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PNNL Publications

2023

• Arnquist I.J., N. Avalos, D.S. Baxter, X. Bertou, N. Castello-Mor, A. Chavarria, and J. Cuevas-Zepeda, et al. 2023. "First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons." Physical Review Letters 130, no. 17:Art No. 171003. PNNL-SA-191960. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.171003

2022

• Hossbach T.W., E.D. Church, J.E. Fast, M.F. Mayer, and J.L. Slack. 2022. LDRD Final Report: Highly Segmented Silicon Strip Detectors for Radiation Detection. PNNL-32963. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. LDRD Final Report: Highly Segmented Silicon Strip Detectors for Radiation Detection
• Johns J.M., B.C. Archambault, B.E. Bernacki, K.C. Gorecke, T.W. Hossbach, M.S. Hughes, and E.J. Krogstad, et al. 2022. Detection of Marine Borne Radioactive Sources Report. PNNL-33516. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Detection of Marine Borne Radioactive Sources Report

2020

• Aguilar-Arevalo A., D. Amidei, D. Baxter, G. Cancelo, B.A. Cervantes Vergara, A. Chavarria, and J. D'Olivo, et al. 2020. "Results on low-mass weakly interacting massive particles from an 11 kg d target exposure of DAMIC at SNOLAB." Physical Review Letters 125, no. 24:Article No. 241803. PNNL-SA-155070. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.241803
• Hayes J.C., C.E. Aalseth, T.R. Alexander, H.O. Back, E.D. Church, M.P. Foxe, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2020. "High Throughput Argon-37 Field System." Pure and Applied Geophysics. PNNL-SA-149601. doi:10.1007/s00024-020-02584-z

2019

• Aguilar-Arevalo A., D. Amidei, D. Baxter, G. Cancelo, B. Cervanted Vergara, A. Chavarria, and E. Darragh-Ford, et al. 2019. "Constraints on Light Dark Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons from DAMIC at SNOLAB." Physical Review Letters 123, no. 18:Article No. 181802. PNNL-SA-147120. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.181802

2018

• Aalseth C.E., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, S.I. Alvis, M. Amman, I.J. Arnquist, and F.T. Avignone, et al. 2018. "Search for Neutrinoless Double-ß Decay in 76Ge with the Majorana Demonstrator." Physical Review Letters 120, no. 13:Article No. 132502. PNNL-SA-130088. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132502

2017

• Akimov D., J.B. Albert, P. An, C. Awe, P.S. Barbeau, B. Becker, and V. Belov, et al. 2017. "Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering." Science 357, no. 6359:1123-1126. PNNL-SA-128166. doi:10.1126/science.aao0990

2016

• Aalseth C.E., J. Colaresi, J.I. Collar, J.E. Fast, T.W. Hossbach, J.L. Orrell, and C.T. Overman, et al. 2016. "A Low-Noise Germanium Ionization Spectrometer for Low-Background Science." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 63, no. 6:2782-2792. PNNL-SA-116069. doi:10.1109/TNS.2016.2614431
• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, L.M. Arrigo, J.M. Brandenberger, J.M. Cloutier, G.C. Eiden, and J.E. Fast, et al. 2016. "Measurement Background and the Sediment Age-Dating Reach of 32Si." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 307, no. 3:2313-2319. PNNL-SA-100544. doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4592-5

2015

• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, L.M. Arrigo, J.M. Brandenberger, J.M. Cloutier, G.C. Eiden, and J.E. Fast, et al. 2015. "Measurement Background and the Sediment Age-Dating Reach of 32Si." In MARC-X: 10th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry, April 12-17, 2015, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. La Grange Park, Illinois:American Nuclear Society. PNNL-SA-109510.

2014

• Hoppe E.W., C.E. Aalseth, O.T. Farmer, T.W. Hossbach, M. Liezers, H.S. Miley, and N.R. Overman, et al. 2014. "Reduction of Radioactive Backgrounds in Electroformed Copper for Ultra-Sensitive Radiation Detectors." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 764. PNNL-SA-100820. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.06.082
• Leviner L., C.E. Aalseth, M.W. Ahmed, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, and M. Boswell, et al. 2014. "A Segmented, Enriched N-type Germanium Detector for Neutrinoless Double Beta-Decay Experiments." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 735. PNNL-SA-94715. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.08.081

2013

• Aalseth C.E., P.S. Barbeau, J. Colaresi, J. Colaresi, J.I. Collar, J. Diaz Leon, and J.E. Fast, et al. 2013. "CoGeNT: A Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter using p-type Point Contact Germanium Detectors." Physical Review D 88, no. 1:Article No. 012002. PNNL-SA-90298. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012002
• Aalseth C.E., R. Bonicalzi, J.E. Fast, T.W. Hossbach, J.L. Orrell, C.T. Overman, and B.A. VanDevender. 2013. "Cryostat for Ultra-low-energy Threshold Germanium Spectrometers." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 60, no. 2:1168 -1174. PNNL-SA-88541. doi:10.1109/TNS.2012.2224669
• Bonicalzi R., J.I. Collar, J. Colaresi, J.E. Fast, N. Fields, E.S. Fuller, and M. Hai, et al. 2013. "The C-4 Dark Matter Experiment." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 712. PNNL-SA-91428. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.02.012
• Erikson L.E., M.E. Keillor, C.E. Aalseth, T.W. Hossbach, L.K. Mizouni, T.J. Stavenger, and B.S. McDonald, et al. 2013. "Determining HPGe Total Detection Efficiency Using ?-? Coincidence." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 296, no. 2:705-710. PNNL-SA-87582. doi:10.1007/s10967-012-2186-z
• Fast J.E., C.E. Aalseth, D.M. Asner, C.A. Bonebrake, A.R. Day, K.E. Dorow, and E.S. Fuller, et al. 2013. "The Multi-sensor Airborne Radiation Survey (MARS) Instrument." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 698. PNNL-SA-88669. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2012.09.029
• Keillor M.E., L.E. Erikson, C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, E.S. Fuller, B.D. Glasgow, and E.W. Hoppe, et al. 2013. "Empirical Correction of Crosstalk in a Low-Background Germanium ?-? Analysis System." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 296, no. 2:683-687. PNNL-SA-89440. doi:10.1007/s10967-012-2143-x

2012

• Aalseth C.E., R. Bonicalzi, M.G. Cantaloub, A.R. Day, L.E. Erikson, J.E. Fast, and J.B. Forrester, et al. 2012. "A Shallow Underground Laboratory for Low-Background Radiation Measurements and Materials Development." Review of Scientific Instruments 83, no. 11:Article No. 113503. PNNL-SA-89084. doi:10.1063/1.4761923
• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, L.E. Erikson, B.D. Glasgow, E.W. Hoppe, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2012. "A Germanium Array for Sample Measurements: Recent Results and New Analysis Methods." In 2012 Monitoring Research Review: Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, September 18-20, 2012, Albuquerque, NM, II, 635-642. Washington D.C.:National Nuclear Security Administration. PNNL-SA-89692.

2011

• Aalseth C.E., E. Aguayo Navarrete, M. Amman, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, X. Bai, and A.S. Barabash, et al. 2011. "The Majorana Experiment." Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplement 217, no. 1:44-46. PNNL-SA-87226. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.04.063
• Aalseth C.E., M. Amman, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, P.S. Barbeau, and M. Bergevin, et al. 2011. "Astroparticle physics with a customized low-background broad energy Germanium detector." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 652, no. 1:692-695. PNNL-SA-87163. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.100
• Aalseth C.E., P. Barbeau, J. Colaresi, J.I. Collar, J. Diaz Leon, J.E. Fast, and N. Fields, et al. 2011. "Search for an Annual Modulation in a p-Type Point Contact Germanium Dark Matter Detector." Physical Review Letters 107, no. 14:Article No. 141301. PNNL-SA-81169. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.141301
• Aalseth C.E., P. Barbeau, N.S. Bowden, B. Cabrera-Palmer, J. Colaresi, J.I. Collar, and S. Dazeley, et al. 2011. "Results from a Search for Light-Mass Dark Matter with a P-type Point Contact Germanium Detector." Physical Review Letters 106, no. 13:Article No. 131301. PNNL-SA-71421. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.131301
• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, L.E. Erikson, B.D. Glasgow, E.W. Hoppe, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2011. "A New Gamma-Gamma Coincidence Analysis System." In 2011 Monitoring Research Review, September 13-15, 2011, Tucson, AZ, 708-714. Washington:National Nuclear Security Administration. PNNL-SA-81425.
• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, L.E. Erikson, J.E. Fast, B.D. Glasgow, and E.W. Hoppe, et al. 2011. "CASCADES: An Ultra-Low-Background Germanium Crystal Array at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory." In AIP Conference Proceedings: Applications of Nuclear Techniques: Eleventh International Conference, June12-18, 2011, Crete, Greece., 1412, 208-215. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-81237. doi:10.1063/1.3665316
• Mizouni L.K., C.E. Aalseth, F.T. Avignone, L.E. Erikson, T.W. Hossbach, M.E. Keillor, and J.L. Orrell. 2011. "Search for 2vßß decay of 130Te to the first excited state of 130Xe with an ultra-low-background germanium crystal array." In 11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques, June 12-18, 2011, Crete, Greece. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1412, 232-239. College Park, Maryland:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-80967. doi:10.1063/1.3665319

2010

• Aalseth C.E., M. Amman, J.F. Amsbaugh, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A. Barabash, and P.S. Barbeau, et al. 2010. "The MAJORANA Project." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 203, no. 1:Article No. 012057. PNNL-SA-102766. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012057
• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, L.E. Erikson, J.E. Fast, B.D. Glasgow, and E.W. Hoppe, et al. 2010. "INITIAL RESULTS: AN ULTRA-LOW-BACKGROUND GERMANIUM CRYSTAL ARRAY." In Proceedings of the 2010 Monitoring Research Review - Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, September 21-23, 2010, Orlando, FL, II, 610-618. Washington Dc:National Nuclear Security Administration. PNNL-SA-74767.

2009

• Aalseth C.E., A.R. Day, E.W. Hoppe, T.W. Hossbach, B.J. Hyronimus, M.E. Keillor, and K.E. Litke, et al. 2009. "Design and construction of a low-background, internal-source proportional counter." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 282, no. 1:233-237. PNNL-SA-69799. doi:10.1007/s10967-009-0258-5
• Aalseth C.E., M. Amman, J.F. Amsbaugh, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A. Barabash, and P. Barbeau, et al. 2009. "The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search." In 10th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics: AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by ML Marshak, 1182, 88-91. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-67240. doi:10.1063/1.3293951
• Elliott S., C.E. Aalseth, M. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Amman, J.F. Amsbaugh, F.T. Avignone, and H.O. Back, et al. 2009. "The MAJORANA Project." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 173, no. 1:Article No. 012007. PNNL-SA-102132. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012007
• Fast J.E., C.E. Aalseth, J.A. Caggiano, A.R. Day, E.S. Fuller, T.W. Hossbach, and B.J. Hyronimus, et al. 2009. "A High-Efficiency Fieldable Germanium Detector Array." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 56, no. 3, Part 2:1224-8. PNNL-17662.
• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, J.E. Fast, E.W. Hoppe, B.J. Hyronimus, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2009. "ASSEMBLY AND INITIAL RESULTS: AN ULTRA-LOW-BACKGROUND GERMANIUM CRYSTAL ARRAY FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY AND COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENTS." In Proceedings of the 31st Monitoring Research Review: Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, September 21-23, Tucson, AZ, 667-676. Washington, Dc:National Nuclear Security Administration. PNNL-SA-68038.
• Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, J.E. Fast, E.W. Hoppe, B.J. Hyronimus, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2009. "Design and Construction of an Ultra-Low-Background 14 Crystal Germanium Array for High Efficiency and Coincidence Measurements." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 282, no. 3:703-708. PNNL-SA-67535.
• Miley H.S., C.E. Aalseth, T.W. Bowyer, J.E. Fast, J.C. Hayes, E.W. Hoppe, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2009. "Alternative treaty monitoring approaches using ultra-low background measurement technology." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 67, no. 5:746-749. PNNL-SA-66634.

2008

• Aalseth C.E., P. Barbeau, D.G. Cerdeno, J. Colaresi, J.I. Collar, P. de Lurgio, and G. Drake, et al. 2008. "Experimental Constraints on a Dark Matter Origin for the DAMA Annual Modulation Effect." Physical Review Letters 101, no. 25:Article number: 251301. PNNL-SA-64328. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.251301
• Hoppe E.W., A. Seifert, C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, O.T. Farmer, T.W. Hossbach, and J.I. McIntyre, et al. 2008. "A method for Removing Surface Contamination on Ultra-pure Copper Spectrometer Components." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 276, no. 3:645-650. PNNL-SA-49352. doi:10.1007/s10967-008-0612-z
• Hoppe E.W., C.E. Aalseth, R.L. Brodzinski, A.R. Day, O.T. Farmer, T.W. Hossbach, and J.I. McIntyre, et al. 2008. "Use of Electrodeposition for Sample Preparation and Rejection Rate Prediction for Assay of Electroformed Ultra High Purity Copper for 232Th and 238U Prior to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 277, no. 1:103-110. PNNL-SA-61499. doi:10.1007/s10967-008-0716-5
• Suarez R., J.L. Orrell, C.E. Aalseth, T.W. Hossbach, and H.S. Miley. 2008. "Real-Time Digital Signal-Processor Implementation of Self-Calibrating Pulse-Shape Discriminator for High-Purity Germanium." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 586, no. 2:276-285. PNNL-SA-55360. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.075

2007

• Miley H.S., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, O.T. Farmer, J.E. Fast, E.W. Hoppe, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2007. "The Chemistry of Ultra-Radiopure Materials." In Environmental Radiochemical Analysis III, edited by Peter Warwick, 154-161. Cambridge:The Royal Society of Chemistry. PNNL-SA-51636.
• Orrell J.L., C.E. Aalseth, J.F. Amsbaugh, P.J. Doe, and T.W. Hossbach. 2007. "Operation of a high purity germanium crystal in liquid argon as a Compton-suppressed radiation spectrometer." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 579, no. 1:91-93. PNNL-SA-52358. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.024

2006

• Hull E.L., R.H. Pehl, J.R. Lathrop, G.N. Martin, G.N. Martin, R.B. Mashburn, and H.S. Miley, et al. 2006. "Segmentation of the Outer Contact on P-Type Coaxial Germanium Detectors." In 28th Seismic Research Review: Ground-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, Orlando, FL, September 19-21, 2006, 811-821. Washington, District Of Columbia:National Nuclear Security Administration. PNNL-SA-52058.
• McIntyre J.I., B.T. Schrom, C.E. Aalseth, M.W. Cooper, J.C. Hayes, T.R. Heimbigner, and T.W. Hossbach, et al. 2006. "Beta-Gamma Coincidence Counting Using an Yttrium Aluminum Perovskit and Bismuth Germanate Phoswich Scintillator." In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE, Vol 3, 1301-1304. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-47464. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596559
• Orrell J.L., C.E. Aalseth, A.R. Day, J. Fast, T.W. Hossbach, L.S. Lidey, and M.D. Ripplinger, et al. 2006. "A Beta-Particle Hodoscope Constructed Using Scintillating Optical Fibers and Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tubes." In 28th Seismic Research Review - Ground Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Technologies, Orlando, FL, Sept. 19-21, 2006, 832-840. Washington, District Of Columbia:National Nuclear Security Administration. PNNL-SA-50921.
• Warren G.A., L.E. Smith, C.E. Aalseth, J.E. Ellis, T.W. Hossbach, and A.B. Valsan. 2006. "Determining Activities of Radionuclides from Coincidence Signatures." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 560, no. 2:360-365. PNNL-SA-46339. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.236

2005

• Aalseth C.E., D.N. Anderson, R.J. Arthur, F.T. Avignone, C. Baktash, T. Ball, and A.S. Barabash, et al. 2005. "The Proposed Majorana 76Ge Double-Beta Decay Experiment." Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplement 138. PNNL-SA-43743.
• Aalseth C.E., R.L. Brodzinski, O.T. Farmer, E.W. Hoppe, T.W. Hossbach, H.S. Miley, and J.H. Reeves. 2005. "Ultra-Low-Background Copper Production and Clean Fabrication." In Topical Workshop on Low Radioactivity Techniques: LRT 2004 Sudbury, Ontario (Canada), 12-14 December 2004., edited by Bruce Cleveland, Richard Ford, and Mark Chen, 785, 170-176. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-45365. doi:10.1063/1.2060468
• McIntyre J.I., A.J. Carman, C.E. Aalseth, J.C. Hayes, T.R. Heimbigner, T.W. Hossbach, and C.W. Hubbard, et al. 2005. "Enhanced Beta-Gamma Coincidence Counting Gas Cell." In 2004 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Confernce Record, 2, 884-888. New York, New York:IEEE. PNNL-SA-43143.
• Milbrath B.D., R.C. Runkle, T.W. Hossbach, W.R. Kaye, E.A. Lepel, B.S. McDonald, and L.E. Smith. 2005. "Characterization of Alpha Contamination in Lanthanum Trichloride Scintillators Using Coincidence Measurements." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 547, no. 2-3:504-510. PNNL-SA-42859.

2004

• Kazkaz K., C.E. Aalseth, T.W. Hossbach, V.M. Gehman, J. Kephart, and H.S. Miley. 2004. "MEGA: A Low-Background Radiation Detector." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 51, no. 3:1029-1033. PNNL-SA-42642.

2003

• Smith L.E., C.E. Aalseth, T.W. Hossbach, H.S. Miley, R.W. Perkins, and J.E. Ellis. 2003. "Development of Portable Multicoincidence Radionuclide Analysis Systems." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 505, no. 1-2:320-323. PNNL-SA-36345.