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C.H. Faham
Researcher at Brown University
Publications - 11
Citations - 716
C.H. Faham is an academic researcher from Brown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Weakly interacting massive particles & Dark matter. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 11 publications receiving 668 citations. Previous affiliations of C.H. Faham include Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment
D. S. Akerib,X. Bai,S. Bedikian,Ethan Bernard,A. Bernstein,Alexander Bolozdynya,A. W. Bradley,D. Byram,Sidney Cahn,C. Camp,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,D. Carr,J.J. Chapman,A. A. Chiller,C. Chiller,K. Clark,T. Classen,T. Coffey,A. Curioni,E. Dahl,S. Dazeley,L. de Viveiros,A. Dobi,E. M. Dragowsky,E. Druszkiewicz,B. N. Edwards,C.H. Faham,S. Fiorucci,R. J. Gaitskell,K.R. Gibson,Murdock Gilchriese,C. R. Hall,M. Hanhardt,B. Holbrook,M. Ihm,R. G. Jacobsen,L. Kastens,K. Kazkaz,R. Knoche,S. Kyre,J. Kwong,R. L. Lander,N. A. Larsen,C. Lee,David Leonard,K. T. Lesko,A. Lindote,M.I. Lopes,A. Lyashenko,D.C. Malling,R. L. Mannino,Z. Marquez,Daniel McKinsey,Dongming Mei,J. Mock,M. Moongweluwan,M. Morii,H. N. Nelson,F. Neves,James Nikkel,M. Pangilinan,P.D. Parker,E. K. Pease,K. Pech,P. Phelps,A. Rodionov,P. Roberts,Alexander Shei,T. A. Shutt,C. Silva,W. Skulski,V. N. Solovov,C. Sofka,P. Sorensen,J. Spaans,T.M. Stiegler,D. Stolp,Robert Svoboda,M. Sweany,Matthew Szydagis,D. J. Taylor,J. Thomson,Mani Tripathi,S. Uvarov,J.R. Verbus,N. Walsh,R. C. Webb,D. White,J. T. White,T. J. Whitis,M. Wlasenko,F.L.H. Wolfs,M. Woods,Chao Zhang +93 more
TL;DR: The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) detector as mentioned in this paper is a dual-phase Xenon detector with a spin independent cross-section per nucleon of 2 × 10 − 46 cm 2, equivalent to ∼ 1 event / 100 kg / month in the inner 100-kg fiducial volume (FV) of the 370-kg detector.
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Radiogenic and Muon-Induced Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Detector
D. S. Akerib,Henrique Araujo,X. Bai,A. J. Bailey,J. Balajthy,Ethan Bernard,Adam Bernstein,A. W. Bradley,D. Byram,Sidney Cahn,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,C. Chan,J.J. Chapman,A. A. Chiller,C. Chiller,T. Coffey,A. Currie,L. de Viveiros,A. Dobi,J. E. Y. Dobson,E. Druszkiewicz,B. N. Edwards,C.H. Faham,C.H. Faham,S. Fiorucci,C. E. Flores,R. J. Gaitskell,V. M. Gehman,C. Ghag,K.R. Gibson,M. G. D. Gilchriese,C. R. Hall,S. A. Hertel,M. Horn,D. Q. Huang,M. Ihm,R. G. Jacobsen,Kareem Kazkaz,R. Knoche,N. A. Larsen,C. Lee,A. Lindote,M.I. Lopes,D.C. Malling,R. L. Mannino,Daniel McKinsey,Dongming Mei,J. Mock,M. Moongweluwan,J. A. Morad,A. St. J. Murphy,C. Nehrkorn,H. N. Nelson,F. Neves,R. A. Ott,M. Pangilinan,P. D. Parker,E. K. Pease,K. Pech,P. Phelps,L. Reichhart,T. A. Shutt,C. Silva,V. N. Solovov,P. Sorensen,K. O'Sullivan,T. J. Sumner,Matthew Szydagis,D. J. Taylor,B. P. Tennyson,D. R. Tiedt,Mani Tripathi,S. Uvarov,J.R. Verbus,N. Walsh,R. C. Webb,J. T. White,Michael S. Witherell,F.L.H. Wolfs,M. Woods,Chao Zhang +81 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the expected background rate from the background model for the 85.3-day WIMP search run is (2.6 ± 0.4 stat ) × 10 - 3 events keV ee - 1 kg - 1 day - 1, consistent with model projections.
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Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment
D. S. Akerib,X. Bai,Ethan Bernard,Adam Bernstein,A. W. Bradley,D. Byram,Sidney Cahn,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,J.J. Chapman,T. Coffey,A. Dobi,E. M. Dragowsky,E. Druszkiewicz,B. N. Edwards,C.H. Faham,S. Fiorucci,R. J. Gaitskell,K.R. Gibson,Murdock Gilchriese,C. R. Hall,M. Hanhardt,M. Ihm,R. G. Jacobsen,L. Kastens,Kareem Kazkaz,R. Knoche,N. A. Larsen,C. Lee,K. T. Lesko,A. Lindote,M.I. Lopes,A. Lyashenko,D.C. Malling,R. L. Mannino,Daniel McKinsey,Dongming Mei,J. Mock,M. Moongweluwan,M. Morii,H. N. Nelson,F. Neves,James Nikkel,M. Pangilinan,K. Pech,P. Phelps,A. Rodionov,T. A. Shutt,C. Silva,W. Skulski,V. N. Solovov,P. Sorensen,T.M. Stiegler,M. Sweany,Matthew Szydagis,D. J. Taylor,Mani Tripathi,S. Uvarov,J.R. Verbus,L. de Viveiros,N. Walsh,R. C. Webb,J. T. White,M. Wlasenko,F.L.H. Wolfs,M. Woods,Chao Zhang +65 more
TL;DR: The results of the three-month above-ground commissioning run of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility located in Lead, South Dakota, USA are reported in this paper.
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An Ultra-Low Background PMT for Liquid Xenon Detectors
D. S. Akerib,X. Bai,Ethan Bernard,Adam Bernstein,A. W. Bradley,D. Byram,Sidney Cahn,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,D. Carr,J.J. Chapman,K. Clark,T. Coffey,B. N. Edwards,L. de Viveiros,M. R. Dragowsky,E. Druszkiewicz,C.H. Faham,S. Fiorucci,R. J. Gaitskell,K.R. Gibson,C. R. Hall,M. Hanhardt,B. Holbrook,M. Ihm,R. G. Jacobsen,L. Kastens,Kareem Kazkaz,N. A. Larsen,C. Lee,A. Lindote,M.I. Lopes,A. Lyashenko,D.C. Malling,R. L. Mannino,Daniel McKinsey,Dongming Mei,J. Mock,M. Morii,H. N. Nelson,F. Neves,James Nikkel,M. Pangilinan,P. Phelps,T. A. Shutt,C. Silva,W. Skulski,V. N. Solovov,P. Sorensen,J. Spaans,T.M. Stiegler,M. Sweany,Matthew Szydagis,D. J. Taylor,J. Thomson,Mani Tripathi,S. Uvarov,J.R. Verbus,N. Walsh,R. C. Webb,J. T. White,M. Wlasenko,F.L.H. Wolfs,M. Woods,Chao Zhang +63 more
TL;DR: The Hamamatsu 5.6 cm diameter R8778 PMT, used in the LUX dark matter experiment, has yielded a positive detection of four common radioactive isotopes: 238U, 232Th, 40K, and 60Co as discussed by the authors.
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LUXSim: A Component-Centric Approach to Low-Background Simulations
D. S. Akerib,X. Bai,S. Bedikian,Ethan Bernard,Adam Bernstein,A. W. Bradley,Sidney Cahn,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,D. Carr,J.J. Chapman,K. Clark,T. Classen,T. Coffey,Steven Dazeley,L. de Viveiros,A. Dobi,M. R. Dragowsky,E. Druszkiewicz,C.H. Faham,S. Fiorucci,R. J. Gaitskell,K.R. Gibson,C. R. Hall,M. Hanhardt,B. Holbrook,M. Ihm,R. G. Jacobsen,L. Kastens,Kareem Kazkaz,R. L. Lander,N. A. Larsen,C. Lee,David Leonard,K. T. Lesko,A. Lyashenko,D.C. Malling,R. L. Mannino,Daniel McKinsey,Dongming Mei,J. Mock,M. Morii,H. N. Nelson,James Nikkel,M. Pangilinan,P.D. Parker,P. Phelps,T. A. Shutt,W. Skulski,P. Sorensen,J. Spaans,T.M. Stiegler,Robert Svoboda,M. Sweany,Matthew Szydagis,J. Thomson,Mani Tripathi,J.R. Verbus,N. Walsh,R. C. Webb,J. T. White,M. Wlasenko,F. L. H. Wolfs,M. Woods,Chao Zhang +63 more
TL;DR: LUXSim is a simulation framework used by the LUX collaboration that takes a component-centric approach to event generation and recording, and a new set of classes allows for multiple radioactive sources to be set within any number of components at run time.