Speaker
Christopher Jackson
Description
Radon is a major background concern for many low-background experiments, and emanation assays are essential for screening detector materials and characterizing radon backgrounds. In upcoming neutrino and dark matter experiments using cryogenic liquids, temperature and surface properties can affect radon levels. This talk will present a radon-emanation measurement system that uses ultralow-background proportional counters and introduce EMANATE, a new simulation tool for modeling radon emanation in liquid cryogens.