Author : Pia Loaiza
Publisher : AIP Conference Proceedings / A
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2007-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN :
The main purpose of the 2nd Topical Workshop on Low Radioactivity Techniques was to share the knowledge on techniques and developments aimed at ultra-low level backgrounds. Extremely low backgrounds are needed for searches looking for rare events such as dark matter or solar neutrinos. The articles gathered in this proceeding are unique since they provide technical details on low radioactivity techniques developments.
Author : Richard Ford
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780735408920
LRT2010 is the third workshop in the series on low radioactivity materials and techniques, which is the most fundamental part of rare-event physics detectors, such as for solar neutrinos, dark matter, double-beta decay, and long half-life phenomena. Topics include global surveys of low background facilities, detectors and shielding techniques, ultra-low background purification techniques, cleaning and contamination control, low background construction and fabrication, and background calculations and simulations.
Author : Minos Axenides
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 9812708529
This volume is the latest in a prominent biannual series of scientific meetings on the exciting research topics of dark matter and, more recently, of dark energy. It contains a state-of-the-art update on detection efforts by experimental groups around the world trying to pin down exotic new forms of matter under the names of axions, neutralinos, wimps, primordial black holes, q balls, sterile neutrinos, as well as a tantalizing new form of dark energy component called phantom energy and quintessence. The book is self-contained as it also includes general reviews on recent cosmological observations ? supernovae measurements, cosmic matter distribution surveys and cosmic radiation anisotropies ? introducing even the uninitiated reader to this fascinating frontier of research.
Author : Geoffrey Battle Smith
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 34,4 MB
Release : 2021-07-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889668924
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,40 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Cosmic background radiation
ISBN :
Author : Angelo Rivetti
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 1466563117
CMOS: Front-End Electronics for Radiation Sensors offers a comprehensive introduction to integrated front-end electronics for radiation detectors, focusing on devices that capture individual particles or photons and are used in nuclear and high energy physics, space instrumentation, medical physics, homeland security, and related fields. Emphasizing practical design and implementation, this book: Covers the fundamental principles of signal processing for radiation detectors Discusses the relevant analog building blocks used in the front-end electronics Employs systematically weak and moderate inversion regimes in circuit analysis Makes complex topics such as noise and circuit-weighting functions more accessible Includes numerical examples where appropriate CMOS: Front-End Electronics for Radiation Sensors provides specialized knowledge previously obtained only through the study of multiple technical and scientific papers. It is an ideal text for students of physics and electronics engineering, as well as a useful reference for experienced practitioners.
Author : European Organization for Nuclear Research
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 21,3 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN :
This journal is devoted to the latest research on physics, publishing articles on everything from elementary particle behavior to black holes and the history of the universe.
Author : Holger Kluck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 38,68 MB
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319185276
The work presented in this book is a major step towards understanding and eventually suppressing background in the direct search for dark matter particles scattering off germanium detectors. Although the flux of cosmic muons is reduced by many orders of magnitude in underground laboratories, the remaining energetic muons induce neutrons through various processes, neutrons that can potentially mimic a dark matter signal. This thesis describes the measurement of muon-induced neutrons over more than 3 years in the Modane underground laboratory. The data are complemented by a thorough modeling of the neutron signal using the GEANT4 simulation package, demonstrating the appropriateness of this tool to model these rare processes. As a result, a precise neutron production yield can be presented. Thus, future underground experiments will be able to reliably model the expected rate of muon-induced neutrons, making it possible to develop the necessary shielding concept to suppress this background component.
Author : Osvaldo Civitarese
Publisher : AIP Conference Proceedings / H
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN :
The determination of the properties of the neutrino is one of the most pursued goals of physics. The series of MEDEX Conferences, which started ten years ago, is devoted to the update of the experimental and theoretical information related to the nuclear double beta decay, which is the process that may, if observed, be the tool to answer the fundamental questions related to the neutrino mass scale. MEDEX is a unique forum for theoreticians and experimentalists active in the field.
Author : Bruce Cleveland
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2005-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN :
This workshop examined the state-of-the-art of all techniques for measuring radioactivity at ultra-low activity levels as well as all aspects of the development of low-background detectors. Such detectors are needed to study physical processes that can only be observed when all sources of interfering background are reduced to a very low level. These techniques are essential to develop next generation detectors for neutrino research, solar neutrino physics, and neutrino astrophysics, as well as measurement of the double beta-decay process and the search for dark matter in the universe. Topics covered include experimental radio-purity requirements, methods for shielding detectors from cosmic rays and local radioactivity, methods for the measurement of impurities in bulk materials, in gases, and on surfaces, techniques for materials purification, and related subjects. The workshop marked the beginning of excavation for the new international facility for deep underground particle astrophysics (SNOLAB), located in Sudbury, Canada.
