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John Orrell

Physicist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: J5-20
Richland, WA 99352

PNNL Publications

2025

  • Albakry M.F., I. Alkhatib, D. Alonso, D.W. Amaral, J. Anczarski, T. Aralis, and T. Aramaki, et al. 2025. "Light Dark Matter Constraints from SuperCDMS HVeV Detectors Operated Underground with an Anticoincidence Event Selection." Physical Review D 111, no. 1:Art. No. 012006. PNNL-SA-200291. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.111.012006

2024

  • Fowler J.W., P. Szypryt, R.A. Bunker, E.R. Edwards, I. Fogarty Florang, J. Gao, and A. Giachero, et al. 2024. "Spectroscopic measurements and models of energy deposition in the substrate of quantum circuits by natural ionizing radiation." PRX Quantum 5, no. 4:Art No. 40323. PNNL-SA-197013. doi:10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.040323
  • Loer B.M., P. Harrington, B.C. Archambault, E.S. Fuller, B.D. Pierson, I.J. Arnquist, and K. Harouaka, et al. 2024. "Abatement of Ionizing Radiation for Superconducting Quantum Devices." Journal of Instrumentation 19, no. 9:Art. No. P09001. PNNL-SA-195572. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/19/09/P09001

2023

  • Albakry M.F., I. Alkhatib, D. Alonso, D.W. Amaral, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, and I.J. Arnquist, et al. 2023. "First measurement of the nuclear-recoil ionization yield in silicon at 100 eV." Physical Review Letters 131, no. 9:Art. No. 091801. PNNL-SA-186011. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.091801
  • Albakry M.F., I. Alkhatib, D. Alonso, D.W. Amaral, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, and I.J. Arnquist, et al. 2023. "Search for Low-mass Dark Matter via Bremsstrahlung Radiation and the Migdal Effect in SuperCDMS." Physical Review D 107, no. 11:112013. PNNL-SA-172121. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.112013
  • Kelsey M.H., R. Agnese, Y. Alam, I. Ataee Langroudy, E. Azadbakht, D. Brandt, and R.A. Bunker, et al. 2023. "G4CMP: Condensed Matter Physics Simulation Using the Geant4 Toolkit." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1055. PNNL-SA-182030. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168473
  • Tsang R., A. Piepke, S. Al Kharusi, E. Angelico, I.J. Arnquist, A.M. Atencio, and I. Badhrees, et al. 2023. "An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1055. PNNL-SA-195900. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168477

2022

  • Albakry M.F., I. Alkhatib, D.W. Amaral, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, and I. Ataee Langroudy, et al. 2022. "Investigating the sources of low-energy events in a SuperCDMS-HVeV detector." Physical Review D 105, no. 11:Art. No. 112006. PNNL-SA-172447. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.112006
  • Gallina G., Y. Guan, F. Retiere, G. Cao, A. Bolotnikov, I. Kotov, and S. Rescia, et al. 2022. "Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO." European Physical Journal C 82, no. 12:Art. No. 1125. PNNL-SA-179827. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11072-8
  • Lenardo B.G., C. Hardy, R. Tsang, J. Nzobadila Ondze, A. Piepke, S. Triambak, and A. Jamil, et al. 2022. "Development of a 127Xe calibration source for nEXO." Journal of Instrumentation 17, no. 7:Art. No. 07028. PNNL-SA-178273. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/P07028

2021

  • Alkhatib I., D.W. Amaral, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, I. Ataee Langroudy, and E. Azadbakht, et al. 2021. "Constraints on Lightly Ionizing Particles from CDMSlite." Physical Review Letters 127, no. 8:081802. PNNL-SA-157645. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.081802
  • Alkhatib I., D.W. Amaral, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, I. Ataee Langroudy, and E. Azadbakht, et al. 2021. "Light Dark Matter Search with a High-Resolution Athermal Phonon Detector Operated Above Ground." Physical Review Letters 127, no. 6:061801. PNNL-SA-155137. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.061801
  • Hagen A.R., B.M. Loer, J.L. Orrell, and R.N. Saldanha. 2021. "Decision Trees for Optimizing the Minimum Detectable Concentration of Radioxenon Detectors." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 229. PNNL-SA-154711. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106542
  • Lu Z., N.P. Smith, M.P. Prange, R.A. Bunker, J.L. Orrell, and A.M. Chaka. 2021. "Effect of interfacial structures on phonon transport across atomically precise Si/Al heterojunctions." Physical Review Materials 5, no. 8:086002. PNNL-SA-163751. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.086002
  • Orrell J.L., and B.M. Loer. 2021. "Sensor-Assisted Fault Mitigation in Quantum Computation." Physical Review Applied 16, no. 2:Article Number 024025. PNNL-SA-158581. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.024025

2020

  • Amaral D.W., T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, S. Banik, and D. Barker, et al. 2020. "Constraints on low-mass, relic dark matter candidates from a surface-operated SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector." Physical Review D 102, no. 9:091101(R). PNNL-SA-153681. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.091101
  • Aralis T., T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, W. Baker, S. Banik, and D. Barker, et al. 2020. "Constraints on dark photons and axionlike particles from the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment." Physical Review D 101, no. 5:Article No. 052008. PNNL-SA-150072. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.052008
  • Bunker R.A., T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, R. Calkins, J. Cooley, E.W. Hoppe, and J.L. Orrell, et al. 2020. "Evaluation and mitigation of trace 210Pb contamination on copper surfaces." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 967. PNNL-SA-151382. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163870
  • Lv P., G.F. Cao, L.J. Wen, S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton, I.J. Arnquist, and I. Badhrees, et al. 2020. "Reflectance of Silicon Photomultipliers at Vacuum Ultraviolet Wavelengths." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 67, no. 12:2501 - 2510. PNNL-SA-161071. doi:10.1109/TNS.2020.3035172
  • Njoya O., T. Tsang, M. Tarka, W. Fairbank, K.S. Kumar, T. Rao, and T. Wager, et al. 2020. "Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 972. PNNL-SA-161070. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163965
  • Vepsalainen A., A. Karamlou, J.L. Orrell, A. Dogra, B.M. Loer, F. Vasconcelos, and D.K. Kim, et al. 2020. "Impact of ionizing radiation on superconducting qubit coherence." Nature 584, no. 7822:551--556. PNNL-SA-150722. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2619-8

2019

  • Agnese R., T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, W. Baker, and D. Barker, et al. 2019. "Production Rate Measurement of Tritium and Other Cosmogenic Isotopes in Germanium with CDMSlite." Astroparticle Physics 104. PNNL-SA-135963. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.08.006
  • Agnese R., T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, W. Baker, and S. Banik, et al. 2019. "Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter with CDMSlite Using a Profile Likelihood Fit." Physical Review D 99, no. 6:Article Number 062001. PNNL-SA-139404. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.062001
  • Chambers C., T. Walton, D. Fairbank, A. Craycraft, D. Yahne, J. Todd, and A. Iverson, et al. 2019. "Imaging Individual Barium Atoms in Solid Xenon for Barium Tagging in nEXO." Nature 569, no. 7755:203-207. PNNL-SA-143139. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1169-4
  • Gallina G., P. Giampa, F. Retiere, J. Kroeger, G. Zhang, M. Ward, and P. Margetak, et al. 2019. "Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 940. PNNL-SA-163397. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.05.096

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
  • Agnese R., A.J. Anderson, T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, W. Baker, and D. Balakishiyeva, et al. 2018. "Low-mass Dark Matter Search with CDMSlite." Physical Review D 97, no. 2:022002. PNNL-SA-127776. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.022002
  • Agnese R., T. Aralis, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, W. Baker, and S. Banik, et al. 2018. "First Dark Matter Constraints from SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector." Physical Review Letters 121, no. 5:051301. PNNL-SA-134526. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.051301
  • Agnese R., T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, W. Baker, D. Balakishiyeva, S. Banik, and D. Barker, et al. 2018. "Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan." Physical Review Letters 120, no. 6:Article No. 061802. PNNL-SA-129065. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061802
  • Aralis T., R. Agnese, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, E. Azadbakht, W. Baker, and S. Banik, et al. 2018. "Energy Loss Due to Defect Formation from 206Pb Recoils in SuperCDMS Germanium Detectors." Applied Physics Letters 113, no. 9:092101. PNNL-SA-135936. doi:10.1063/1.5041457
  • Jewell M.J., A. Schubert, W.R. Cen, J. Dalmasson, R. Devoe, L. Fabris, and G. Gratta, et al. 2018. "Characterization of an Ionization Readout Tile for nEXO." Journal of Instrumentation 13, no. 1:Article Number: P01006. PNNL-SA-130966. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/01/P01006
  • Orrell J.L., I.J. Arnquist, M. Bliss, R.A. Bunker, and Z.S. Finch. 2018. "Naturally occurring 32Si and low-background silicon dark matter detectors." Astroparticle Physics 99. PNNL-SA-127795. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.02.005
  • Platt M., R. Mahapatra, R.A. Bunker, and J.L. Orrell. 2018. SuperCDMS Underground Detector Fabrication Facility. PNNL-27319. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. SuperCDMS Underground Detector Fabrication Facility">doi:10.2172/1424835.SuperCDMS Underground Detector Fabrication Facility

2017

  • Abgrall N., E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A. Barabash, F. Bertrand, A.W. Bradley, and V. Brudanin, et al. 2017. "Muon Flux Measurements at the Davis campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator veto system." Astroparticle Physics 93. PNNL-SA-107386. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.01.013
  • Abgrall N., I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, M. Boswell, and A.W. Bradley, et al. 2017. "The Majorana Demonstrator Calibration System." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 872. PNNL-SA-123114. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.005
  • Agnese R., A.J. Anderson, T. Aramaki, I.J. Arnquist, W. Baker, D. Barker, and R. Basu Thakur, et al. 2017. "Projected Sensitivity of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment." Physical Review D 95, no. 8:Article No. 082002. PNNL-SA-128797. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.082002
  • 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
  • Elliott S., N. Abgrall, I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and A.W. Bradley, et al. 2017. "Initial results from the Majorana Demonstrator." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 888, no. 1:Article No. 012035. PNNL-SA-130373. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012035
  • Erchinger J., J.L. Orrell, C.E. Aalseth, B.E. Bernacki, M. Douglas, E.S. Fuller, and M.E. Keillor, et al. 2017. "Background Characterization of an Ultra-Low Background Liquid Scintillation Counter." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 126. PNNL-SA-120443. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.01.032
  • Keillor M.E., C.E. Aalseth, I.J. Arnquist, T.A. Eggemeyer, E.S. Fuller, B.D. Glasgow, and E.W. Hoppe, et al. 2017. "Recent Bremsstrahlung-based Assays of 210Pb in Lead and Comments on Current Availability of Low-Background Lead in North America." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 126. PNNL-SA-120723. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.03.001

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
  • Aalseth C.E., P.H. Humble, E.K. Mace, J.L. Orrell, A. Seifert, and R.M. Williams. 2016. "Shielding concepts for low-background proportional counter arrays in surface laboratories." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 108. PNNL-SA-106350. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.12.033
  • Abgrall N., I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, A. Barabash, F. Bertrand, A.W. Bradley, and V. Brudanin, et al. 2016. "High voltage testing for the Majorana Demonstrator." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 823. PNNL-SA-120182. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.006
  • Abgrall N., I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, A.W. Bradley, and V. Brudanin, et al. 2016. "Search for Pauli exclusion principle violating atomic transitions and electron decay with a p-type point contact germanium detector." European Physical Journal C 76, no. 11:Article No. 619. PNNL-SA-123051. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4467-0
  • Abgrall N., I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and M. Boswell, et al. 2016. "The MAJORANA Demonstrator Radioassay Program." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 828. PNNL-SA-115634. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.070
  • Cuesta C., M. Buuck, J.A. Detwiler, J. Gruszko, I. Guinn, J.D. Leon, and R. Robertson, et al. 2016. "The Majorana Demonstrator search for neutrinoless double beta decay." In XIII International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons, May 22-27, 2016, Blacksburg, Virginia. Trieste:Proceedings of Science. PNNL-SA-122878.
  • Douglas M., B.E. Bernacki, J.L. Erchinger, E.C. Finn, E.S. Fuller, E.W. Hoppe, and M.E. Keillor, et al. 2016. "Liquid Scintillation Counting of Environmental Radioisotopes: A Review of the Impact of Background Reduction." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 307, no. 3:2495-2504. PNNL-SA-108301. doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4512-8
  • Elliott S., N. Abgrall, I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, A. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and A.W. Bradley, et al. 2016. "Initial Results from the Majorana Demonstrator." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 888, no. 1:Article No. 012035. PNNL-SA-123175. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012035
  • Orrell J.L., C.E. Aalseth, I.J. Arnquist, T.A. Eggemeyer, B.D. Glasgow, E.W. Hoppe, and M.E. Keillor, et al. 2016. "Assay Methods for 238U, 232Th, and 210Pb in Lead and Calibration of 210Bi Bremsstrahlung Emission from Lead." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 309, no. 3:1271-1281. PNNL-SA-115123. doi:10.1007/s10967-016-4732-6
  • Williams R.M., C.E. Aalseth, T.W. Bowyer, A.R. Day, E.S. Fuller, D.A. Haas, and J.C. Hayes, et al. 2016. "Development of a Low-Level Ar-37 Calibration Standard." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 109. PNNL-SA-109332. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.12.027

2015

  • Aalseth C.E., P. Agnes, A. Alton, K. Arisaka, D.M. Asner, H.O. Back, and B. Baldin, et al. 2015. "The DarkSide Multiton Detector for the Direct Dark Matter Search." Advances in High Energy Physics Volume 2015. PNNL-SA-102086. doi:10.1155/2015/541362
  • Abgrall N., E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, M. Boswell, and V. Brudanin, et al. 2015. "The MAJORANA low-noise low-background front-end electronics." Physics Procedia 61. PNNL-SA-111627. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.066
  • Abgrall N., E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, V. Brudanin, and M. Busch, et al. 2015. "The MAJORANA Parts Tracking Database." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 779. PNNL-SA-105092. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.01.001
  • Asner D.M., K.A. Burns, L.W. Campbell, B.A. Greenfield, M.S. Kos, J.L. Orrell, and M. Schram, et al. 2015. "Method of Fission Product Beta Spectra Measurements for Predicting Reactor Anti-neutrino Emission." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 776. PNNL-SA-101212. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.076
  • Bernacki B.E., M. Douglas, J.L. Erchinger, E.S. Fuller, M.E. Keillor, S.M. Morley, and C.A. Mullen, et al. 2015. "Optical Design Considerations for Efficient Light Collection from Liquid Scintillation Counters." Applied Optics 54, no. 9:2413-2423. PNNL-SA-104952. doi:10.1364/AO.54.002413
  • Cuesta C., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and M. Boswell, et al. 2015. "Background Model for the Majorana Demonstrator." Physics Procedia 61. PNNL-SA-102048. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2015.06.001
  • Cuesta C., N. Abgrall, I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and V. Brudanin, et al. 2015. "Status of the Majorana Demonstrator." Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings 265-266. PNNL-SA-107387. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.06.019
  • Cuesta C., N. Abgrall, I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, C.X. Baldenegro-Barrera, A.S. Barabash, and F. Bertrand, et al. 2015. "Analysis techniques for background rejection at the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR." In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT 2015), March 18-20, 2015, Seattle, WA. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by JL Orrell, 1672, Article No. 140006. College Park, Maryland:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-111894. doi:10.1063/1.4928022
  • Cuesta C., N. Abgrall, I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, C.X. Baldenegro-Barrera, A.S. Barabash, and F. Bertrand, et al. 2015. "Status of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR." In WORKSHOP ON CALCULATION OF DOUBLE-BETA-DECAY MATRIX ELEMENTS (MEDEX 2015), June 9-12, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by O Civitarese, I Stekl and J Suhonen, 1686, Article No. 020005. College Park, Maryland:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-111618. doi:10.1063/1.4934894
  • Erchinger J.L., C.E. Aalseth, B.E. Bernacki, M. Douglas, E.S. Fuller, M.E. Keillor, and S.M. Morley, et al. 2015. "Development of a low background liquid scintillation counter for a shallow underground laboratory." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 105. PNNL-SA-108085. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.08.027
  • Erchinger J.L., J.L. Orrell, C.E. Aalseth, B.E. Bernacki, M. Douglas, E.C. Finn, and E.S. Fuller, et al. 2015. "Development of an Ultra-Low Background Liquid Scintillation Counter for Trace Level Analysis." In Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 56th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, Indian Wells, California. Deerfield, Illinois:INMM. PNNL-SA-110951.
  • Giovanetti G.K., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and M. Boswell, et al. 2015. "A Dark Matter Search with MALBEK." Physics Procedia 61. PNNL-SA-102008. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.014
  • Green M.P., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and M. Boswell, et al. 2015. "The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR for 0?ßß: Current Status and Future Plans." Physics Procedia 61. PNNL-SA-102699. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.038
  • Gruszko J., M. Buuck, C. Cuesta, J.A. Detwiler, I. Guinn, J.D. Leon, and R. Robertson, et al. 2015. "Status Update of the Majorana Demonstrator Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment." In Proceedings of the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields Conference, August 4-8, 2015, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Paper No. DPF2015-1. Ridge, New York:American Physical Society. PNNL-SA-123176.
  • Guinn I., N. Abgrall, I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, C.X. Baldenegro-Barrera, A.S. Barabash, and F. Bertrand, et al. 2015. "Low Background Signal Readout Electronics for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR." In Low Radioactivity Techniques 2015 (LRT 2015): Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques, March 18-20, 2015, Seattle, Washington. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by JL Orrell, 1672, Article No. 030001. Melville, New York:AIP Publishing. PNNL-SA-107977. doi:10.1063/1.4927982
  • Mertens S., N. Abgrall, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, V. Brudanin, and M. Busch, et al. 2015. "MAJORANA Collaboration’s Experience with Germanium Detectors." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 606, no. 1:Article No. 012005. PNNL-SA-111593. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/606/1/012005
  • Vasilyev S., N. Abgrall, I.J. Arnquist, F.T. Avignone, C.X. Baldenegro-Barrera, A.S. Barabash, and F.E. Bertrand, et al. 2015. "Status of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR." Physics of Particles and Nuclei 48, no. 1:27-33. PNNL-SA-111569. doi:10.1134/S1063779616060253
  • Xu W., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and M. Boswell, et al. 2015. "Testing the Ge Detectors for the MAJORANA Demonstrator." Physics Procedia 61. PNNL-SA-102131. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104
  • Xu W., N. Abgrall, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, V. Brudanin, and M. Busch, et al. 2015. "The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of 76Ge." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 606, no. 1:Article No. 012004. PNNL-SA-112304. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/606/1/012004

2014

  • Abgrall N., E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A. Barabash, F. Bertrand, M. Boswell, and M. Boswell, et al. 2014. "The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment." Advances in High Energy Physics 2014. PNNL-SA-101090. doi:10.1155/2014/365432
  • Finnerty P., P. Finnerty, E. Aguayo, M. Amman, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, and P.J. Barton, et al. 2014. "The Majorana Demonstrator: Progress towards showing the feasibility of a 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment." In 18th International Symposium on Particles Strings and Cosmology (PASCOS 2012), June 3-8, 2012, Merida, Mexico. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 485, Paper No. 012042. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-101382. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/485/1/012042
  • Martin R.D., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A.S. Barabash, F. Bertrand, and M. Boswell, et al. 2014. "Status of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment." In WORKSHOP ON DARK MATTER, NEUTRINO PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS CETUP 2013: VII International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC), June 24-26, 2013, Lead/Deadwood, South Dakota. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by B Szczerbinska, et al, 1604, Paper No. 413. Melville, New York:AIP. PNNL-SA-100893. doi:10.1063/1.4883459

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
  • Aguayo E., F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, J. Beene, M. Bergevin, and M. Bergevin, et al. 2013. "The Majorana Double Beta Decay Experiment: Present Status." In Particle Physics at the Tercentenary of Mikhail Lomonosov, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics, August 18-24, 2011, Moscow, Russia, edited by AI Studenikin, 164-168. Hackensack, New Jersey:World Scientific. PNNL-SA-105131. doi:10.1142/9789814436830_0035
  • Aguayo Navarrete E., M. Amman, F.T. Avignone, A. Barabash, P.J. Barton, J. Beene, and F. Bertrand, et al. 2013. "Characteristics of Signals Originating Near the Lithium-Diffused N+ Contact of High Purity Germanium P-Type Point Contact Detectors." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 701. PNNL-SA-94073. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.004
  • Asner D.M., K.A. Burns, B.A. Greenfield, M.S. Kos, J.L. Orrell, M. Schram, and B.A. VanDevender, et al. 2013. "Predicting Reactor Antineutrino Emissions Using New Precision Beta Spectroscopy." In The Snowmass 2013 Proceedings: Planning the Future of US Particle Physics, July 29-August 6, 2013, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Menlo Park:Snowmass Electronic Proceedings. PNNL-SA-94947.
  • 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
  • Cooley-Sekula J., P.B. Cushman, E.W. Hoppe, J.L. Orrell, and R. Schnee. 2013. "Low Background Materials and Assay: A Supplement to the Cosmic Frontier CF1 Summary." In Proceedings, 2013 Community Summer Study on the Future of U.S. Particle Physics: Snowmass on the Mississippi (CSS2013), July 29-Agust 6, 2013, Minneapolis, MN, edited by N.A. Graf, M.E. Peskin and J.L Rosner. Minneapolis, Minnesota:University of Minnesota. PNNL-SA-99533.
  • Keeter K., K. Keeter, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, A. Barabash, and F. Bertrand, et al. 2013. "THE MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: OVERVIEW AND STATUS UPDATE." In Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, edited by R Tatina, et al, 92, 7-11. Vermillion, South Dakota:South Dakota Academy of Sciences. PNNL-SA-100976.
  • Seifert A., C.E. Aalseth, R. Bonicalzi, T.W. Bowyer, A.R. Day, E.S. Fuller, and D.A. Haas, et al. 2013. "Calibration of an Ultra-Low-Background Proportional Counter for Measuring 37Ar." In Low Radioactivity Techniques 2013 (LRT 2013): Proceedings of the IV International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques, April 10-12, 2013, Assergi, Italy. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by L Miramonti and LPandola, 1549, 26-29. Melville, New York:AIP Publishing. PNNL-SA-96364. doi:10.1063/1.4818068

2012

  • Giovanetti G.K., E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, J. Beene, and M. Bergevin, et al. 2012. "Dark matter sensitivities of the Majorana Demonstrator." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 375. PNNL-SA-102006. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/012014
  • Phillips D., E. Aguayo Navarrete, F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, M. Bergevin, and M. Bergevin, et al. 2012. "The MAJORANA experiment: an ultra-low background search for neutrinoless double-beta decay." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 381, no. 1:Article No. 012044. PNNL-SA-83504. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/381/1/012044
  • Schubert A.G., E. Aguayo, F.T. Avignone, C. Zhang, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, and M. Bergevin, et al. 2012. "The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of Germanium-76." In 91th Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC11), July 24-29, 2011, Cambridge, Massachusetts. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by SG Steadman, GSF Stephans and FE Taylor, 1441, Article No. 480. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-101296. doi:10.1063/1.3700592

2011

  • Aalseth C.E., A.R. Day, D.A. Haas, E.W. Hoppe, B.J. Hyronimus, M.E. Keillor, and E.K. Mace, et al. 2011. "Measurement of 37Ar to support technology for On-site Inspection under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 652, no. 1:58-61. PNNL-SA-73256. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.135
  • 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
  • Aguayo E., J.E. Fast, E.W. Hoppe, M.E. Keillor, J.D. Kephart, R.T. Kouzes, and B.D. LaFerriere, et al. 2011. "The Majorana Demonstrator." In Proceedings of the Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society (DPF-2011), August 9-13, 2011, Providence, Rhode Island, edited by T Speer. College Park, Maryland:American Physical Society. PNNL-SA-102130.
  • Aguayo E., R.T. Kouzes, and J.L. Orrell. 2011. "Simulations for Tracking Cosmogenic Activation in Germanium and Copper." In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2011), October 23-29, 2011, Valencia, Spain, 1-4. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-83716. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.7245316
  • Aguayo Navarrete E., F.T. Avignone, H.O. Back, A.S. Barabash, M. Bergevin, M. Bergevin, and F. Bertrand, et al. 2011. "The MAJORANA Experiment." In AIP Conference Proceedings: Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements (MEDEX `11), June 13-16, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic, 1417. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-87225. doi:10.1063/1.3671044
  • Egnatuk C.M., J. Lowrey, S. Biegalski, T.W. Bowyer, D.A. Haas, J.L. Orrell, and V.T. Woods, et al. 2011. "Production of 37Ar in The University of Texas TRIGA reactor facility." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 291, no. 1:257-260. PNNL-SA-78278. doi:10.1007/s10967-011-1254-0
  • 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
  • Fast J.E., C.A. Bonebrake, K.E. Dorow, B.D. Glasgow, J.L. Jensen, S.J. Morris, and J.L. Orrell, et al. 2010. "Initial Field Measurements with the Multisensor Airborne Radiation Survey (MARS) High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detector Array." In IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST 2010), November 8-10, 2010, Waltham, MA, 374 - 378. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-73631. doi:10.1109/THS.2010.5654937

2009

  • 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
  • Guiseppe V., C.E. Aalseth, M. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Ammann, J.F. Amsbaugh, F.T. Avignone, and H.O. Back, et al. 2009. "The MAJORANA Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment." In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS '08), October 19-25, 2008, Dresden, Germany, 1793-1798. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-63781. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774740

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
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

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.
  • Seifert C.E., J.L. Orrell, D.E. Coomes, B.L. Lamarche, M. Bliss, K.G. Lynn, and K.A. Jones, et al. 2005. "Performance of CdZnTe detectors grown by low-pressure Bridgman." In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 3, 1383-1385. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-47448. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596577

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