Alpha backgrounds in the DEAP dark matter search experiment.

One of the pressing concerns in Dark Matter detection experiments is ensuring that the potential signal from exceedingly rare Dark Matter interactions is not obscured by background from interactions with more common particles. This work focuses on the ways in which alpha particles from primordial is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pollmann, TINA
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2012
Subjects:
TPB
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7362