electrons (sigmaT1, sigmaT2) emitted in the beta-decay of polarized, free neutrons have been measured. The…”
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DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search by Kuźniak, M., Amaudruz, P.-A., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Bonatt, J., Boulay, M.G., Broerman, B., Bueno, J.F., Butcher, A., Cai, B., Chen, M., Chouinard, R., Cleveland, B.T., Dering, K., DiGioseffo, J., Duncan, F., Flower, T., Ford, R., Giampa, P., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grant, D.R., Guliyev, E., Hallin, A.L., Hamstra, M., Harvey, P., Jillings, C.J., Lawson, I., Li, O., Liimatainen, P., Majewski, P., McDonald, A.B., McElroy, T., McFarlane, K., Monroe, J., Muir, A., Nantais, C., Ng, C., Noble, A.J., Ouellet, C., Palladino, K., Pasuthip, P., Peeters, S.J.M., Pollmann, T., Rau, W., Retière, F., Seeburn, N., Singhrao, K., Skensved, P., Smith, B., Sonley, T., Tang, J., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Veloce, L., Walding, J., Ward, M.

“…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…”
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Neutron to mirror-neutron oscillations in the presence of mirror magnetic fields by Altarev, I., Baker, C. A., Ban, G., Bodek, K., Daum, M., Fierlinger, P., Geltenbort, P., Green, K., van der Grinten, M. G. D., Gutsmiedl, E., Harris, P. G., Henneck, R., Horras, M., Iaydjiev, P., Ivanov, S., Khomutov, N., Kirch, K., Kistryn, S., Knecht, A., Knowles, P., Kozela, A., Kuchler, F., Kuźniak, M., Lauer, T., Lauss, B., Lefort, T., Mtchedlishvili, A., Naviliat-Cuncic, O., Paul, S., Pazgalev, A., Pendlebury, J. M., Petzoldt, G., Pierre, E., Plonka-Spehr, C., Quéméner, G., Rebreyend, D., Roccia, S., Rogel, G., Severijns, N., Shiers, D., Sobolev, Yu, Stoepler, R., Weis, A., Zejma, J., Zenner, J., Zsigmond, G.

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Improving photoelectron counting and particle identification in scintillation detectors with Bayesian techniques by Akashi-Ronquest, M., Amaudruz, P.-A., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Bodmer, M., Boulay, M.G., Broerman, B., Buck, B., Butcher, A., Cai, B., Caldwell, T., Chen, M., Chen, Y., Cleveland, B., Coakley, K., Dering, K., Duncan, F.A., Formaggio, J.A., Gagnon, R., Gastler, D., Giuliani, F., Gold, M., Golovko, V.V., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grace, E., Guerrero, N., Guiseppe, V., Hallin, A.L., Harvey, P., Hearns, C., Henning, R., Hime, A., Hofgartner, J., Jaditz, S., Jillings, C.J., Kachulis, C., Kearns, E., Kelsey, J., Klein, J.R., Kuźniak, M., LaTorre, A., Lawson, I., Li, O., Lidgard, J.J., Liimatainen, P., Linden, S., McFarlane, K., McKinsey, D.N., MacMullin, S., Mastbaum, A., Mathew, R., McDonald, A.B., Mei, D.-M., Monroe, J., Muir, A., Nantais, C., Nicolics, K., Nikkel, J.A., Noble, T., O’Dwyer, E., Olsen, K., Orebi Gann, G.D., Ouellet, C., Palladino, K., Pasuthip, P., Perumpilly, G., Pollmann, T., Rau, P., Retière, F., Rielage, K., Schnee, R., Seibert, S., Skensved, P., Sonley, T., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Veloce, L., Walding, J., Wang, B., Wang, J., Ward, M., Zhang, C.

“…Many current and future dark matter and neutrino detectors are designed to measure scintillation light with a large array of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The…”
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Radon backgrounds in the DEAP-1 liquid-argon-based Dark Matter detector by Amaudruz, P.-A., Batygov, M., Beltran, B., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M.G., Cai, B., Caldwell, T., Chen, M., Chouinard, R., Cleveland, B.T., Contreras, D., Dering, K., Duncan, F., Ford, R., Gagnon, R., Giuliani, F., Gold, M., Golovko, V.V., Gorel, P., Graham, K., Grant, D.R., Hakobyan, R., Hallin, A.L., Harvey, P., Hearns, C., Jillings, C.J., Kuźniak, M., Lawson, I., Li, O., Lidgard, J., Liimatainen, P., Lippincott, W.H., Mathew, R., McDonald, A.B., McElroy, T., McFarlane, K., McKinsey, D., Muir, A., Nantais, C., Nicolics, K., Nikkel, J., Noble, T., O’Dwyer, E., Olsen, K.S., Ouellet, C., Pasuthip, P., Pollmann, T., Rau, W., Retiere, F., Ronquest, M., Skensved, P., Sonley, T., Tang, J., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Veloce, L., Ward, M.

“…The DEAP-1 7kg single phase liquid argon scintillation detector was operated underground at SNOLAB in order to test the techniques and measure the backgrounds…”
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