T. Shutt

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2009

Number

79

Co-Authors

Scintillation Pulse Shape Discrimination in a Two-Phase Xenon Time Projection Chamber (2009)

Kwong, J., Brusov, P., Shutt, T., Dahl, C. E., Bolozdynya, A. I., Bradley, A.

The energy and electric field dependence of pulse shape discrimination in liquid xenon have been measured in a 10 gm two-phase xenon time projection chamber. We have demonstrated the use of the pulse...

WIMP EXCLUSION RESULTS FROM THE CDMS EXPERIMENT (2009)

P. L. Brink, L. Baudis, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, C. Chang, T. Saab, ...

In early 2000 CDMS set the most competitive exclusion limit for scalarinteraction WIMPs at the Stanford Underground Facility (SUF). A new search (CDMS II) is now commencing at the Deep-site Soudan...

The Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (2009)

Borexino Collaboration, Alimonti, A., Arpesella, C., Back, H., Balata, M., Bartolomei, D., ...

Borexino, a large volume detector for low energy neutrino spectroscopy, is currently running underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The main goal of the experiment is the...

The scintillation and ionization yield of liquid xenon for nuclear recoils (2008)

Sorensen, P., Manzur, A., Dahl, C. E., Angle, J., Aprile, E., Arneodo, F., ...

XENON10 is an experiment designed to directly detect particle dark matter. It is a dual phase (liquid/gas) xenon time-projection chamber with 3D position imaging. Particle interactions generate a...

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...

PERFORMANCE AND BACKGROUND MEASUREMENTS OF THE CDMS II TOWER I DETECTORS AT THE STANFORD UNDERGROUND FACILITY (2008)

T. Saab, P. L. Brink, L. Baudis, B. Cabrera, J. P. Castle, C. Chang, ...

The CDMS II experiment deployed a set of 6 ZIP (Z-dependent Ionization and Phonon) detectors at the Stanford Underground Facility (SUF) shallow depth site in the fall of 2001. With a payload...

RESULTS AND STATUS OF THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH (CDMS) (2008)

R. W. Schnee, D. S. Akerib, A. Bolodyzynya, T. A. Perera, P. D. Barnes, D. A. Bauer, ...

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment uses cooled germanium and silicon detectors for a direct search for weakly-interacting massive particles in our Galaxy. The novel detectors allow a high...

Pulse-shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility (2008)

Borexino Collaboration**, Back, H. O., Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., ...

Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is one of the most distinctive features of liquid scintillators. Since the introduction of the scintillation technique in the field of particle detection, many...

Phenylxylylethane (PXE): A high-density, high-flash point organic liquid scintillator for low energy neutrino experiments (2008)

Borexino Collaboration, Back, H. O., Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., ...

We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the Borexino solar neutrino experiment. The...

Hunting for WIMPs with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (2007)

Golwala Akerib Barnes, S. R. Golwala, D. S. Akerib, P. D. Barnes, D. A. Bauer, A. Bolozdynya, ...

. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search #CDMS# is an experiment whose goal is to detect WIMPs via elastic-scattering interactions in detectors capable of nuclear-recoil discrimination. Recent advances in...

RESULTS AND STATUS OF THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH (CDMS) (2007)

R. W. Schnee, D. S. Akerib, A. Bolodyzynya, T. A. Perera, P. D. Barnes, D. A. Bauer, ...

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment uses cooled germanium and silicon detectors for a direct search for weakly-interacting massive particles in our Galaxy. The novel detectors allow a high...

Present Results and Future Goals of the (2007)

Cryogenic Dark Matter, T. A. Perera, D. Abrams, D. S. Akerib, D. A. Bauer, A. Bolozdynya, ...

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) uses Ge and Si detectors to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interaction with atomic nuclei. The present...

A Scintillator Purification System for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Detector (2007)

Benziger, J., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Chen, M., Corsi, A., Dalnoki-Veress, F., ...

Purification of the 278 tons of liquid scintillator and 889 tons of buffer shielding for the Borexino solar neutrino detector was performed with a system that combined distillation, water extraction,...

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...

Response to a critique of the Borexino result in "A new experimental limit for the stability of the electron" by H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, I.V. Krivosheina and I.V. Titkova (2007)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...

A recently published article by Klapdor-Kleingrothaus et al. critiques the limit on the stability of the electron obtained by the Borexino collaboration. We respond here to the criticisms raised by...

CNO and pep neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino: Measurement of the deep-underground production of cosmogenic $^{11}$C in an organic liquid scintillator (2007)

Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., ...

Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...

The Nylon Scintillator Containment Vessels for the Borexino Solar Neutrino Experiment (2007)

Benziger, J., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., De Haas, E., Fernholz, R., Ford, R., ...

Borexino is a solar neutrino experiment designed to observe the 0.86 MeV Be-7 neutrinos emitted in the pp cycle of the sun. Neutrinos will be detected by their elastic scattering on electrons in 100...

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.

Performance and Fundamental Processes at Low Energy in a Two-Phase Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detector (2006)

Shutt, T., Dahl, C. E., Kwong, J., Bolozdynya, A., Brusov, P.

We extend the study of the performance of a prototype two-phase liquid xenon WIMP dark matter detector to recoil energies below 20 keV. We demonstrate a new method for obtaining the best estimate of...

Simultaneous Measurement of Ionization and Scintillation from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon as Target for a Dark Matter Experiment (2006)

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...

CNO and pep neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino: measurement of the cosmogenic $^{11}$C background with the Counting Test Facility (2006)

Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., ...

Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...

CNO and pep neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino: measurement of the cosmogenic $^{11}$C background with the Counting Test Facility (2006)

Balata, M., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., ...

Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...

CNO and pep neutrino spectroscopy in Borexino: Measurement of the deep-underground production of cosmogenic C-11 in an organic liquid scintillator (2006)

Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...

Borexino is an experiment for low energy neutrino spectroscopy at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories. It is designed to measure the mono-energetic $^7$Be solar neutrino flux in real time, via...

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino counting test facility (2005)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...

The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons ($n,p$) in $^{12}C$ and $^{16}O$ nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the...

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Faciliy (2004)

Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., Benziger,J., ...

The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons (n,p) in 12C and 16C nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the Counting...

Phenylxylylethane (PXE): a high-density, high-flashpoint organic liquid scintillator for applications in low-energy particle and astrophysics experiments (2004)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...

We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...

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,...

Phenylxylylethane (PXE): a high-density, high-flashpoint organic liquid scintillator for applications in low-energy particle and astrophysics experiments (2004)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...

We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino counting test facility (2004)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...

The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons ($n,p$) in $^{12}C$ and $^{16}O$ nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the...

Phenylxylylethane (PXE): a high-density, high-flashpoint organic liquid scintillator for applications in low-energy particle and astrophysics experiments (2004)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...

We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino counting test facility (2004)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...

The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons ($n,p$) in $^{12}C$ and $^{16}O$ nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the...

Phenylxylylethane (PXE): a high-density, high-flashpoint organic liquid scintillator for applications in low-energy particle and astrophysics experiments (2004)

Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., Beau,T., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., ...

We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...

Phenylxylylethane (PXE): a high-density, high-flashpoint organic liquid scintillator for applications in low-energy particle and astrophysics experiments (2004)

BOREXINO Collaboration, Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., ...

We report on the study of a new liquid scintillator target for neutrino interactions in the framework of the research and development program of the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. The...

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Faciliy (2004)

Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...

The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons (n,p) in 12C and 16C nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the Counting...

New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in 8B- decay obtained with the BOREXINO counting test facility (2003)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...

If heavy neutrinos with mass mH 2me are emitted in the decays of 8B in the Sun, then H L + e+ + e- decays should be observed. In the present work, the results of background measurements with the...

New experimental limits on heavy neutrino mixing in 8B- decay obtained with the BOREXINO counting test facility (2003)

Back, H.O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...

If heavy neutrinos with mass mH 2me are emitted in the decays of 8B in the Sun, then H L + e+ + e- decays should be observed. In the present work, the results of background measurements with the...

Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (2002)

Abrams, D., Akerib, D. S., Armel-Funkhouser, M. S., Baudis, L., Bauer, D. A., Bolozdynya, A., ...

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei...

Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO (2002)

Arpesella,C., Back,H. O., Balata,M., Beau,T., Bellini,G., Benziger,J., ...

The techniques researched, developed and applied towards the measurement of radioisotope concentrations at ultra-low levels in the real-time solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO at Gran Sasso are...

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...

Charge collection and electrode structures in ionization and phonon based dark matter detectors (2002)

Shutt, T., Kesden, M., Golwala, S., Emes, J., Hellmig, J., Sadoulet, B., ...

We report on progress in our understanding of the physics of of implanted contacts, amorphous layer structures and Schottky contacts on detectors based on the simultaneous ionization and phonon based...

Search for electron decay mode e ->gamma+nu with prototype of Borexino detector (2002)

Back,H. O., Balata,M., De Bari,A., Beau,T., De Bellefon,A., Bellini,G., ...

The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso laboratory, has been used to obtain a bound on the stability of the electron. The new lower limit on the mean...

Science and technology of BOREXINO: a real-time detector for low energy solar neutrinos. (2002)

Alimonti,G., Arpesella,C., Back,H., Balata,M., Beau,T., Bellini,G., ...

Borexino, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS). The experiment's goal is the...

Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO (2002)

Arpesella, C., Back, H. O., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., ...

The techniques researched, developed and applied towards the measurement of radioisotope concentrations at ultra-low levels in the real-time solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO at Gran Sasso are...

Search for electron decay mode e ->gamma+nu with prototype of Borexino detector (2002)

Back, H. O., Balata, M., De Bari, A., Beau, T., De Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., ...

The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso laboratory, has been used to obtain a bound on the stability of the electron. The new lower limit on the mean...

Science and technology of BOREXINO: a real-time detector for low energy solar neutrinos. (2002)

Alimonti, G., Arpesella, C., Back, H., Balata, M., Beau, T., Bellini, G., ...

Borexino, a real-time device for low energy neutrino spectroscopy is nearing completion of construction in the underground laboratories at Gran Sasso, Italy (LNGS). The experiment's goal is the...

Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (2000)

Abusaidi, R., Akerib, D. S., Bauer, D. A., Bolozdynya, A., Brink, P. L., ...

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs Ge and Si detectors to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while...

A Solution To The Dead Layer Problem In Ionization And Phonon-Based Dark Matter Detectors (2000)

Shutt Emes Haller, T. Shutt, J. Emes, E. E. Haller, J. Hellmig, B. Sadoulet, ...

We report on a study of several different electrode technologies to avoid the "dead layer" problem in ionization and phonon-based dark matter detectors. We have found the most success with...

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano - Italy (2000)

In The Exciting, Gioacchino Ranucci, G. Alimonti, C. Arpesella, H. O. Beck, M. Balata, ...

Be electron capture reaction in the Sun. As a pilot program for the full detector, the Counting Test Facility operated for two years at Gran Sasso, provided the convincing evidence that the...

Preliminary Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) (1997)

Akerib, DS, Barnes Jr, PD, Bauer, DA, Brink, PL, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, ...

We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose...