Showing papers by "Richard C. Lanza published in 2010"
Boston University1, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics2, University of Waterloo3, Massachusetts Institute of Technology4, Joseph Fourier University5, University of California, Los Angeles6, Occidental College7, University of Pennsylvania8, University of Zaragoza9, University of Sheffield10, Brandeis University11, Harvard University12, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science13, University of Edinburgh14, University of New Mexico15, University of Huelva16, University of Utah17, University of Nottingham18, Kyoto University19, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory20, Temple University21, University of Warwick22, New York University23, Nagoya University24, University of Tokyo25, Saga University26, University of Ioannina27
TL;DR: The case for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity was presented at the 2009 CYGNUS workshop on directional dark matter detection, and contributions from theorists and experimental groups in the field as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: We present the case for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity. This document was developed at the 2009 CYGNUS workshop on directional dark matter detection, and contains contributions from theorists and experimental groups in the field. We describe the need for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity; each directional dark matter experiment presents their project's status; and we close with a feasibility study for scaling up to a one ton directional detector, which would cost around $150M.
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TL;DR: DAEdALUS as discussed by the authors is a Decay-At-Rest Experiment for delta-CP studies at the Laboratory for Underground Science, which provides a new approach to the search for CP violation in the neutrino sector.
Abstract: DAEdALUS, a Decay-At-rest Experiment for delta_CP studies At the Laboratory for Underground Science, provides a new approach to the search for CP violation in the neutrino sector. The design utilizes low-cost, high-power proton accelerators under development for commercial uses. These provide neutrino beams with energy up to 52 MeV from pion and muon decay-at-rest. The experiment searches for aninu_mu to antinu_e at short baselines corresponding to the atmospheric Delta m^2 region. The antinu_e will be detected, via inverse beta decay, in the 300 kton fiducial-volume Gd-doped water Cherenkov neutrino detector proposed for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL). DAEdALUS opens new opportunities for DUSEL. It provides a high-statistics, low-background alternative for CP violation searches which matches the capability of the conventional long-baseline neutrino experiment, LBNE. Because of the complementary designs, when DAEdALUS antineutrino data are combined with LBNE neutrino data, the sensitivity of the CP-violation search improves beyond any present proposals, including the proposal for Project X. Also, the availability of an on-site neutrino beam opens opportunities for additional physics, both for the presently planned DUSEL detectors and for new experiments at a future 300 ft campus.
50 citations
01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, a direction sensitive detector using a low-density CF4 gas with a 10 liter fiducial volume is operated for several weeks in a basement laboratory and initial results confirm good detector performance and set preliminary limits on spin-dependent dark matter interactions.
Abstract: The known direction of motion of dark matter particles relative to the Earth may be a key for their unambiguous identification even in the presence of backgrounds. A direction-sensitive detector prototype using a low-density CF4 gas with a 10 liter fiducial volume is operated for several weeks in a basement laboratory. We present initial results that confirm good detector performance and set preliminary limits on spin-dependent dark matter interactions.
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TL;DR: Examples of dynamic reconstruction of moving isotopic area sources are shown, as well as dynamic reconstructions of moving objects imaged using backscattered X-rays.
Abstract: Dynamic reconstruction is a method for generating images or image sequences from data obtained using moving radiation detection systems. While coded apertures are used as examples of the underlying information collection modality, the dynamic reconstruction method itself is more widely applicable. Dynamic reconstruction provides for recovery of depth, and has sensitivity that drops off with the inverse of distance rather than the inverse square of distance. Examples of dynamic reconstructions of moving isotopic area sources are shown, as well as dynamic reconstructions of moving objects imaged using backscattered X-rays.
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