research areas

    search for neutrino-less double beta decay       

    low energy solar neutrino spectroscopy

    direct search for particle dark matter (WIMPs)

selected publications

1. 1.“A liquid xenon ionization chamber in an all-fluoropolymer vessel”, EXO collaboration, F. LePort, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 578, 409 (2007)  (arXiv:physics/0611183).
   

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2. 2.“Systematic study of trace radioactive impurities in candidate construction materials for EXO”,  EXO collaboration,  D. Leonard et al. Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 591,490 (2008) (arXiv:0709.4524).
   

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3. 3.“Direct Measurement of the 7Be Solar Neutrino Flux with 192 Days of Borexino Data”, Borexino Collaboration, C. Arpesella et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 091302 (2008)  (arXiv:0805.3843).
   

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4. 4.“Cosmogenic 11C production and sensitivity of organic scintillator detectors to pep and CNO neutrinos”, C. Galbiati, A. Pocar, D. Franco, A. Ianni, L. Cadonati, and S. Schönert,, Phys. Rev. C 71, 055805 (2005)  (arXiv:hep-ph/0411002).
   

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5. 5.“The nylon scintillator containment vessel for the Borexino solar neutrino experiment”, J. Benziger et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 582, 509 (2007)  (arXiv:physcis/0702162).