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P. Mekarski
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 9
Citations - 549
P. Mekarski is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neutron & Neutron detection. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 441 citations.
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Current Status and Future Prospects of the SNO+ Experiment
S. Andringa,E. Arushanova,S. Asahi,M. Askins,D. J. Auty,A. R. Back,Z. Barnard,N. Barros,E. W. Beier,A. Bialek,S. D. Biller,E. Blucher,R. Bonventre,D. Braid,E. Caden,E. J. Callaghan,J. Caravaca,J. Caravaca,João Carvalho,L. Cavalli,D. Chauhan,D. Chauhan,M. L. Chen,O. Chkvorets,Karl J. Clark,B. T. Cleveland,I. T. Coulter,D. Cressy,X. Dai,C. Darrach,B. Davis-Purcell,Rehan Deen,M. M. Depatie,F.B. Descamps,F.B. Descamps,F. Di Lodovico,N. Duhaime,F. Duncan,J. Dunger,E. Falk,N. Fatemighomi,R. Ford,P. Gorel,C. Grant,S. Grullon,E. Guillian,A. L. Hallin,D. Hallman,S. Hans,J. Hartnell,P. J. Harvey,M. Hedayatipour,W. J. Heintzelman,R. L. Helmer,B. Hreljac,J. Hu,T. Iida,C. M. Jackson,C. M. Jackson,N. A. Jelley,C. J. Jillings,C. Jones,P. G. Jones,K. Kamdin,K. Kamdin,T. Kaptanoglu,J. Kaspar,Paul Keener,P. Khaghani,L. Kippenbrock,J. R. Klein,R. Knapik,J. Kofron,L. L. Kormos,S. Korte,C. Kraus,C. B. Krauss,K. Labe,I. Lam,C. Lan,B. J. Land,B. J. Land,S. Langrock,A. LaTorre,I. Lawson,G. Lefeuvre,E. J. Leming,J. Lidgard,X. Liu,Y. Liu,V. Lozza,S. Maguire,A. Maio,K. Majumdar,S. Manecki,J. Maneira,E. Marzec,A. Mastbaum,N. McCauley,A. B. McDonald,J. E. McMillan,P. Mekarski,C. Miller,Yuvraj Mohan,E. Mony,M. J. Mottram,V. M. Novikov,H. M. O'Keeffe,E. O'Sullivan,G. D. Orebi Gann,M. J. Parnell,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pershing,Z. Petriw,G. Prior,J. C. Prouty,J. C. Prouty,Sarah Quirk,A. Reichold,Andrew Robertson,J. Rose,Richard Rosero,P. M. Rost,J. Rumleskie,M. A. Schumaker,M. H. Schwendener,D. Scislowski,J. Secrest,M. Seddighin,L. Segui,S. Seibert,T. Shantz,T. M. Shokair,L. Sibley,J. R. Sinclair,K. Singh,P. Skensved,A. Sörensen,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,Matthew L Strait,M. Stringer,Robert Svoboda,J. Tatar,L. Tian,N. Tolich,J. Tseng,H. W. C. Tseung,R. Van Berg,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,C. J. Virtue,B. von Krosigk,J. M.G. Walker,Mark Walker,O. Wasalski,J. Waterfield,Randall White,J. R. Wilson,T. J. Winchester,A. Wright,Minfang Yeh,T. Zhao,Kai Zuber +162 more
TL;DR: SNO+ is a large liquid scintillator-based experiment located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada as mentioned in this paper, whose primary goal is a search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0BB) of 130Te.
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Current Status and Future Prospects of the SNO+ Experiment
S. Andringa,E. Arushanova,S. Asahi,M. Askins,D. J. Auty,A. Back,A. Back,Z. Barnard,N. Barros,E. W. Beier,A. Bialek,S. D. Biller,E. Blucher,R. Bonventre,D. Braid,E. Caden,E. J. Callaghan,J. Caravaca,J. Caravaca,João Carvalho,L. Cavalli,D. Chauhan,D. Chauhan,M. L. Chen,O. Chkvorets,Karl J. Clark,Karl J. Clark,Karl J. Clark,B. T. Cleveland,I. T. Coulter,I. T. Coulter,D. Cressy,X. Dai,C. Darrach,B. Davis-Purcell,Rehan Deen,Rehan Deen,M. M. Depatie,F.B. Descamps,F.B. Descamps,F. Di Lodovico,N. Duhaime,F. Duncan,J. Dunger,E. Falk,N. Fatemighomi,R. Ford,P. Gorel,C. Grant,S. Grullon,E. Guillian,A. L. Hallin,D. Hallman,S. Hans,J. Hartnell,P. J. Harvey,M. Hedayatipour,W. J. Heintzelman,R. L. Helmer,B. Hreljac,J. Hu,T. Iida,C. M. Jackson,C. M. Jackson,N. A. Jelley,C. J. Jillings,C. Jones,P. G. Jones,P. G. Jones,K. Kamdin,K. Kamdin,T. Kaptanoglu,J. Kaspar,Paul Keener,P. Khaghani,L. Kippenbrock,J. R. Klein,R. Knapik,R. Knapik,J. Kofron,L. L. Kormos,S. Korte,C. Kraus,C. B. Krauss,K. Labe,I. Lam,C. Lan,B. J. Land,B. J. Land,S. Langrock,A. LaTorre,I. Lawson,G. Lefeuvre,E. J. Leming,J. Lidgard,X. Liu,Y. Liu,V. Lozza,S. Maguire,A. Maio,K. Majumdar,S. Manecki,J. Maneira,E. Marzec,A. Mastbaum,N. McCauley,A. B. McDonald,J. E. McMillan,P. Mekarski,C. Miller,Yuvraj Mohan +110 more
TL;DR: SNO+ is a large liquid scintillator-based experiment located 2km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada as discussed by the authors, whose primary goal is a search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0$
u\beta\beta$) of 130Te.
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Search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+ detector
M. R. Anderson,S. Andringa,E. Arushanova,S. Asahi,M. Askins,D. J. Auty,A. Back,Z. Barnard,N. Barros,D. Bartlett,F. Barao,R. Bayes,E. W. Beier,A. Bialek,S. D. Biller,E. Blucher,R. Bonventre,M. G. Boulay,D. Braid,E. Caden,E. J. Callaghan,J. Caravaca,João Carvalho,L. Cavalli,D. Chauhan,M. L. Chen,O. Chkvorets,Karl J. Clark,B. T. Cleveland,C. Connors,I. T. Coulter,D. Cressy,X. Dai,C. Darrach,B. Davis-Purcell,M. M. Depatie,F. B. Descamps,F. Di Lodovico,N. Duhaime,F. A. Duncan,J. Dunger,E. Falk,N. Fatemighomi,V. Fischer,E. Fletcher,R. J. Ford,N. Gagnon,K. Gilje,P. Gorel,K. Graham,C. Grant,J. Grove,S. Grullon,E. Guillian,A. L. Hallin,D. Hallman,S. Hans,J. Hartnell,P. J. Harvey,M. Hedayatipour,W. J. Heintzelman,J. Heise,R. L. Helmer,J. L. Hernández-Hernández,B. Hreljac,J. Hu,Takashi Iida,A. S. Inácio,C. M. Jackson,N. A. Jelley,C. Jillings,C. L. Jones,P. G. Jones,K. Kamdin,T. Kaptanoglu,J. Kaspar,K. J. Keeter,C. Kefelian,P. Khaghani,L. Kippenbrock,J. R. Klein,R. Knapik,J. Kofron,L. L. Kormos,B. Krar,C. Kraus,C. B. Krauss,T. Kroupova,K. Labe,I. Lam,C. Lan,B. J. Land,R. Lane,S. Langrock,A. LaTorre,I. Lawson,L. Lebanowski,G. Lefeuvre,E. J. Leming,A. Li,J. Lidgard,B. Liggins,X. Liu,Y. Liu,V. Lozza,M. Luo,S. Maguire,A. Maio,K. Majumdar,S. Manecki,J. Maneira,R. D. Martin,E. Marzec,A. Mastbaum,N. McCauley,A. B. McDonald,J. E. McMillan,P. Mekarski,Manuel Meyer,C. A. Miller,M. Mlejnek,E. Mony,I. Morton-Blake,M. J. Mottram,S. Nae,M. Nirkko,V. M. Novikov,H. M. O'Keeffe,Erin O'Sullivan,G. D. Orebi Gann,M. J. Parnell,J. Paton,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pershing,Z. Petriw,L. Pickard,D. Pracsovics,G. Prior,J. C. Prouty,Sarah Quirk,A. Reichold,R. Richardson,M. Rigan,Andrew Robertson,J. Rose,Richard Rosero,P. M. Rost,J. Rumleskie,M. A. Schumaker,M. H. Schwendener,D. Scislowski,J. A. Secrest,M. Seddighin,L. Segui,S. R. Seibert,I. Semenec,T. Shantz,T. M. Shokair,L. Sibley,J. R. Sinclair,K. Singh,P. Skensved,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,Matthew L Strait,M. Stringer,R. Svoboda,A. Sörensen,B. Tam,J. Tatar,L. Tian,N. Tolich,J. C.L. Tseng,H. W. C. Tseung,E. Turner,R. Van Berg,Jonathan G. C. Veinot,C. J. Virtue,B. von Krosigk,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,J. Walker,Michael Walker,J. Wang,O. Wasalski,J. Waterfield,Jan J. Weigand,Randall White,J. R. Wilson,T. J. Winchester,P. Woosaree,A. Wright,J. P. Yanez,Minfang Yeh,T. Zhao,Kai Zuber,A. Zummo +195 more
TL;DR: In this article, a search for nucleon decay through invisible modes, where no visible energy is directly deposited during the decay itself, during the initial water phase of SNO+, was conducted.
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Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator
M. R. Anderson,S. Andringa,L. Anselmo,E. Arushanova,S. Asahi,M. Askins,D. J. Auty,A. Back,Z. Barnard,N. Barros,D. Bartlett,F. Barao,R. Bayes,E. W. Beier,A. Bialek,S. D. Biller,E. Blucher,R. Bonventre,M. G. Boulay,D. Braid,E. Caden,E. J. Callaghan,J. Caravaca,João Carvalho,L. Cavalli,D. Chauhan,M. L. Chen,O. Chkvorets,Karl J. Clark,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cookman,C. Connors,I. T. Coulter,M. A. Cox,D. Cressy,X. Dai,C. Darrach,B. Davis-Purcell,C. Deluce,M. M. Depatie,F. B. Descamps,J. Dittmer,F. Di Lodovico,N. Duhaime,F. A. Duncan,J. Dunger,A. D. Earle,D. Fabris,E. Falk,A. Farrugia,N. Fatemighomi,V. Fischer,E. Fletcher,R. J. Ford,K. Frankiewicz,N. Gagnon,A. Gaur,K. Gilje,O. I. González-Reina,D. Gooding,P. Gorel,K. Graham,C. Grant,J. Grove,S. Grullon,E. Guillian,S. Hall,A. L. Hallin,D. Hallman,S. Hans,J. Hartnell,P. J. Harvey,M. Hedayatipour,W. J. Heintzelman,J. Heise,R. L. Helmer,D. Horne,B. Hreljac,J. Hu,A. S. M. Hussain,Takashi Iida,A. S. Inácio,M. Jackson,N. A. Jelley,C. Jillings,C. L. Jones,P. G. Jones,K. Kamdin,T. Kaptanoglu,J. Kaspar,K. J. Keeter,C. Kefelian,P. Khaghani,L. Kippenbrock,Jochen Klein,R. Knapik,J. Kofron,L. L. Kormos,S. Korte,B. Krar,C. Kraus,C. B. Krauss,T. Kroupova,K. Labe,F. Lafleur,I. Lam,C. Lan,B. J. Land,R. Lane,S. Langrock,A. LaTorre,I. Lawson,L. Lebanowski,G. Lefeuvre,E. J. Leming,A. Li,J. Lidgard,B. Liggins,Y. H. Lin,X. Liu,Y. Liu,V. Lozza,M. Luo,S. Maguire,A. Maio,K. Majumdar,S. Manecki,J. Maneira,R. D. Martin,E. Marzec,A. Mastbaum,J. Mauel,N. McCauley,A. B. McDonald,P. Mekarski,Manuel Meyer,C. A. Miller,C. Mills,M. Mlejnek,E. Mony,I. Morton-Blake,M. J. Mottram,S. Nae,M. Nirkko,L. J. Nolan,V. M. Novikov,H. M. O'Keeffe,Erin O'Sullivan,G. D. Orebi Gann,M. J. Parnell,J. Paton,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pershing,Z. Petriw,J. Petzoldt,L. Pickard,D. Pracsovics,G. Prior,J. C. Prouty,Sarah Quirk,A. Reichold,S. Riccetto,R. Richardson,M. Rigan,Andrew Robertson,J. Rose,Richard Rosero,P. M. Rost,J. Rumleskie,M. A. Schumaker,M. H. Schwendener,D. Scislowski,J. A. Secrest,M. Seddighin,L. Segui,S. R. Seibert,I. Semenec,F. Shaker,T. Shantz,Munish K. Sharma,T. M. Shokair,L. Sibley,J. R. Sinclair,K. Singh,P. Skensved,M. Smiley,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,Matthew L Strait,M. Stringer,R. Svoboda,A. Sörensen,B. Tam,J. Tatar,L. Tian,N. Tolich,J. C.L. Tseng,H. W. C. Tseung,E. Turner,R. Van Berg,Jonathan G. C. Veinot,C. J. Virtue,B. von Krosigk,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,J. Walker,Michael Walker,S. C. Walton,J. Wang,Martin Ward,O. Wasalski,J. Waterfield,Jan J. Weigand,Randall White,J. R. Wilson,T. J. Winchester,P. Woosaree,A. Wright,J. P. Yanez,Minfang Yeh,T. Zhang,Y. Zhang,T. Zhao,Kai Zuber,A. Zummo +223 more
TL;DR: A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment as discussed by the authors.
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Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator
M. R. Anderson,Sofia Andringa,L. Anselmo,E. Arushanova,S. Asahi,M. Askins,M. Askins,M. Askins,D. J. Auty,A. Back,A. Back,Z. Barnard,N. Barros,D. Bartlett,F. Barao,R. Bayes,E. W. Beier,A. Bialek,A. Bialek,S. D. Biller,E. Blucher,R. Bonventre,R. Bonventre,R. Bonventre,Mark Guy Boulay,D. Braid,E. Caden,E. Caden,E. J. Callaghan,E. J. Callaghan,J. Caravaca,J. Caravaca,João Carvalho,L. Cavalli,D. Chauhan,M. L. Chen,O. Chkvorets,Karl J. Clark,Karl J. Clark,Karl J. Clark,B. T. Cleveland,D. Cookman,C. Connors,I. T. Coulter,I. T. Coulter,M. A. Cox,D. Cressy,X. Dai,C. Darrach,B. Davis-Purcell,C. Deluce,M. M. Depatie,F. B. Descamps,F. B. Descamps,J. Dittmer,F. Di Lodovico,F. Di Lodovico,N. Duhaime,F. Duncan,J. Dunger,A. D. Earle,D. Fabris,E. Falk,A. Farrugia,N. Fatemighomi,V. Fischer,E. Fletcher,R. Ford,K. Frankiewicz,N. Gagnon,A. Gaur,K. Gilje,O. I. González-Reina,D. Gooding,P. Gorel,K. Graham,C. Grant,C. Grant,J. Grove,S. Grullon,E. Guillian,S. Hall,A. L. Hallin,D. Hallman,S. Hans,J. Hartnell,P. J. Harvey,M. Hedayatipour,W. J. Heintzelman,J. Heise,R. L. Helmer,D. Horne,B. Hreljac,B. Hreljac,J. Hu,S. M. A. Hussain,T. Iida,A. S. Inácio,C. M. Jackson,C. M. Jackson,N. A. Jelley,C. J. Jillings,C. J. Jillings,C. Jones,P. G. Jones,P. G. Jones,K. Kamdin,K. Kamdin,T. Kaptanoglu,T. Kaptanoglu,T. Kaptanoglu,J. Kaspar,K. Keeter,C. Kefelian,C. Kefelian,P. Khaghani,L. Kippenbrock,Joshua R. Klein,R. Knapik,R. Knapik,J. Kofron,L. L. Kormos,S. Korte,B. Krar,C. Kraus,C. Kraus,C. B. Krauss,T. Kroupova,K. Labe,F. Lafleur,I. Lam,C. Lan,B. J. Land,B. J. Land,B. J. Land,R. Lane,S. Langrock,A. LaTorre,I. Lawson,L. Lebanowski,G. Lefeuvre,E. J. Leming,E. J. Leming,A. Li,J. Lidgard,B. Liggins,Y. H. Lin,X. Liu,Y. Liu,V. Lozza,V. Lozza,M. Luo,S. Maguire,A. Maio,K. Majumdar,S. Manecki,S. Manecki,J. Maneira,R. D. Martin,E. Marzec,A. Mastbaum,A. Mastbaum,J. Mauel,N. McCauley,A. B. McDonald,P. Mekarski,M. Meyer,C. Miller,C. Mills,M. Mlejnek,E. Mony,I. Morton-Blake,M. J. Mottram,M. J. Mottram,S. Nae,M. Nirkko,L. J. Nolan,V. M. Novikov,H. M. O'Keeffe,H. M. O'Keeffe,E. O'Sullivan,G. D. Orebi Gann,G. D. Orebi Gann,G. D. Orebi Gann,M. J. Parnell,J. Paton,S. J. M. Peeters,T. Pershing,Z. Petriw,J. Petzoldt,L. Pickard,D. Pracsovics,G. Prior,J. C. Prouty,J. C. Prouty,Sarah Quirk,A. Reichold,S. Riccetto,R. Richardson,M. Rigan,Andrew Robertson,J. Rose,Richard Rosero,P. M. Rost,J. Rumleskie,M. A. Schumaker,M. H. Schwendener,D. Scislowski,J. A. Secrest,J. A. Secrest,M. Seddighin,L. Segui,S. Seibert,I. Semenec,I. Semenec,F. Shaker,T. Shantz,Munish K. Sharma,T. M. Shokair,L. Sibley,J. R. Sinclair,K. Singh,P. Skensved,M. Smiley,M. Smiley,T. Sonley,R. Stainforth,Matthew L Strait,M. Stringer,M. Stringer,Robert Svoboda,A. Sörensen,B. Tam,J. Tatar,L. Tian,N. Tolich,J. C.L. Tseng,H. W. C. Tseung,E. Turner,R. Van Berg,Jonathan G. C. Veinot,C. J. Virtue,B. von Krosigk,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,E. Vázquez-Jáuregui,J. M. G. Walker,Michael Walker,S. C. Walton,J. Wang,Martin Ward,O. Wasalski,J. Waterfield,Jan J. Weigand,Randall White,J. R. Wilson,J. R. Wilson,T. J. Winchester,P. Woosaree,A. Wright,J. P. Yanez,Minfang Yeh,T. Zhang,Y. Zhang,T. Zhao,Kai Zuber,Kai Zuber,A. Zummo +266 more
TL;DR: A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment as mentioned in this paper.