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M. Hamstra
Researcher at Queen's University
Publications - 13
Citations - 518
M. Hamstra is an academic researcher from Queen's University. The author has contributed to research in topics: DEAP & Dark matter. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 12 publications receiving 382 citations. Previous affiliations of M. Hamstra include Carleton University.
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Search for dark matter with a 231-day exposure of liquid argon using DEAP-3600 at SNOLAB
R. Ajaj,P. Amaudruz,G. R. Araujo,M. Baldwin,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,J. Bonatt,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,J. F. Bueno,P. M. Burghardt,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Stefano Cavuoti,Min Chen,Y. Chen,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cranshaw,K. Dering,J. DiGioseffo,Luca Doria,F. A. Duncan,M. Dunford,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,G. Fiorillo,S. Florian,A. Flower,R. J. Ford,R. Gagnon,D. Gallacher,E. A. Garcés,S. Garg,P. Giampa,D. Goeldi,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,K. Graham,Darren Grant,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,A. Joy,C. Jillings,O. Kamaev,G. Kaur,A. Kemp,I. Kochanek,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,Xiujiang Li,J. Lidgard,T. Lindner,O. Litvinov,J. Lock,Giuseppe Longo,Peter Majewski,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,P. Nadeau,C. M. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,E. O'Dwyer,C. Ouellet,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,M. C. Piro,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,N. Seeburn,K. Singhrao,P. Skensved,B. C. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,J. Soukup,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,J. Tang,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,Laurelle Maria Veloce,S. Viel,J. Walding,M. Waqar,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,J. Willis,A. Zuñiga-Reyes +101 more
TL;DR: DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) direct-detection dark matter experiment, operating 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada) as discussed by the authors.
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First results from the DEAP-3600 dark matter search with argon at SNOLAB
P. Amaudruz,M. Baldwin,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,D. Bishop,J. Bonatt,Gary Boorman,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,T. Bromwich,J. F. Bueno,P. M. Burghardt,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Stephen Kam-wah Chan,Min Chen,R. Chouinard,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cranshaw,K. Dering,J. DiGioseffo,S. Dittmeier,F. Duncan,Monica Dunford,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,S. Florian,A. Flower,R. Ford,R. Gagnon,P. Giampa,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,R. Gornea,E. Grace,K. Graham,E. Gulyev,R. H. Hakobyan,A. Hall,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,C. J. Jillings,O. Kamaev,A. Kemp,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,J. Lidgard,C. Lim,T. Lindner,Y. Linn,Shuai Liu,P. Majewski,R. Mathew,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,S. Mead,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,A. Muir,P. Nadeau,C. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,E. O'Dwyer,C. Ohlmann,K. Olchanski,K. S. Olsen,C. Ouellet,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,W. Rau,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,N. Seeburn,B. Shaw,K. Singhrao,P. Skensved,B. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,J. Soukup,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,J. Tang,Joanne Taylor,Laurelle Maria Veloce,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,J. Walding,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,E. Woolsey,J. Zielinski +103 more
TL;DR: The first results of a direct dark matter search with the DEAP-3600 single-phase liquid argon (LAr) detector are reported, which results in the leading limit on weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon spin-independent cross section on argon.
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Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector
P. Amaudruz,M. Baldwin,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,D. Bishop,J. Bonatt,Gary Boorman,Mark Guy Boulay,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,T. Bromwich,J. F. Bueno,P. M. Burghardt,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Stephen Kam-wah Chan,Min Chen,R. Chouinard,S. Churchwell,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cranshaw,K. Dering,J. DiGioseffo,S. Dittmeier,F. Duncan,Monica Dunford,A. Erlandson,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,S. Florian,A. Flower,R. Ford,R. Gagnon,P. Giampa,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,P. Gorel,R. Gornea,E. Grace,K. Graham,Darren Grant,E. Gulyev,A. Hall,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,C. J. Jillings,O. Kamaev,A. Kemp,M. Kuźniak,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,O. Li,J. Lidgard,P. Liimatainen,C. Lim,T. Lindner,Y. Linn,Shuai Liu,Peter Majewski,R. Mathew,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,K. W. McFarlane,T. McGinn,J. B. McLaughlin,S. Mead,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,A. Muir,P. Nadeau,C. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,E. O'Dwyer,C. Ohlmann,K. Olchanski,K. S. Olsen,C. Ouellet,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pollmann,T. Pollmann,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,W. Rau,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,N. Seeburn,B. Shaw,K. Singhrao,K. Singhrao,P. Skensved,B. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,J. Soukup,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,J. Tang,Joanne Taylor,Laurelle Maria Veloce,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,J. Walding,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,Randall White,E. Woolsey,J. Zielinski +118 more
TL;DR: The Dark Matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon target as mentioned in this paper, and the projected cross section sensitivity for DEAP-3600 to the spin-independent scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on nucleons is 10−46cm2 for a 100 GeV/c2 WIMP mass with a fiducial exposure of 3 tonne-years.
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DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search
Pierre-Andre Amaudruz,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,J. Bonatt,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,J. F. Bueno,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,M. L. Chen,R. Chouinard,B. T. Cleveland,K. Dering,J. DiGioseffo,F. A. Duncan,T. Flower,R. J. Ford,P. Giampa,P. Gorel,K. Graham,Darren Grant,E. Guliyev,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. J. Jillings,M. Kuźniak,I. T. Lawson,O. Li,P. Liimatainen,P. Majewski,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,K. W. McFarlane,Jocelyn Monroe,A. Muir,C. M. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,C. Ouellet,K. Palladino,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pollmann,W. Rau,F. Retiere,N. Seeburn,K. Singhrao,P. Skensved,B. C. Smith,T. Sonley,J. Tang,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,Laurelle Maria Veloce,J. Walding,Martin Ward +55 more
TL;DR: The DEAP-3600 project as mentioned in this paper is a single-phase detector that searches for dark matter particle interactions within a 1000-kg fiducial mass target of liquid argon.
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In-situ characterization of the Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier tubes used in the DEAP-3600 experiment
Pierre-Andre Amaudruz,M. Batygov,B. Beltran,C. E. Bina,D. Bishop,J. Bonatt,Gary Boorman,Mark Guy Boulay,Mark Guy Boulay,B. Broerman,T. Bromwich,J. F. Bueno,A. Butcher,Bei Cai,Stephen Kam-wah Chan,Min Chen,R. Chouinard,S. Churchwell,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cranshaw,K. Dering,S. Dittmeier,F. Duncan,Monica Dunford,A. Erlandson,A. Erlandson,N. Fatemighomi,R. Ford,R. Gagnon,P. Giampa,V. V. Golovko,P. Gorel,P. Gorel,R. Gornea,E. Grace,K. Graham,Darren Grant,E. Gulyev,A. Hall,A. L. Hallin,M. Hamstra,M. Hamstra,P. J. Harvey,C. Hearns,C. J. Jillings,O. Kamaev,A. Kemp,M. Kuźniak,M. Kuźniak,S. Langrock,F. La Zia,B. Lehnert,O. Li,J. Lidgard,P. Liimatainen,C. Lim,T. Lindner,Y. Linn,Shuai Liu,R. Mathew,A. B. McDonald,T. McElroy,K. W. McFarlane,J. B. McLaughlin,S. Mead,R. Mehdiyev,C. Mielnichuk,Jocelyn Monroe,A. Muir,P. Nadeau,C. Nantais,C. Ng,A. J. Noble,E. O'Dwyer,C. Ohlmann,K. Olchanski,K. S. Olsen,C. Ouellet,P. Pasuthip,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pollmann,T. Pollmann,E. T. Rand,W. Rau,C. Rethmeier,F. Retiere,N. Seeburn,B. Shaw,K. Singhrao,K. Singhrao,P. Skensved,B. Smith,N. J. T. Smith,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,C. Stone,V. Strickland,V. Strickland,Bhaskar Sur,J. Tang,Joanne Taylor,Laurelle Maria Veloce,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,J. Walding,Martin Ward,S. Westerdale,Randall White,E. Woolsey,J. Zielinski +109 more
TL;DR: The Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier-tube (PMT) was used in the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector and is of significant interest for future dark matter and neutrino experiments.