A. Flower
Queen's University
9 Papers
A. Flower is an academic researcher from Queen's University. The author has contributed to research in topics: DEAP & Scintillation. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications. Previous affiliations of A. Flower include Carleton University.
Chat about Author
Papers
Search for dark matter with a 231-day exposure of liquid argon using DEAP-3600 at SNOLAB
R. Ajaj,P. Amaudruz,G. R. Araujo,M. Baldwin,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,J. Bonatt,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,J. F. Bueno,P. M. Burghardt,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Stefano Cavuoti,Min Chen,Y. Chen,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cranshaw,K. Dering,J. DiGioseffo,Luca Doria,F. A. Duncan,M. Dunford,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,G. Fiorillo,S. Florian,A. Flower,R. J. Ford,R. Gagnon,D. Gallacher,E. A. Garcés,S. Garg,P. Giampa,D. Goeldi,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,K. Graham,Darren Grant,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,A. Joy,C. Jillings,O. Kamaev,G. Kaur,A. Kemp,I. Kochanek,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,Xiujiang Li,J. Lidgard,T. Lindner,O. Litvinov,J. Lock,Giuseppe Longo,Peter Majewski,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,P. Nadeau,C. M. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,E. O'Dwyer,C. Ouellet,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,M. C. Piro,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,N. Seeburn,K. Singhrao,P. Skensved,B. C. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,J. Soukup,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,J. Tang,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,Laurelle Maria Veloce,S. Viel,J. Walding,M. Waqar,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,J. Willis,A. Zuñiga-Reyes +101 more
TL;DR: DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) direct-detection dark matter experiment, operating 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada) as discussed by the authors.
Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector
P. Amaudruz,M. Baldwin,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,D. Bishop,J. Bonatt,Gary Boorman,Mark Guy Boulay,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,T. Bromwich,J. F. Bueno,P. M. Burghardt,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Stephen Kam-wah Chan,Min Chen,R. Chouinard,S. Churchwell,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cranshaw,K. Dering,J. DiGioseffo,S. Dittmeier,F. Duncan,Monica Dunford,A. Erlandson,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,S. Florian,A. Flower,R. Ford,R. Gagnon,P. Giampa,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,P. Gorel,R. Gornea,E. Grace,K. Graham,Darren Grant,E. Gulyev,A. Hall,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,C. J. Jillings,O. Kamaev,A. Kemp,M. Kuźniak,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,O. Li,J. Lidgard,P. Liimatainen,C. Lim,T. Lindner,Y. Linn,Shuai Liu,Peter Majewski,R. Mathew,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,K. W. McFarlane,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,S. Mead,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,A. Muir,P. Nadeau,C. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,E. O'Dwyer,C. Ohlmann,K. Olchanski,K. S. Olsen,C. Ouellet,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pollmann,T. Pollmann,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,W. Rau,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,N. Seeburn,B. Shaw,K. Singhrao,K. Singhrao,P. Skensved,B. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,J. Soukup,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,J. Tang,Joanne Taylor,Laurelle Maria Veloce,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,J. Walding,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,Randall White,E. Woolsey,J. Zielinski +118 more
TL;DR: The Dark Matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon target as mentioned in this paper, and the projected cross section sensitivity for DEAP-3600 to the spin-independent scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on nucleons is 10−46cm2 for a 100 GeV/c2 WIMP mass with a fiducial exposure of 3 tonne-years.
93
Electromagnetic backgrounds and potassium-42 activity in the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector
R. Ajaj,G. R. Araujo,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,M. G. Boulay,B. Broerman,J. F. Bueno,P. M. Burghardt,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Miguel Cárdenas-Montes,Stefano Cavuoti,Min Chen,Y. Chen,B. T. Cleveland,K. Dering,F. A. Duncan,M. Dunford,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,G. Fiorillo,A. Flower,R. J. Ford,R. Gagnon,D. Gallacher,P. Garcia Abia,S. Garg,P. Giampa,D. Goeldi,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,K. Graham,Darren Grant,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,A. Joy,C. Jillings,O. Kamaev,G. Kaur,A. Kemp,I. Kochanek,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,Xiujiang Li,O. Litvinov,J. Lock,Giuseppe Longo,Peter Majewski,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,P. Nadeau,C. M. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,C. Ouellet,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,V. Pesudo,M. C. Piro,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,E. Sanchez Garcia,R. Santorelli,N. Seeburn,P. Skensved,B. C. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,Laurelle Maria Veloce,S. Viel,J. Walding,M. Waqar,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,J. Willis,A. Zuñiga-Reyes +92 more
TL;DR: A background model of the ER interactions in DEAP-3600 was developed and is described in this paper, which is based on several components which are expected from radioisotopes in the LAr, from ex situ material assay measurements, and from dedicated independent in situ analyses.
The liquid-argon scintillation pulseshape in DEAP-3600
P. Adhikari,R. Ajaj,G.R. Araujoand M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,M. G. Boulay,B. Broerman,J. F. Bueno,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Miguel Cárdenas-Montes,Stefano Cavuoti,Y. Chen,B. T. Cleveland,J. M. Corning,S.J. Daughertyand K. Dering,Luca Doria,F.A. Duncan andM. Dunford,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,G. Fiorillo,A. Flower,R. J. Ford,R. Gagnon,D. Gallacher,E. A. Garcés,P. Garcia Abia,S. Garg,P. Giampa,D. Goeldi,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,K. Graham,Darren Grant,A. Grobov,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,A. Ilyasov,A. Joy,C. Jillings,O. Kamaev,G. Kaur,A. Kemp,I. Kochanek,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,N. Levashko,Xiujiang Li,O. Litvinov,J. Lock,Giuseppe Longo,I. N. Machulin,Peter Majewski,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,P. Nadeau,C. M. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,G. Oliviéro,C. Ouellet,Subrata Pal,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,V. Pesudo,M. C. Piro,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,E. Sanchez Garcia,T. Sánchez-Pastor,R. Santorelli,N. Seeburn,P. Skensved,B. C. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,Laurelle Maria Veloce,S. Viel,J. Walding,M. Waqar,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,J. Willis,A. Zuñiga-Reyes +99 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a model for the pulseshape of electromagnetic background events in the energy region of interest for dark matter searches, which is composed of a) LAr scintillation physics, including the so-called intermediate component, b) the time response of the TPB wavelength shifter, including delayed TPB emission at $\mathcal O$(m) time-scales, and c) PMT response.
The liquid-argon scintillation pulseshape in DEAP-3600
P. Adhikari,R. Ajaj,G. R. Araujo,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,Mark Guy Boulay,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,J. F. Bueno,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Bei Cai,Miguel Cárdenas-Montes,Stefano Cavuoti,Y. Chen,B. T. Cleveland,J. M. Corning,S. J. Daugherty,P. Di Stefano,K. Dering,Luca Doria,F. A. Duncan,Monica Dunford,A. Erlandson,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,G. Fiorillo,A. Flower,A. Flower,R. Ford,R. Gagnon,D. Gallacher,E. A. Garcés,P. Garcia Abia,S. Garg,P. Giampa,P. Giampa,D. Goeldi,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,K. Graham,Darren Grant,A. Grobov,A. Grobov,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,A. Ilyasov,A. Ilyasov,A. Joy,C. J. Jillings,O. Kamaev,G. Kaur,A. Kemp,I. Kochanek,M. Kuźniak,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,N. Levashko,N. Levashko,X. Li,O. Litvinov,J. Lock,Giuseppe Longo,I. N. Machulin,I. N. Machulin,P. Majewski,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,T. McGinn,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,J. B. McLaughlin,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,P. Nadeau,C. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,G. Oliviéro,C. Ouellet,S. Pal,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,V. Pesudo,M. C. Piro,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,E. Sanchez Garcia,T. Sánchez-Pastor,R. Santorelli,N. Seeburn,P. Skensved,B. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,V. Strickland,M. Stringer,Bhaskar Sur,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,Laurelle Maria Veloce,S. Viel,J. Walding,M. Waqar,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,J. Willis,A. Zuñiga-Reyes +119 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a model for the pulseshape of electromagnetic background events in the energy region of interest for dark matter searches, which is composed of LAr scintillation physics, including the so-called intermediate component, the time response of the TPB wavelength shifter, including delayed TPB emission at $${\mathcal {O}}$(m) time-scales, and the PMT response.