Conveners
Session V: Session V
- James Page (University of Sussex)
Description
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SNO+ is a scintillator filled neutrino detector located 2 km underground at SNOLAB. The primary goal of the SNO+ experiment is to search for neutrino-less double beta decay (0vbb). The rarity of this phenomenon necessitates a high level of sensitivity making background analysis crucial. In this presentation, I will outline the methods used to find and characterize K40 backgrounds in SNO+—a...
Astronomers use a variety of particle messengers (e.g., EM radiation, neutrinos, cosmic rays) to make their observations, with each messenger providing unique information about the astrophysical object. To ensure that a wide range of data is available to analyse transient events, networks such as NASA’s Gamma-ray Coordination Network (GCN) distribute automated notices from certain...
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a United Nations General Assembly adopted treaty with basic obligations stating that no ratified nation may detonate nuclear explosions. To detect possible nuclear events, xenon isotopes stemming from such nuclear events can be found in atmospheric air samples through beta-gamma coincidences.
The CTBT system can detect these beta-gamma...
MATHUSLA is a Long Lived Particle detector that will start functioning in 2025. It will be placed at the (LHC) Lard Hydron Collider at CERN. The detection of Long Lived Particles requires precise triggering and background setting, therefore allowing the MATHUSLA detector to tune these settings as opposed to LHC, where it is impossible to detect such particles. The result of the MATHUSLA...
