NSR Query Results
Output year order : Descending NSR database version of April 26, 2024. Search: Author = S.W.MacDonald Found 5 matches. 2020PH01 Phys.Rev. C 102, 035503 (2020) N.S.Phan, V.Cianciolo, S.M.Clayton, S.A.Currie, R.Dipert, T.M.Ito, S.W.T.MacDonald, C.M.O'Shaughnessy, J.C.Ramsey, G.M.Seidel, E.Smith, E.Tang, Z.Tang, W.Yao Effect of an electric field on liquid helium scintillation produced by fast electrons ATOMIC PHYSICS He(e-, γ), E=364-391 keV, [conversion electrons from 113Sn ϵ decay]; He(α, γ), E=5388-5544 keV, [from 241Am α decay]; measured scintillation light yields and spectra produced by fast electrons and α particles stopped in liquid helium (LHe) in the temperature range of 0.44 K to 3.12 K using Medium-Scale High Voltage (MSHV) Test Apparatus, and Hamamatsu R7725 photomuliplier tube (PMT); deduced temperature and electric field dependence of electron and α prompt scintillations, recombination survival probability as a function of time, and apparent temperature dependence of the reduction of scintillations for electrons due to finite ion recombination time and signal integration time. Relevance of liquid He detector for solar neutrino detection, search for electric dipole moment of neutron, measurement of the free neutron lifetime, and detection of light dark-matter particles.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.102.035503
2019CA17 Phys.Rev. C 100, 015501 (2019) N.Callahan, C.-Y.Liu, F.Gonzalez, E.Adamek, J.D.Bowman, L.Broussard, S.M.Clayton, S.Currie, C.Cude-Woods, E.B.Dees, X.Ding, W.Fox, P.Geltenbort, K.P.Hickerson, M.A.Hoffbauer, A.T.Holley, A.Komives, S.W.T.MacDonald, M.Makela, C.L.Morris, J.D.Ortiz, R.W.Pattie, J.Ramsey, D.J.Salvat, A.Saunders, E.I.Sharapov, S.K.L.Sjue, Z.Tang, J.Vanderwerp, B.Vogelaar, P.L.Walstrom, Z.Wang, H.Weaver, W.Wei, J.Wexler, A.R.Young Monte Carlo simulations of trapped ultracold neutrons in the UCNt experiment RADIOACTIVITY 1n(β-); calculated neutron dynamics, trajectory and neutron detection rate in Ultra-cold neutron (UCN) magneto-gravitational neutron trap by developing an in-depth Monte Carlo model for the UCNτ experiments. Discussed implications of chaotic dynamics on controlling the systematic effects, such as spectral cleaning and microphonic heating, for a successful UCN lifetime experiment to reach 0.01% level of precision.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.100.015501
2018IT01 Phys.Rev. C 97, 012501 (2018) T.M.Ito, E.R.Adamek, N.B.Callahan, J.H.Choi, S.M.Clayton, C.Cude-Woods, S.Currie, X.Ding, D.E.Fellers, P.Geltenbort, S.K.Lamoreaux, C.-Y.Liu, S.MacDonald, M.Makela, C.L.Morris, R.W.Pattie, J.C.Ramsey, D.J.Salvat, A.Saunders, E.I.Sharapov, S.Sjue, A.P.Sprow, Z.Tang, H.L.Weaver, W.Wei, A.R.Young Performance of the upgraded ultracold neutron source at Los Alamos National Laboratory and its implication for a possible neutron electric dipole moment experiment RADIOACTIVITY 1n(β-); measured cold neutron time of arrival (TOA) spectrum, UCN density, dUCNcounts normalized to the UCN monitor detector near the exit of the biological shield using upgraded ultracold neutron (UCN) source at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Discussed implication for a possible neutron electric dipole moment (EDM) experiment.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.97.012501
2018PA53 Science 360, 627 (2018) R.W.Pattie, N.B.Callahan, C.Cude-Woods, E.R.Adamek, L.J.Broussard, S.M.Clayton, S.A.Currie, E.B.Dees, X.Ding, E.M.Engel, D.E.Fellers, W.Fox, P.Geltenbort, K.P.Hickerson, M.A.Hoffbauer, A.T.Holley, A.Komives, C.-Y.Liu, S.W.T.MacDonald, M.Makela, C.L.Morris, J.D.Ortiz, J.Ramsey, D.J.Salvat, A.Saunders, S.J.Seestrom, E.I.Sharapov, S.K.Sjue, Z.Tang, J.Vanderwerp, B.Vogelaar, P.L.Walstrom, Z.Wang, W.Wei, H.L.Weaver, J.W.Wexler, T.L.Womack, A.R.Young, B.A.Zeck Measurement of the neutron lifetime using a magneto-gravitational trap and in situ detection RADIOACTIVITY 1NN(β-); measured T1/2 of free neutron using ultracold neutrons stored in a magneto-gravitational trap at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center UCN facility. Comparison with previous measurements.
doi: 10.1126/science.aan8895
2018TA18 Phys.Rev.Lett. 121, 022505 (2018) Z.Tang, M.Blatnik, L.J.Broussard, J.H.Choi, S.M.Clayton, C.Cude-Woods, S.Currie, D.E.Fellers, E.M.Fries, P.Geltenbort, F.Gonzalez, K.P.Hickerson, T.M.Ito, C.-Y.Liu, S.W.T.MacDonald, M.Makela, C.L.Morris, C.M.O'Shaughnessy, R.W.Pattie, B.Plaster, D.J.Salvat, A.Saunders, Z.Wang, A.R.Young, B.A.Zeck Search for the Neutron Decay n → X + γ, Where X is a Dark Matter Particle RADIOACTIVITY 1NN(γ); measured decay products, Eγ, Iγ; deduced lack of the possibility of a sufficiently strong branch to explain the lifetime discrepancy with 97% confidence.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.022505
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