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PNNL Publications

2024

• Ashtari Esfahani A., S. Boser, N.G. Buzinsky, M.C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Claessens, L. De Viveiros, and P.J. Doe, et al. 2024. "Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy of Electrons from Tritium Beta Decay and 83mKr Internal Conversion." Physical Review C 109, no. 3:Art. No. 035503. PNNL-SA-182895. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.109.035503
• 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

• Ashtari Esfahani A., S. Boser, N.G. Buzinsky, M.C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Claessens, L. De Viveiros, and M. Fertl, et al. 2023. "SYNCA: A Synthetic Cyclotron Antenna for the Project 8 Collaboration." Journal of Instrumentation 18, no. 1:Art. No. P01034. PNNL-SA-179092. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/18/01/P01034
• Ashtari Esfahani A., S. Boser, N.G. Buzinsky, M.C. Carmona-Benitez, C. Claessens, L. De Viveiros, and P.J. Doe, et al. 2023. "Tritium Beta Spectrum Measurement and Neutrino Mass Limit from Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy." Physical Review Letters 131, no. 10:Art. No. 102502. PNNL-SA-180658. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.102502
• Byron W., H. Harrington, R. Taylor, W. Degraw, N. Buzinsky, B. Dodson, and M. Fertl, et al. 2023. "First observation of cyclotron radiation from MeV-scale e± following nuclear ß decay." Physical Review Letters 131, no. 8:Art. No. 082502. PNNL-33312. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.082502
• 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

2022

• Ashtari Esfahani A., Z. Bogorad, S. Boser, N.G. Buzinsky, C. Claessens, L. De Viveiros, and M. Fertl, et al. 2022. "Viterbi Decoding of CRES Signals in Project 8." New Journal of Physics 24, no. 5:Art. No. 053013. PNNL-SA-169354. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ac66f6
• VanDevender B.A., A.L. Gorham, X. Huyan, C.M. Jackson, S.M. Lyons, N.S. Solomon-Oblath, and S. Sharma Poudel. 2022. Rapid Acceleration of Outcomes in Physics: Final Report for the Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology (NPAC) Umbrella Project. PNNL-33439. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Rapid Acceleration of Outcomes in Physics: Final Report for the Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology (NPAC) Umbrella Project

2020

• Ashtari Esfahani A., S. Boser, N.G. Buzinsky, R. Cervantes, C. Claessens, L. De Viveiros, and M. Fertl, et al. 2020. "Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy Signal Classification with machine Learning in Project 8." New Journal of Physics 22, no. 3:Article No. 033004. PNNL-SA-146046. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ab71bd
• Schram M., M. Thomas, K.M. Fox, B.H. LaRoque, B.A. VanDevender, N.S. Solomon-Oblath, and D.E. Cowley. 2020. "Distributed Computing for the Project 8 Experiment." In 24th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2019). EPJ Web Conference, 245, Paper No. 03030. Paris:EDP Sciences. PNNL-SA-158419. doi:10.1051/epjconf/202024503030
• 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

• Ashtari Esfahani A., S. Boser, N.G. Buzinsky, R. Cervantes, C. Claessens, L. De Viveiros, and M. Fertl, et al. 2019. "Locust: C++ software for simulation of RF detection." New Journal of Physics 21, no. 11:Article No. 113051. PNNL-SA-145576. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ab550d
• Ashtari Esfahani A., V. Bansal, S. Boser, N.G. Buzinsky, R. Cervantes, C. Claessens, and L. de Viveiros, et al. 2019. "Electron Radiated Power in Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy Experiments." Physical Review C 99, no. 5:Article No. 055501. PNNL-SA-140989. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.99.055501

2017

• Ashtari Esfahani A., D.M. Asner, S. Boser, R. Cervantes, C. Claessens, L.A. De Viveiros Souza Filho, and P.J. Doe, et al. 2017. "Determining the Neutrino Mass with Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy - Project 8." Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 44, no. 5:Article No. 054004. PNNL-25965. doi:10.1088/1361-6471/aa5b4f
• McDonald B.S., B.A. VanDevender, L.S. Wood, T.W. Jacomb-Hood, J.E. Fast, S.E. Sarnoski, and M.P. Dion, et al. 2017. "Spatially-resolved HPGe Gamma-ray Spectroscopy of Swipe Samples." In Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM 2017), July 16-20, 2017, Indian Wells, California, 3, 1523-1532. Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois:INMM. PNNL-SA-126698.
• Sarnoski S.E., J.E. Fast, B.G. Fulsom, A.J. Gilbert, T.W. Jacomb-Hood, B.A. VanDevender, and L.S. Wood. 2017. "Measurement of the 235U Induced Fission Gamma-ray Spectrum as an Active Non-destructive Assay of Fresh Nucleear Fuel." In Proceedings of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting (INMM 2017), July 16-20, 2017, Indian Wells, California. Deerfield, Illinois:Institute for Nuclear Materials Management. PNNL-SA-126336.

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
• Gilbert A.J., J.E. Fast, B.G. Fulsom, W.K. Pitts, B.A. VanDevender, and L.S. Wood. 2016. "Systematic Uncertainties in High-Rate Germanium Data." In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2015), October 31-November 7, 2015, San Diego, California. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-114666. doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581931
• Robinson J.W., C.E. Aalseth, M.P. Dion, C.T. Overman, A. Seifert, and B.A. VanDevender. 2016. "Simulations of Electron Avalanches in an Ultra-Low-Background Proportional Counter." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 810. PNNL-SA-114448. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.123

2015

• 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
• Asner D.M., R. Bradley, L.A. De Viveiros Souza Filho, P.J. Doe, J.L. Fernandes, M. Fertl, and E.C. Finn, et al. 2015. "Single-electron detection and spectroscopy via relativistic cyclotron radiation." Physical Review Letters 114, no. 16:Article No. 162501. PNNL-SA-104834. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.162501
• Finn E.C., B.K. McNamara, L.R. Greenwood, R.S. Wittman, C.Z. Soderquist, V.T. Woods, and B.A. VanDevender, et al. 2015. "Modeling and production of 240Am by deuteron-induced activation of a 240Pu target." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 349. PNNL-SA-104002. doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2015.02.001

2014

• Dion M.P., J.E. Fast, E. Hull, D.C. Rodriguez, M.S. Taubman, B.A. VanDevender, and L.S. Wood, et al. 2014. "A Multi-Point Contact HPGe Detector." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 61, no. 6:3739-3746. PNNL-SA-101556. doi:10.1109/TNS.2014.2360497
• Fast J.E., B.D. Glasgow, D.C. Rodriguez, B.A. VanDevender, and L.S. Wood. 2014. "Isotopic Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel with an Ultra-High Rate HPGe Spectrometer." In 55th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM 2014), July 20-24, 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, 3, 2128-2137. Deerfield, Illinois:Institute of Nuclear Materials Management. PNNL-SA-103268.
• VanDevender B.A., M.P. Dion, J.E. Fast, D.C. Rodriguez, M.S. Taubman, C.D. Wilen, and L.S. Wood, et al. 2014. "High-Purity Germanium Spectroscopy at Rates in Excess of 10^{6} Events/s." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 61, no. 5:2619-2627. PNNL-SA-100929. doi:10.1109/TNS.2014.2357059
• Wall B.L., J.F. Amsbaugh, A. Beglarian, T. Bergmann, H.C. Bichsel, L.I. Bodine, and N.M. Boyd, et al. 2014. "Dead layer on silicon p-i-n diode charged-particle detectors." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 744. PNNL-SA-95585. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.12.048

2013

• 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
• 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
• Doe P.J., J.N. Kofron, L. MCBride, R. Robertson, L. Rosenberg, G. Rybka, and S. Doelman, et al. 2013. "Project 8: Determining neutrino mass from tritium beta decay using a frequency-based method." In Planning the Future of U.S. Particle Physics: The Snowmass 2013 Proceedings, July 29-August 6, 2013, Minneapolis, Minnesota, edited by NA Graf, ME Peskin and JL Rosner, Paper No. 170. Menlo Park, California:SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. PNNL-SA-98737.
• VanDevender B.A., D.M. Asner, M. Bahr, R. Bradley, S. Doeleman, A.M. Jones, and J.L. Fernandes, et al. 2013. "Project 8: Precision Electron Specroscopy to Measure the Mass of the Neutrino." In 11th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP 2012), May 29-June 3, 2012, St. Petersburg, Florida. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by B Flemming, 1560, 237-239. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-90350. doi:10.1063/1.4826762