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Design and expected performance of a fast neutron attenuation probe for light element density measurements by Sweany, M., Marleau, P.

“…We present the design and expected performance of a proof-of-concept 32 channel material identification system. Our system is based on the energy-dependent…”
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A note on neutron capture correlation signals, backgrounds, and efficiencies by Bowden, N.S., Sweany, M., Dazeley, S.

“…A wide variety of detection applications exploit the timing correlations that result from the slowing and eventual capture of neutrons. These include…”
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SNM detection with an optimized water Cherenkov neutron detector by Dazeley, S., Sweany, M., Bernstein, A.

“…Special Nuclear Material (SNM) can either spontaneously fission or be induced to do so: either case results in neutron emission. For this reason, neutron…”
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An ultra-low background PMT for liquid xenon detectors by Akerib, D.S., Bai, X., Bernard, E., Bernstein, A., Bradley, A., Byram, D., Cahn, S.B., Carmona-Benitez, M.C., Carr, D., Chapman, J.J., Clark, K., Coffey, T., Edwards, B., de Viveiros, L., Dragowsky, M., Druszkiewicz, E., Faham, C.H., Fiorucci, S., Gaitskell, R.J., Gibson, K.R., Hall, C., Hanhardt, M., Holbrook, B., Ihm, M., Jacobsen, R.G., Kastens, L., Kazkaz, K., Larsen, N., Lee, C., Lindote, A., Lopes, M.I., Lyashenko, A., Malling, D.C., Mannino, R., McKinsey, D.N., Mei, D.-M, Mock, J., Morii, M., Nelson, H., Neves, F., Nikkel, J.A., Pangilinan, M., Phelps, P., Shutt, T., Silva, C., Skulski, W., Solovov, V.N., Sorensen, P., Spaans, J., Stiegler, T., Sweany, M., Szydagis, M., Taylor, D., Thomson, J., Tripathi, M., Uvarov, S., Verbus, J.R., Walsh, N., Webb, R., White, J.T., Wlasenko, M., Wolfs, F.L.H., Woods, M., Zhang, C.

“…Results are presented from radioactivity screening of two models of photomultiplier tubes designed for use in current and future liquid xenon experiments. The…”
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Above-ground antineutrino detection for nuclear reactor monitoring by Sweany, M., Brennan, J., Cabrera-Palmer, B., Kiff, S., Reyna, D., Throckmorton, D.

“…Antineutrino monitoring of nuclear reactors has been demonstrated many times (Klimov et al., 1994 [1]; Bowden et al., 2009 [2]; Oguri et al., 2014 [3]),…”
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Large-scale gadolinium-doped water Cherenkov detector for nonproliferation by Sweany, M., Bernstein, A., Bowden, N.S., Dazeley, S., Keefer, G., Svoboda, R., Tripathi, M.

“…Fission events from Special Nuclear Material (SNM), such as highly enriched uranium or plutonium, can produce simultaneous emission of multiple neutrons and…”
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Study of wavelength-shifting chemicals for use in large-scale water Cherenkov detectors by Sweany, M., Bernstein, A., Dazeley, S., Dunmore, J., Felde, J., Svoboda, R., Tripathi, M.

“…Cherenkov detectors employ various methods to maximize light collection at the photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). These generally involve the use of highly…”
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"Recurrent" posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: report of 3 cases--PRES can strike twice by Sweany, Jon M, Bartynski, Walter S, Boardman, John F

“…In a retrospective review, 3 (3.8%) of 78 patients developed recurrent posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Underlying clinical conditions included…”
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Characterization of a silicon photo-multiplier array with summing board as a photo-multiplier tube replacement in organic scintillator assemblies by Sweany, M., Marleau, P., Allwork, C., Kallenbach, G., Hammon, S.

“…We report on the energy, timing, and pulse-shape discrimination performance of cylindrical 5.08 cm diameter × 5.08 cm thick and 7.62 cm diameter × 7.62 cm…”
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Characterization of a silicon photo-multiplier array with summing board as a photo-multiplier tube replacement in organic scintillator assemblies by Sweany, M., Marleau, P., Allwork, C., Kallenbach, G., Hammon, S.

“…In this work, we report on the energy, timing, and pulse-shape discrimination performance of cylindrical 5.08 cm diameter x 5.08 cm thick and 7.62 cm diameter…”
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Interaction position, time, and energy resolution in organic scintillator bars with dual-ended readout by Sweany, M., Galindo-Tellez, A., Brown, J., Brubaker, E., Dorrill, R., Druetzler, A., Kaneshige, N., Learned, J., Nishimura, K., Bae, W.

“…We report on the position, timing, and energy resolution of a range of plastic scintillator bars and reflector treatments using dual-ended silicon…”
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The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment by Akerib, D.S., Bai, X., Bedikian, S., Bernard, E., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., Bradley, A., Byram, D., Cahn, S.B., Camp, C., Carmona-Benitez, M.C., Carr, D., Chapman, J.J., Chiller, A., Chiller, C., Clark, K., Classen, T., Coffey, T., Curioni, A., Dahl, E., Dazeley, S., de Viveiros, L., Dobi, A., Dragowsky, E., Druszkiewicz, E., Edwards, B., Faham, C.H., Fiorucci, S., Gaitskell, R.J., Gibson, K.R., Gilchriese, M., Hall, C., Hanhardt, M., Holbrook, B., Ihm, M., Jacobsen, R.G., Kastens, L., Kazkaz, K., Knoche, R., Kyre, S., Kwong, J., Lander, R., Larsen, N.A., Lee, C., Leonard, D.S., Lesko, K.T., Lindote, A., Lopes, M.I., Lyashenko, A., Malling, D.C., Mannino, R., Marquez, Z., McKinsey, D.N., Mei, D.-M., Mock, J., Moongweluwan, M., Morii, M., Nelson, H., Neves, F., Nikkel, J.A., Pangilinan, M., Parker, P.D., Pease, E.K., Pech, K., Phelps, P., Rodionov, A., Roberts, P., Shei, A., Shutt, T., Silva, C., Skulski, W., Solovov, V.N., Sofka, C.J., Sorensen, P., Spaans, J., Stiegler, T., Stolp, D., Svoboda, R., Sweany, M., Szydagis, M., Taylor, D., Thomson, J., Tripathi, M., Uvarov, S., Verbus, J.R., Walsh, N., Webb, R., White, D., White, J.T., Whitis, T.J., Wlasenko, M., Wolfs, F.L.H., Woods, M., Zhang, C.

“…The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) collaboration has designed and constructed a dual-phase xenon detector, in order to conduct a search for Weakly Interacting…”
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Source detection at 100 meter standoff with a time-encoded imaging system by Brennan, J., Brubaker, E., Gerling, M., Marleau, P., Monterial, M., Nowack, A., Schuster, P., Sturm, B., Sweany, M.

“…We present the design, characterization, and testing of a laboratory prototype radiological search and localization system. The system, based on time-encoded…”
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Demonstration of two-dimensional time-encoded imaging of fast neutrons by Brennan, J., Brubaker, E., Gerling, M., Marleau, P., McMillan, K., Nowack, A., Galloudec, N. Renard-Le, Sweany, M.

“…We present a neutron detector system based on time-encoded imaging, and demonstrate its applicability toward the spatial mapping of special nuclear material…”
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Design of a transportable high efficiency fast neutron spectrometer by Roecker, C., Bernstein, A., Bowden, N.S., Cabrera-Palmer, B., Dazeley, S., Gerling, M., Marleau, P., Sweany, M.D., Vetter, K.

“…A transportable fast neutron detection system has been designed and constructed for measuring neutron energy spectra and flux ranging from tens to hundreds of…”
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A search for cosmogenic production of β-neutron emitting radionuclides in water by Dazeley, S., Askins, M., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bowden, N.S., Shokair, T.M., Jaffke, P., Rountree, S.D., Sweany, M.

“…Here we present the first results of WATCHBOY, a water Cherenkov detector designed to measure the yield of β-neutron emitting radionuclides produced by cosmic…”
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LUXSim: A component-centric approach to low-background simulations by Akerib, D.S., Bai, X., Bedikian, S., Bernard, E., Bernstein, A., Bradley, A., Cahn, S.B., Carmona-Benitez, M.C., Carr, D., Chapman, J.J., Clark, K., Classen, T., Coffey, T., Dazeley, S., de Viveiros, L., Dobi, A., Dragowsky, M., Druszkiewicz, E., Faham, C.H., Fiorucci, S., Gaitskell, R.J., Gibson, K.R., Hall, C., Hanhardt, M., Holbrook, B., Ihm, M., Jacobsen, R.G., Kastens, L., Kazkaz, K., Lander, R., Larsen, N., Lee, C., Leonard, D., Lesko, K., Lyashenko, A., Malling, D.C., Mannino, R., McKinsey, D.N., Mei, D.-M., Mock, J., Morii, M., Nelson, H., Nikkel, J.A., Pangilinan, M., Parker, P.D., Phelps, P., Shutt, T., Skulski, W., Sorensen, P., Spaans, J., Stiegler, T., Svoboda, R., Sweany, M., Szydagis, M., Thomson, J., Tripathi, M., Verbus, J.R., Walsh, N., Webb, R., White, J.T., Wlasenko, M., Wolfs, F.L.H., Woods, M., Zhang, C.

“…Geant4 has been used throughout the nuclear and high-energy physics community to simulate energy depositions in various detectors and materials. These…”
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Study of wavelength-shifting chemicals for use in large-scale water Cherenkov detectors by Sweany, M, Bernstein, A, Dazeley, S, Dunmore, J, Felde, J, Svoboda, R, Tripathi, S M

“…Cherenkov detectors employ various methods to maximize light collection at the photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). These generally involve the use of highly…”
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A comparison of the neutron detection efficiency and response characteristics of two pixelated PSD-capable organic scintillator detectors with different photo-detection readout methods by Balajthy, J, Marleau, P, Sweany, M

“…We characterize the performance of two pixelated neutron detectors: a PMT-based array that utilizes Anger logic for pixel identification and a SiPM-based array…”
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Data acquisition and readout system for the LUX dark matter experiment by Akerib, D.S., Bai, X., Bedikian, S., Bernard, E., Bernstein, A., Bradley, A., Cahn, S.B., Carmona-Benitez, M.C., Carr, D., Chapman, J.J., Clark, K., Classen, T., Coffey, T., Curioni, A., Dazeley, S., de Viveiros, L., Dragowsky, M., Druszkiewicz, E., Faham, C.H., Fiorucci, S., Gaitskell, R.J., Gibson, K.R., Hall, C., Hanhardt, M., Holbrook, B., Ihm, M., Jacobsen, R.G., Kastens, L., Kazkaz, K., Lander, R., Larsen, N., Lee, C., Leonard, D., Lesko, K., Lyashenko, A., Malling, D.C., Mannino, R., McKinsey, D.N., Mei, D., Mock, J., Morii, M., Nelson, H., Nikkel, J.A., Pangilinan, M., Phelps, P., Shutt, T., Skulski, W., Sorensen, P., Spaans, J., Stiegler, T., Svoboda, R., Sweany, M., Szydagis, M., Thomson, J., Tripathi, M., Verbus, J.R., Walsh, N., Webb, R., White, J.T., Wlasenko, M., Wolfs, F.L.H., Woods, M., Zhang, C.

“…LUX is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber designed to detect nuclear recoils from interactions with dark matter particles. Signals from the…”
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