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Canadian Astro-Particle Physics Summer Student Talk Competition

23–24 Aug 2021
Canada/Eastern timezone

Session

Session 6

06
24 Aug 2021, 12:30

Conveners

Session 6

  • Matthew Stukel (Queen's University)
  • Leon Pickard

Description

10+3 talks
11:00pm ET Tuesday

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  1. 32. Using Machine/Deep Learning to Analyze Acoustic Data and Probe the Physical Development of Bubble Nucleation
    Mr Kyle Yeates (SNOLAB/Laurentian University)
    24/08/2021, 12:45
    Physics Analysis

    The PICO detector generates acoustic signals from the bubble nucleation caused by incident particles, such as alphas, neutrons, gammas, and potentially WIMPs. These signals contain properties that can be used to distinguish among different particles. The acoustic parameter (AP) is one such tool, it measures the magnitude of the acoustic signals at different frequencies, and can distinguish...

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  2. 31. Geometries and PMT Configurations for nEXO Outer Detector Simulations
    Liam Retty (Laurentian University)
    24/08/2021, 13:00
    Physics Analysis

    The nEXO experiment pursues the goal of observing or verifying neutrinoless double beta decay by placing 5000kg of liquid xenon enriched to 136Xe within a cryostat, and limiting backgrounds as much as possible. To limit the cosmogenic backgrounds, the cryostat is immersed in a large water tank several kilometres underground. Despite these efforts, cosmic muons can still cause reasonable...

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  3. 30. Measuring the Mass of the Milky Way: Converting a 350 PHYS Project into a 250 Lab
    Madelynn Mast (Queen's University)
    24/08/2021, 13:15
    Science Communication & Outreach

    Every year the PHYS 350 students design and run an experiment themselves. It is usually disassembled soon after, but this year, we wanted to give the second-year students a look at what they could be doing in their next year, as well as providing them a chance to do an astronomy-based experiment in PHYS 250. We choose an experiment on measuring the mass of the Milky Way that published their...

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  4. 29. Logical Muon Generation for Monte Carlo Simulations (Underground)
    Regan Ross
    24/08/2021, 13:30
    Physics Analysis

    The main purpose of building a particle detector underground is to minimize cosmic ray induced backgrounds, however, even the low flux of residual cosmic rays can constitute an appreciable source. The high sensitivity required to detect rare nuclear decay events or other sought after interactions can exaggerate these effects. Through-going cosmogenic muons contribute to background sources for...

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  5. 33. SNO+ Cherenkov Umbilical
    Ms Huba Khan
    Physics Analysis

    The SNO+ experiment is a liquid scintillator experiment located 2km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. The detector is a 12m diameter acrylic vessel (AV) and is filled with ~800 tonnes of scintillator composed of linear alkylbenzene (LAB). A low background level and energy threshold is achievable due to the use of ultra-clean materials and high light-yield of the scintillator. These...

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