A.D. McDonald
University of Texas at Arlington
26 Papers
67 Citations
A.D. McDonald is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Arlington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Xenon & Double beta decay. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 26 publications.
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Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches
C. Adams,Víctor H. Alvarez,Lior Arazi,I. J. Arnquist,C.D.R. Azevedo,Kevin Bailey,F. Ballester,J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez,F.I.G.M. Borges,N. Byrnes,S. Cárcel,J.V. Carrión,S. Cebrián,E. Church,C.A.N. Conde,T. Contreras,A.A. Denisenko,G. Díaz,J. S. Díaz,J. Escada,Romain Esteve,R. Felkai,R. Felkai,L.M.P. Fernandes,Paola Ferrario,Paola Ferrario,A.L. Ferreira,Frank W. Foss,E.D.C. Freitas,Zoraida Freixa,Zoraida Freixa,J. Generowicz,A. Goldschmidt,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,R. González,Diego González-Díaz,S. Gosh,R. Guenette,Roberto Gutiérrez,J. Haefner,K. Hafidi,J. Hauptman,C.A.O. Henriques,J.A. Hernando Morata,P. Herrero,V. Herrero,J. Ho,Y. Ifergan,B. J. P. Jones,M. Kekic,L. Labarga,A. Laing,P. Lebrun,N. López-March,M. Losada,R.D.P. Mano,J. Martín-Albo,J. Martín-Albo,A. Martínez,M. Martínez-Vara,M. Martínez-Vara,G. Martínez-Lema,A.D. McDonald,Z. E. Meziani,F. Monrabal,F. Monrabal,C.M.B. Monteiro,F.J. Mora,J. Muñoz Vidal,C. Newhouse,P. Novella,D.R. Nygren,E. Oblak,B. Palmeiro,B. Palmeiro,A. Para,Javier Pérez,M. Querol,A. Redwine,J. Renner,L. Ripoll,Iván Rivilla,Iván Rivilla,Y. Rodriguez Garcia,Javier Rodríguez,Celia Rogero,L. Rogers,B. Romeo,C. Romo-Luque,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,A. Simón,M. Sorel,C. Stanford,J.M.R. Teixeira,P. Thapa,J.F. Toledo,J. Torrent,A. Usón,J.F.C.A. Veloso,T.T. Vuong,R. C. Webb,R. Weiss-Babai,J.T. White,K. Woodruff,N. Yahlali +106 more
TL;DR: The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) as discussed by the authors searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 136Xe using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification.
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Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double beta decay searches.
C. Adams,Víctor H. Alvarez,Lior Arazi,I. J. Arnquist,C.D.R. Azevedo,Kevin Bailey,F. Ballester,J.M. Benlloch-Rodríguez,F.I.G.M. Borges,N. Byrnes,S. Cárcel,J.V. Carrión,S. Cebri an,E. Church,C.A.N. Conde,T. Contreras,G. Díaz,J. S. Díaz,M. Diesburg,J. Escada,Romain Esteve,R. Felkai,A.F.M. Fernandes,L.M.P. Fernandes,Paola Ferrario,A.L. Ferreira,E.D.C. Freitas,J. Generowicz,Sudip Ghosh,A. Goldschmidt,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,D. González-Díaz,R. Guenette,Roberto Gutiérrez,J. Haefner,K. Hafidi,J. Hauptman,C.A.O. Henriques,J.A. Hernando Morata,P. Herrero,Vicente Herrero,Y. Ifergan,Sandra K. Johnston,B. J. P. Jones,M. Kekic,L. Labarga,A. Laing,P. Lebrun,N. López-March,M. Losada,R.D.P. Mano,J. Martin-Albo,A. Martínez,M. Martínez-Vara,G. Martínez-Lema,A.D. McDonald,F. Monrabal,C.M.B. Monteiro,F.J. Mora,J. Muñoz Vidal,P. Novella,D.R. Nygren,B. Palmeiro,A. Para,Javier Pérez,M. Querol,A.B. Redwine,J. Renner,Jose Repond,S. Riordan,L. Ripoll,Y. Rodriguez Garca,J. Rodrguez,L. Rogers,B. Romeo,C. Romo-Luque,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,A. Simón,C. Sofka,M. Sorel,T.M. Stiegler,J.F. Toledo,J. Torrent,A. Usón,J.F.C.A. Veloso,R. C. Webb,R. Weiss-Babai,J.T. White,K. Woodruff,N. Yahlali +90 more
TL;DR: The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) as discussed by the authors was the first detector to achieve a sensitivity to the inverted hierarchy of neutrinoless double beta.
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The Next White (NEW) detector
F. Monrabal,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,J.F. Toledo,Víctor H. Alvarez,J.M. Benlloch-Rodríguez,S. Cárcel,J.V. Carrión,Romain Esteve,R. Felkai,V. Herrero,A. Laing,A. Martínez,M. Musti,M. Querol,Jose A. Rodriguez,A. Simón,C. Sofka,J. Torrent,R. C. Webb,J.T. White,C. Adams,Lior Arazi,C.D.R. Azevedo,Kevin Bailey,F. Ballester,F.I.G.M. Borges,A. Botas,S. Cebrián,C.A.N. Conde,J. S. Díaz,M. Diesburg,J. Escada,L.M.P. Fernandes,Paola Ferrario,A.L. Ferreira,E.D.C. Freitas,A. Goldschmidt,D. González-Díaz,R. Guenette,Roberto Gutiérrez,K. Hafidi,J. Hauptman,C.A.O. Henriques,A.I. Hernandez,J.A. Hernando Morata,Sandra K. Johnston,B. J. P. Jones,L. Labarga,P. Lebrun,N. López-March,M. Losada,J. Martín-Albo,G. Martínez-Lema,A.D. McDonald,C.M.B. Monteiro,F.J. Mora,J. Muñoz Vidal,M. Nebot-Guinot,P. Novella,D.R. Nygren,B. Palmeiro,A. Para,Javier Pérez,J. Renner,Jose Repond,S. Riordan,C. Romo,L. Ripoll,L. Rogers,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,M. Sorel,T.M. Stiegler,J.F.C.A. Veloso,N. Yahlali +74 more
TL;DR: The NEXT-White (New) detector as mentioned in this paper is the largest high pressure xenon gas TPC using electroluminescent amplification in the world and it is also a 1:2 scale model of the NEXT-100 detector scheduled to start searching for $\beta\beta 0/nu$ decays in 136Xe in 2019.
Calibration of the NEXT-White detector using $^{83m}\mathrm{Kr}$ decays
G. Martínez-Lema,J. A. Hernando Morata,B. Palmeiro,A. Botas,Paola Ferrario,F. Monrabal,A. Laing,J. Renner,A. Simón,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,C. Adams,Víctor H. Alvarez,Lior Arazi,C.D.R. Azevedo,Kevin Bailey,F. Ballester,J.M. Benlloch-Rodríguez,F.I.G.M. Borges,S. Cárcel,J.V. Carrión,S. Cebrián,C.A.N. Conde,J. Díaz,M. Diesburg,J. Escada,Romain Esteve,R. Felkai,L.M.P. Fernandes,A.L. Ferreira,E.D.C. Freitas,J. Generowicz,A. Goldschmidt,D. González-Díaz,R. Guenette,Roberto Gutiérrez,K. Hafidi,J. M. Hauptman,C.A.O. Henriques,A.I. Hernandez,Vicente Herrero,Sandra K. Johnston,B. J. P. Jones,M. Kekic,L. Labarga,P. Lebrun,N. Lopez-March,M. Losada,J. Martin-Albo,Ana Maria Martinez,A.D. McDonald,C.M.B. Monteiro,F.J. Mora,J. Muñoz Vidal,M. Musti,M. Nebot-Guinot,P. Novella,D. R. Nygren,A. Para,Javier Pérez,M. Querol,Jose Repond,S. Riordan,L. Ripoll,Jose A. Rodriguez,L. Rogers,C. Romo,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,C. Sofka,M. Sorel,T.M. Stiegler,J.F. Toledo,J. Torrent,J.F.C.A. Veloso,R. C. Webb,J. T. White,N. Yahlalib +76 more
TL;DR: The Next-White detector as mentioned in this paper is the state-of-the-art detector for high-pressure xenon gas time projection with electroluminescent readout in the world.
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Electron Drift and Longitudinal Diffusion in High Pressure Xenon-Helium Gas Mixtures
A.D. McDonald,K. Woodruff,B. Al Atoum,D. González-Díaz,B. J. P. Jones,C. Adams,Víctor H. Alvarez,Lior Arazi,I. J. Arnquist,C.D.R. Azevedo,Kevin Bailey,F. Ballester,J.M. Benlloch-Rodríguez,F.I.G.M. Borges,S. Cárcel,J.V. Carrión,S. Cebrián,E. Church,C.A.N. Conde,G. Díaz,J. S. Díaz,M. Diesburg,J. Escada,Romain Esteve,R. Felkai,A.F.M. Fernandes,L.M.P. Fernandes,Paola Ferrario,A.L. Ferreira,E.D.C. Freitas,J. Generowicz,A. Goldschmidt,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,R. Guenette,Roberto Gutiérrez,J. Haefner,K. Hafidi,J. Hauptman,C.A.O. Henriques,J.A. Hernando Morata,P. Herrero,Vicente Herrero,Sandra K. Johnston,M. Kekic,L. Labarga,A. Laing,P. Lebrun,N. López-March,M. Losada,R.D.P. Mano,J. Martin-Albo,A. Martínez,G. Martínez-Lema,F. Monrabal,C.M.B. Monteiro,F.J. Mora,J. Munoz-Vidal,P. Novella,D.R. Nygren,B. Palmeiro,A. Para,Javier Pérez,M. Querol,J. Renner,Jose Repond,S. Riordan,L. Ripoll,Y. Rodriguez Garcia,Jose A. Rodriguez,L. Rogers,B. Romeo,C. Romo-Luque,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,A. Simón,C. Sofka,M. Sorel,T.M. Stiegler,J.F. Toledo,J. Torrent,A. Usón,J.F.C.A. Veloso,R. C. Webb,Weiss-Babai,J.T. White,N. Yahlali +85 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the drift velocity and longitudinal diffusion coefficients of electrons in pure xenon gas and in xenon-helium gas mixtures at 1-9 bar and electric field strengths of 50-300 V/cm were measured.
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