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C. Sofka
Researcher at Texas A&M University
Publications - 89
Citations - 4810
C. Sofka is an academic researcher from Texas A&M University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Xenon & Double beta decay. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 88 publications receiving 4471 citations. Previous affiliations of C. Sofka include University of Texas at Austin.
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First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility
D. S. Akerib,Henrique Araujo,X. Bai,A. J. Bailey,J. Balajthy,S. Bedikian,Ethan Bernard,A. Bernstein,Alexander Bolozdynya,A. W. Bradley,D. Byram,Sidney Cahn,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,C. Chan,J.J. Chapman,A. A. Chiller,C. Chiller,K. Clark,T. Coffey,A. Currie,A. Curioni,Steven Dazeley,L. de Viveiros,A. Dobi,J. E. Y. Dobson,E. M. Dragowsky,E. Druszkiewicz,B. N. Edwards,C. H. Faham,S. Fiorucci,C. E. Flores,R. J. Gaitskell,V. M. Gehman,C. Ghag,K.R. Gibson,Murdock Gilchriese,C. R. Hall,M. Hanhardt,S. A. Hertel,M. Horn,D. Q. Huang,M. Ihm,R. G. Jacobsen,L. Kastens,K. Kazkaz,R. Knoche,S. Kyre,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,Daniel McKinsey,Dongming Mei,J. Mock,M. Moongweluwan,J. A. Morad,M. Morii,A. St. J. Murphy,C. Nehrkorn,H. N. Nelson,F. Neves,James Nikkel,R. A. Ott,M. Pangilinan,P. D. Parker,E. K. Pease,K. Pech,P. Phelps,L. Reichhart,T. A. Shutt,C. Silva,W. Skulski,C. Sofka,V. N. Solovov,P. Sorensen,T.M. Stiegler,K. O'Sullivan,T. J. Sumner,Robert Svoboda,M. Sweany,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,D. White,M. S. Witherell,M. Wlasenko,F.L.H. Wolfs,M. Woods,Chao Zhang +101 more
TL;DR: The first WIMP search data set is reported, taken during the period from April to August 2013, presenting the analysis of 85.3 live days of data, finding that the LUX data are in disagreement with low-mass W IMP signal interpretations of the results from several recent direct detection experiments.
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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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Sensitivity of NEXT-100 to neutrinoless double beta decay
J. Martín-Albo,J. Martín-Albo,J. Muñoz Vidal,Paola Ferrario,M. Nebot-Guinot,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,Víctor H. Alvarez,C.D.R. Azevedo,F.I.G.M. Borges,S. Cárcel,J.V. Carrión,S. Cebrián,A. Cervera,C.A.N. Conde,J. S. Díaz,M. Diesburg,Romain Esteve,L.M.P. Fernandes,A.L. Ferreira,E.D.C. Freitas,A. Goldschmidt,D. González-Díaz,Roberto Gutiérrez,J. Hauptman,C.A.O. Henriques,J.A. Hernando Morata,V. Herrero,L. Labarga,A. Laing,P. Lebrun,I. Liubarsky,N. López-March,D. Lorca,M. Losada,G. Martínez-Lema,A. Martínez,F. Monrabal,C.M.B. Monteiro,F.J. Mora,L.M. Moutinho,P. Novella,D.R. Nygren,B. Palmeiro,A. Para,M. Querol,J. Renner,L. Ripoll,Javier Rodríguez,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,Luis M. Serra,D. Shuman,A. Simón,C. Sofka,M. Sorel,T.M. Stiegler,J.F. Toledo,J. Torrent,Z. Tsamalaidze,J.F.C.A. Veloso,R. C. Webb,J.T. White,N. Yahlali,H. Yepes-Ramírez +63 more
TL;DR: NEXT-100 as mentioned in this paper is an electroluminescent high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber that will search for the neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay of 136Xe.
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First proof of topological signature in the high pressure xenon gas TPC with electroluminescence amplification for the NEXT experiment
Paola Ferrario,A. Laing,N. López-March,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,Víctor H. Alvarez,C.D.R. Azevedo,F.I.G.M. Borges,S. Cárcel,S. Cebrián,A. Cervera,C.A.N. Conde,T. Dafni,J. S. Díaz,M. Diesburg,Romain Esteve,L.M.P. Fernandes,A.L. Ferreira,E.D.C. Freitas,V. M. Gehman,A. Goldschmidt,D. González-Díaz,Roberto Gutiérrez,J. Hauptman,C.A.O. Henriques,J.A. Hernando Morata,I. G. Irastorza,Luis Labarga,P. Lebrun,I. Liubarsky,D. Lorca,Marta Losada,G. Luzón,A. Marí,J. Martín-Albo,G. Martínez-Lema,A. Martínez,T. Miller,F. Monrabal,M. Monserrate,C.M.B. Monteiro,F.J. Mora,L.M. Moutinho,J. Muñoz Vidal,M. Nebot-Guinot,P. Novella,D. R. Nygren,A. Para,Javier Pérez,J.L. Pérez Aparicio,M. Querol,J. Renner,L. Ripoll,Jorge Luis Rodriguez,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,Luis M. Serra,D. Shuman,A. Simón,C. Sofka,M. Sorel,J.F. Toledo,J. Torrent,Zviad Tsamalaidze,J.F.C.A. Veloso,J.A. Villar,R. C. Webb,J.T. White,N. Yahlali,H. Yepes-Ramírez +68 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the first demonstration that the topology provided extra handles to reject background events using data obtained with the NEXT-DEMO prototype, which was used to develop algorithms for the reconstruction of tracks and the identification of the energy deposited at the end-points.
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NEXT-100 Technical Design Report (TDR). Executive summary
Víctor H. Alvarez,F.I.G.M. Borges,S. Cárcel,J. M. Carmona,J. F. Castel,J. M. Catalá,S. Cebrián,A. Cervera,D. Chan,C.A.N. Conde,T. Dafni,T.H.V.T. Dias,J. S. Díaz,M. Egorov,Romain Esteve,P Evtoukhovitch,L.M.P. Fernandes,Paola Ferrario,A.L. Ferreira,E. Ferrer-Ribas,E.D.C. Freitas,V. M. Gehman,Ana M. Gil,Ioannis Giomataris,A. Goldschmidt,Hector Gomez,J.J. Gómez-Cadenas,K. González,Diego González-Díaz,Roberto Gutiérrez,J. Hauptman,J. A. Hernando Morata,D.C. Herrera,V. Herrero,F.J. Iguaz,I. G. Irastorza,V. Kalinnikov,D. Kiang,L. Labarga,I. Liubarsky,J. A. M. Lopes,D. Lorca,Marta Losada,G. Luzón,A. Marí,J. Martín-Albo,A. Martínez,T. Miller,A. Moiseenko,F. Monrabal,C.M.B. Monteiro,J M Monzó,F J Mora,L.M. Moutinho,J. Muñoz Vidal,H. Natal da Luz,Gabriela Navarro,M. Nebot,Dave Nygren,Carlos R. Oliveira,Carlos R. Oliveira,Roberto Palma,Javier Pérez,J.L. Pérez Aparicio,J Renner,L. Ripoll,A Rodríguez,J. Rodriguez,F.P. Santos,J.M.F. dos Santos,L. Segui,Luis M. Serra,D. Shuman,C. Sofka,M. Sorel,J.F. Toledo,A. Tomás,J. Torrent,Zviad Tsamalaidze,D Vázquez,E. Velicheva,J.F.C.A. Veloso,José Villar,R. C. Webb,Taisy Silva Weber,J. T. White,N. Yahlali +86 more
TL;DR: The Next-100 detector as discussed by the authors was designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (ββ0ν) in 136XE at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC) in Spain.