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James Nikkel
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 96
Citations - 4324
James Nikkel is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scintillation & Dark matter. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 71 publications receiving 4058 citations. Previous affiliations of James Nikkel include Wright Laboratory & Royal Holloway, University of London.
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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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LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report
D. S. Akerib,D. S. Akerib,R. M. Preece,V. Bugaev,T. K. Edberg,Hoff,Patrick Bauer,A. Currie,J. Mock,D. White,V. M. Gehman,S. D. Worm,M. F. Marzioni,D. Markley,C. M. Ignarra,E. M. Boulton,Sergey Burdin,Bhawna Gomber,C. E. Dahl,E. Druszkiewicz,Eli Woods,S. A. Hertel,Daniel McKinsey,P.R. Scovell,T.W. Hurteau,Olevitch,T. A. Shutt,T. J. R. Davison,K. C. Oliver-Mallory,P. Ford,B. Holbrook,C. Ghag,K. Sundarnath,B. N. Edwards,A. Khazov,R.M. Gerhard,J.S. Saba,M. Elnimr,A.A. Chiller,S. Balashov,Wolfgang Lorenzon,L. Reichhart,J. Busenitz,Carl W. Akerlof,V. B. Francis,A. Konovalov,Matthew Szydagis,Mikkel B. Johnson,J. Reichenbacher,H. Kraus,Wenzhao Wei,Laura Manenti,M. Cascella,D. Woodward,Minfang Yeh,C. Carels,S. Luitz,Witherell,W. Skulski,Sridhara Dasu,X. Ji,W. T. Emmet,N.J. Gantos,J. E. Cutter,A. Tomás,K. O'Sullivan,F. G. O'Neill,J. E. Y. Dobson,J. Thomson,J. H. Buckley,K.J. Thomas,I. Stancu,M.J. Barry,T.J. Martin,A. Lindote,M. E. Monzani,R. Bunker,K. T. Lesko,Chao Zhang,Mani Tripathi,S. J. Haselschwardt,L. Tvrznikova,P. A. Terman,Duncan Carlsmith,M. R. While,D. Khaitan,R.G. Jacobsen,J. O'Dell,A. Harris,E. K. Pease,J. Va’vra,J. Lin,K. Skarpaas,Elena Korolkova,S.K. Young,W. Craddock,T. J. Whitis,B. N. Ratcliff,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,J. Liu,R. J. Gaitskell,C. Chiller,H.J. Krebs,K. Kazkaz,N.A. Larsen,R. Bramante,M. G. D. van der Grinten,Richard Rosero,C. R. Hall,E. Holtom,C. Lee,C. O. Vuosalo,V. N. Solovov,C. Rhyne,T. J. Sumner,S. Powell,P. Beltrame,R. C. Webb,M. G. D. Gilchriese,C. Fu,J. A. Morad,S. Kyre,D. R. Tiedt,L. de Viveiros,B. P. Tennyson,D. Q. Huang,C. Silva,A. Bernstein,T. P. Biesiadzinski,J. Balajthy,J.P. Rodrigues,S. J. Patton,M.R. Stark,F.-T. Liao,S. Stephenson,W. H. Lippincott,Yue Meng,K. Pushkin,L. Wang,Michael Schubnell,X. Bai,K. J. Palladino,D.Yu. Akimov,W. H. To,A. V. Kumpan,Alexander Bolozdynya,A. St. J. Murphy,A. Dobi,D. J. Taylor,A.V. Khromov,Ethan Bernard,K. E. Boast,D.C. Malling,P. Sorensen,Peter Majewski,F. Neves,F.L.H. Wolfs,V.V. Sosnovtsev,A. J. Bailey,H. N. Nelson,S. Shaw,J. J. Cherwinka,M.I. Lopes,X. Liu,E. H. Miller,C. Chan,V. A. Kudryavtsev,J.R. Verbus,R. L. Mannino,Dongming Mei,C. H. Faham,S. Uvarov,T.M. Stiegler,R. W. Schnee,M. Pangilinan,Henrique Araujo,S. Alsum,W. J. Wisniewski,H. J. Rose,K. Kamdin,M. Sarychev,A. Manalaysay,W. Ji,J. Yin,W. C. Taylor,W. R. Edwards,J.P. da Cunha,Y. Ju,A. Piepke,W.L. Waldron,C. E. Tull,B. G. Lenardo,Ben Carlson,S. Fiorucci,James Nikkel +194 more
TL;DR: The design and performance of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector is described as of March 2015 in this Conceptual Design Report as mentioned in this paper. And the LZ detector will be located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.
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After LUX: The LZ Program
D.C. Malling,D. S. Akerib,Henrique Araujo,X. Bai,S. Bedikian,Ethan Bernard,A. Bernstein,A. W. Bradley,Sidney Cahn,M. C. Carmona-Benitez,D. Carr,J.J. Chapman,K. Clark,T. Classen,T. Coffey,A. Curioni,A. Currie,S. Dazeley,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,K. Kazkaz,Richard Lander,N.A. Larsen,C. Lee,David Leonard,K. T. Lesko,A. Lindote,M.I. Lopes,A. Lyashenko,P. Majewski,R. L. Mannino,Daniel McKinsey,Dongming Mei,J. Mock,M. Morii,A. St. J. Murphy,H. N. Nelson,F. Neves,James Nikkel,M. Pangilinan,P. Phelps,L. Reichhart,T. A. Shutt,C. Silva,W. Skulski,V. N. Solovov,P. Sorensen,J. Spaans,T.M. Stiegler,T. J. Sumner,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 +73 more
TL;DR: The LZ program consists of two stages of direct dark matter searches using liquid Xe detectors, the first stage will be a 1.5-3 tonne detector, while the last stage is a 20-tonne detector as mentioned in this paper, which will probe spin-independent interaction cross sections as low as 5E-49 cm2 for 100 GeV WIMPs.
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Scintillation time dependence and pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon
W. H. Lippincott,Kevin J. Coakley,D. Gastler,Andrew Hime,E. Kearns,Daniel McKinsey,James Nikkel,L. C. Stonehill +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the scintillation time dependence of both electronic and nuclear recoils in liquid argon down to 5 keVee was measured using a single-phase detector with a signal yield of 4.85 photoelectrons per keV of electronic-equivalent recoil energy.