Sorensen, P., Manzur, A., Dahl, C. E., Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., ...
XENON10 is a dual phase liquid/gas Xe time-projection chamber (TPC) with 3D position imaging, for dark matter direct detection. It provides event-by-event discrimination of electron recoil events...
Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the XENON10 experiment (2008)
Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., Baudis, L., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., ...
XENON10 is an experiment to directly detect weakly interacting massive particle (WIMPs), which may comprise the bulk of the non-baryonic dark matter in our Universe. We report new results for...
Preparation of Neutron-activated Xenon for Liquid Xenon Detector Calibration (2007)
Ni, K., Hasty, R., Wongjirad, T. M., Kastens, L., Manzur, A., McKinsey, D. N.
We report the preparation of neutron-activated xenon for the calibration of liquid xenon (LXe) detectors. Gamma rays from the decay of xenon metastable states, produced by fast neutron activation,...
Gai, M., McKinsey, D. N., Ni, K., Rubin, D. A. R., Wongjirad, T., Alon, R., ...
The Yale-Weizmann collaboration aims to develop a low-radioactivity (low-background) cryogenic noble liquid detector for Dark-Matter (DM) search in measurements to be performed deep underground as...
First Results from the XENON10 Dark Matter Experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (2007)
Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., Baudis, L., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., ...
The XENON10 experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory uses a 15 kg xenon dual phase time projection chamber (XeTPC) to search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The...
Aprile, E., Giboni, K. L., Majewski, P., Ni, K., Yamashita, M.
A strong anti-correlation between ionization and scintillation signals produced by MeV gamma-rays in liquid xenon has been measured and used to improve the energy resolution by combining the two...
3D Position Sensitive XeTPC for Dark Matter Search (2006)
Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., Baudis, L., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., ...
The technique to realize 3D position sensitivity in a two-phase xenon time projection chamber (XeTPC) for dark matter search is described. Results from a prototype detector (XENON3) are presented.
Gamma Ray Spectroscopy with Scintillation Light in Liquid Xenon (2006)
Ni, K., Aprile, E., Giboni, K. L., Majewski, P., Yamashita, M.
Scintillation light from gamma ray irradiation in liquid xenon is detected by two Hamamatsu R9288 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) immersed in the liquid. UV light reflector material, PTFE, is used to...
Aprile, E., Dahl, C. E., DeViveiros, L., Gaitskell, R., Giboni, K. L., Kwong, J., ...
We report the first measurements of the absolute ionization yield of nuclear recoils in liquid xenon, as a function of energy and electric-field. Independent experiments were carried out with two...
Scintillation Response of Liquid Xenon to Low Energy Nuclear Recoils (2005)
Aprile, E., Giboni, K. L., Majewski, P., Ni, K., Yamashita, M., Hasty, R., ...
Liquid Xenon (LXe) is expected to be an excellent target and detector medium to search for dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). Knowledge of LXe ionization and...
Ni, K., Aprile, E., Day, D., Giboni, K. L., Lopes, J. A. M., Majewski, P., ...
Scintillation light produced in liquid xenon (LXe) by alpha particles, electrons and gamma-rays was detected with a large area avalanche photodiode (LAAPD) immersed in the liquid. The alpha...
Detection of liquid xenon scintillation light with a Silicon Photomultiplier (2005)
Aprile, E., Cushman, P., Ni, K., Shagin, P.
We have studied the feasibility of a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) to detect liquid xenon (LXe) scintillation light. The SiPM was operated inside a small volume of pure LXe, at -95 degree Celsius,...
The XENON Dark Matter Search Experiment (2004)
Aprile, E., Giboni, K. L., Majewski, P., Ni, K., Yamashita, M., Gaitskell, R., ...
The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xe nuclei. A fiducial mass of 1000 kg,...
XENON: a 1 tonne Liquid Xenon Experiment for a Sensitive Dark Matter Search (2002)
Aprile, E., Baltz, E. A., Curioni, A., Giboni, K-L., Hailey, C. J., Hui, L., ...
XENON is a novel liquid xenon experiment concept for a sensitive dark matter search using a 1-tonne active target, distributed in an array of ten independent time projection chambers. The design...
Transient cardiac expression of the tinman-family homeobox gene, XNkx2-10. (2000)
Newman, C. S., Reecy, J., Grow, M. W., Ni, K., Boettger, T., Kessel, M., ...
Xie, X., Zhang, Y., Xu, Z., Ni, K., Zhu, Y.
Supreme quality alloy 718 production requires to meet low contents of oxygen and nitrogen; the oxygen and nitrogen effects and microalloying of Mg at low level of oxygen and nitrogen have been...
Lymphoid precursor cell lines have capacity to migrate to multiple lymphoid sites.
O'Neill, H C, Ni, K, O'Neill, T J
Cell lines have been isolated which phenotypically resemble natural killer (NK)/lymphoid precursor cells. These cell lines were derived by in vitro culture and represent continuously replicating cell...
Attempts have been made to isolate continuous lines of rare subsets of lymphoid cells present in murine spleen in order to analyse their function and lineage relationship with respect to other...