BνL - McGill

Most recent publications

Neutrino physics publications
Ba-tagging publications
LoLX publications
Nuclear physics (TITAN related) publications
Theses

Neutrino physics (EXO-200 and nEXO) publications

Supernova Electron-Neutrino Interactions with Xenon in the nEXO Detector
S. Hedges et al., Submitted to Phys. Rev. D (2024), arXiv:2405.19419.

First direct ⁷Be electron capture Q-value measurement towards high-precision BSM neutrino physics searches
R. Bhandari et al., Submitted to Physical Review Letter (2023), arXiv:2308.13379.

Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos (FSNN): Whitepaper for the 2023 NSAC Long Range Plan
B. Acharya et al., arXiv:2304.03451.

Search for two-neutrino double-beta decay of ¹³⁶Xe to the 0 + 1 excited state of ¹³⁶Ba with the complete EXO-200 dataset
S. Al Kharusi et al., Chin. Phys. C 47, no.10,103001 (2023), arXiv:2303.01103.

An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO
R. H. M. Tsang et al., NIMA 1055, 168477 (2023).

Generative adversarial networks for scintillation signal simulation in EXO-200
S. Li et al., JINST 18, P06005 (2023).

Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO
G. Gallina et al., Eur. Phys. J. C 82, 1125 (2022) .

Search for MeV Electron Recoils from Dark Matter in EXO-200
S. Al Kharusi et al., Phys. Rev. D 107, 012007, arXiv:2207.00897 (2022).

Development of a ¹²⁷ Xe calibration source for nEXO
B. G. Lenardo et al., JINST, 17, 07, P07028 (2022).

The EXO-200 detector, part II: auxiliary systems
N. Ackerman et al., JINST, 17, 02, P02015 (2022).

nEXO: neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond 10 ²⁸ year half-life sensitivity
G. Adhikari et al., J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 49 015104 (2022) .

Status and Perspectives of Neutrino Physics
M. S. Athar, et al., Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 124, 103947 (2022) , arXiv:2111.07586 .

Reflectivity of VUV-sensitive silicon photomultipliers in liquid Xenon
M. Wagenpfeil, et al., (nEXO), JINST 16 P08002 (2021), arXiv:2104.07997 .

Search for Majoron-emitting modes of 136Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset
S. Al Kharusi, et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. D 104, 112002 (2021) arXiv:2109.01327 .

SNEWS 2.0: A Next-Generation SuperNova Early Warning System for Multi-messenger Astronomy
S. Al Kharusi, et al., (SNEWS 2.0), New J. Phys. 23 031201 (2021) , arXiv:2011.00035 .

Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage
T. Stiegler, et al., (nEXO), NIMA 1000, 165239 (2021) , arXiv:2009.10231 .

Measurement of the Spectral Shape of the beta-decay of ¹³⁷ Xe to the Ground State of ¹³⁷ Cs in EXO-200 and Comparison with Theory
S. Al Kharusi, et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 232502 (2020) , arXiv:2002.00108 .

Reflectance of Silicon Photomultipliers at Vacuum Ultraviolet Wavelengths
P. Lv, et al., (nEXO), IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 67, 2501 (2020) , arXiv:1912.01841 .

Reflectivity and PDE of VUV4 Hamamatsu SiPMs in Liquid Xenon
P. Nakarmi, et al., (nEXO), JINST 15, P01019 (2020) , arXiv:1910.06438 .

Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode
O. Njoya, et al., (nEXO), NIM A 972, 163965 (2020) , arXiv:1911.11580 .

Simulation of charge readout with segmented tiles in nEXO
Z. Li, et al., (nEXO), JINST 14, P09020 (2019) , arXiv:1907.07512 .

Measurement of the scintillation and ionization response of liquid xenon at MeV energies in the EXO-200 experiment
G.Anton, et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. C 101, 065501 (2020) arXiv:1908.04128 .

Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO
G.Gallina, et al., (nEXO), NIMA 940, 371 (2019) , arXiv:1903.03663 .

Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset
G. Anton et al. (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 161802 (2019) , arxiv:1906.02723

Study of Silicon Photomultiplier Performance in External Electric Fields
X.L. Sun, et al., (nEXO), JINST 13, T09006 (2018) , arXiv:1807.03007 .

VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO
A. Jamil, et al., (nEXO), IEEE TNP (2018) , arXiv:1806.02220 .

nEXO Pre-Conceptual Design Report
S. Al Kharusi, et al., (nEXO), arXiv:1805.11142v2 .

Deep Neural Networks for Energy and Position Reconstruction in EXO-200
S. Delaquis, et al., (EXO-200), JINST 13, P08023 (2018) , arXiv:1804.09641 .

Characterization of an Ionization Readout Tile for nEXO
M. Jewell, et al., (nEXO), JINST 13, P01006 (2018) , arXiv:1710.05109 .

Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of nEXO to Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
J.B. Albert, et al., (nEXO), Phys. Rev. C. 97 065503 (2018) , arXiv:1710.05075 .

Search for nucleon decays with EXO-200
J.B. Albert, et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. D. 97, 072007 (2018) , arXiv:1710.07670 .

Searches for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the Upgraded EXO-200 Detector
J.B. Albert, et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 072701 (2018) , arXiv:1707.08707 .

Searching for 0νββ decay in ¹³⁶ Xe - towards the tonne-scale and beyond
T. Brunner and L. Winslow, Nuclear Physics News 27(3), 14 (2017) , arXiv:1704.01528 .

Searching for 0νββ decay of ¹³⁴ Xe with EXO-200
J.B. Albert et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. D 96, 092001 (2017) , arXiv:1704.05042

Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200
D.S. Leonard et al., (EXO-200), NIM A 871, 169 (2017) , arXiv:1703.10799 .

Searches for Double Beta Decay of 134Xe with EXO-200
J.B. Albert et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. D 96, 092001 (2017) , arXiv:1704.05042 .

Measurement of the Drift Velocity and Transverse Diffusion of Electrons in Liquid Xenon with the EXO-200 Detector
J.B. Albert et al., (EXO-200), Phys. Rev. C 95, 025502 (2017) , arXiv:1609.04467 .

An Optimal Energy Estimator to Reduce Correlated Noise for the EXO-200 Light Readout
J.B. Albert et al., JINST 11, P07015 (2016) arXiv:1601.07266 [physics.ins-det] .

First Search for Lorentz and CPT Violation in Double Beta Decay with EXO-200
J.B. Albert et al., Phys. Rev. D. 93, 072001 (2016) arXiv:1605.06552 [nucl-ex] .

Cosmogenic Backgrounds to 0νββ in EXO-200
J.B. Albert et al., JCAP 04, 029 (2016) , arxiv:1512.06835 [nucl-ex] .

Search for 2νββ decay of ¹³⁶ Xe to the 0 ₁ ⁺ excited state of ¹³⁶ Ba with EXO-200
J.B. Albert et al., Phys. Rev. C 93, 035501 (2016) , arxiv:1511.04770 [nucl-ex]

Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of alpha and beta decay products in liquid xenon using EXO-200
J.B. Albert et al., Phys. Rev. C 92, 045504 (2015) .

Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200
J.B. Albert et al., Phys. Rev. C 92, 015503 (2015) .

Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay of ¹³⁶ Xe with EXO-200
J.B. Albert, et al., Phys. Rev. D 90, 092004 (2014) .

Search for Majorana neutrinos with the first two years of EXO-200 data
J.B. Albert, et al., Nature 510, 229 (2014) .
Also see an article on WIPP situation and a piece on the paper

An improved measurement of the 2νββ half-life of Xe-136 with EXO-200
J.B. Albert, et al., Phys. Rev. C 89, 015502 (2014) .

Ba-tagging publications

Ion Manipulation from Liquid Xe to Vacuum: Ba-Tagging for a nEXO Upgrade and Future 0νββ Experiments
D. Ray, et al., Atoms 12 (12), 71 (2024), .

Overcoming photobleaching in imaging of single barium atoms in a solid xenon matrix
M. Yvaine, et al., Phys. Rev. Research 6, 043193 (2024) arXiv:2407.00285.

Supernova Electron-Neutrino Interactions with Xenon in the nEXO Detector
S. Hedges, et al., arXiv:2405.19419 (2024).

Imaging of single barium atoms in a second matrix site in solid xenon for barium tagging in a 136Xe double beta decay experiment
M. Yvaine, et al., Submitted to Phys. Rev. A (2024), arXiv:2407.00285.

‘Searching for a needle in a haystack;’ A Ba-tagging approach for an upgraded nEXO experiment
H. Rasiwala, et al., NIM-B 541 298-300 (2022).

Characterization of a Spatially Resolved Multi-Element Laser Ablation Ion Source
K. Murray, et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom 472 116763 (2022), arXiv:2108.10758.

Imaging individual Ba atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO
C. Chambers, et al., Nature 569 203 (2019) , arXiv:1806.10694 .

Design of a Multiple-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Barium-tagging
K. Murray et al., Hyperfine Interact 240, 97 (2019).

An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases
T. Brunner, et al., Int. J. Mass Spec. 379, 110 (2015) , arXiv:1412.1144 .

Spectroscopy of Ba and Ba ⁺ deposits in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO
B. Mong, et al., Phys. Rev. A 91, 022505 (2015) , arXiv:1410.2624 .

An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe
K. Twelker et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 095114 (2014) , arXiv:1407.0618 .

LoLX publications

Simulation Study of Photon-to-Digital Converter (PDC) Timing Specifications for LoLX Experiment
N. V. H. Viet et al., Submitted to IEEE TNS (2023), arXiv:2310.18607.

Looking for Cherenkov light in liquid xenon with LoLX
L. Galli et al., NIMA 1047, 167876 (2023).

Nuclear physics (TITAN related) publications

Exploring the Western Shoreline of the Nuclear Chart: What Precision Mass Spectrometry with TITAN-TRIUMF Can Teach Us About Nuclear Existence
A. Czihaly et al., Submitted to ATOMS (2024) .

First direct ⁷Be electron capture Q-value measurement towards high-precision BSM neutrino physics searches
R. Bhandari et al., arXiv:2308.13379 (2023) .

Improved high-precision mass measurements of mid-shell neon isotopes
A. Jacobs et al., Nuclear Physics A 1033, 122636 (2023) .

Collision-Induced Dissociation at TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science
A. Jacobs et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrometry 482, 116931 (2022) .

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
C. Adams et al., arXiv:2212.11099 (2022),

Summit of the N=40 island of inversion: Precision mass measurements and ab initio calculations of neutron-rich chromium isotopes
R. Silwal et al., Phys. Lett. B 833, 137288 (2022),

Mapping the N=40 Island of Inversion: Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-rich Fe Isotopes
W. S. Porter et al., Phys. Rev. C 105, L041301 (2022),

Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches
A. Avasthi et al., Phys. Rev. D 104, 1120073 (2021),

Mass measurements of ^60-63 Ga reduce x-ray burst model uncertainties and extend the evaluated T = 1 isobaric multiplet mass equation
S. F. Paul et al., (TITAN), Phys. Rev. C 104, 065803 (2021),

Examining the nuclear mass surface of Rb and Sr isotopes in the A ≈ 104 region via precision mass measurements
I. Mukul et al., (TITAN), Phys. Rev. C 103, 044320 (2021),

Mass measurements of neutron-deficient Yb isotopes and nuclear structure at the extreme proton-rich side of the N = 82 shell
S. Beck, et al., (TITAN), Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 112501 (2021)

Mass measurements of neutron-rich indium isotopes for r -process studies
C. Izzo., (TITAN), Phys. Rev. C 103, 025811 (2021)

Mass measurements of neutron-rich gallium isotopes refine production of nuclei of the first r-process abundance peak in neutron-star merger calculations
M.P. Reiter et al., Phys. Rev. C 101, 025803 (2020) , arXiv:1810.11561 [nucl-ex] .

Measuring the half-life of n-rich ¹⁰⁰ Rb with the TITAN MR-TOF-MS
I. Mukul et al., (TITAN), J. Phys. Conf. Ser., 1643, 012057 (2020)

Improved beam diagnostics and optimization at ISAC via TITAN's MR-TOF-MS
M.P. Reiter et al., (TITAN), NIM B 463, 431 (2020)

Quenching of the N=32 neutron shell closure studied via precision mass measurements of neutron-rich vanadium isotopes
M.P. Reiter et al., Phys. Rev. C 98, 024310 (2018) .

Dawning of the N=32 Shell Closure Seen through Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Titanium Isotopes
E. Leistenschneider et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 062503 (2018) .

Decay Spectroscopy Of Highly Charged Radioactive Ions With Titan At TRIUMF
K. G. Leach, et al, (TITAN), PoS INPC2016, 097 (2017)

Electroweak Decay Studies of Highly Charged Radioactive Ions with TITAN at TRIUMF
K.G. Leach et al., Atoms 5(2017)14 arXiv:1611.06151 [nucl-ex] .

In-Trap Spectroscopy of Charge-Bred Radioactive Ions
A. Lennarz et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 082502 (2014) .

Theses

A ¹²⁷Xe Calibration Source for the LoLX Detector
Lisa Rudolph, MSc thesis (2024)

Precision mass measurements of neutron-deficient strontium and commissioning of an HPGe array for in-trap decay spectroscopy at the TITAN EBIT
Zachary Hockenbery, PhD thesis (2024)

Designing a Calibration System for the Outer Detector of the nEXO Experiment
Samin Majidi, MSc thesis (2023)

Spatially Resolved Laser Scanning for Large Area Testing of Silicon Photomultipliers
Chloe Gingras, MSc thesis (2023)

Design and Commissioning of a Multi-reflection Time-of-flight Mass-spectrometer for Barium Tagging with nEXO
Kevin Murray, PhD thesis (2023)

Development of a Linear Paul Trap for Ba-tagging in a nEXO upgrade
Hussain Rasiwala, MSc thesis (2022)

Development of an in-Xe-gas Laser Ablation Source for the Ba-tagging technique for nEXO
Melissa Medina Peregrina, MSc thesis (2021)

Development of a controlled Vacuum Ultraviolet Light Source for the Characterization and Testing of Silicon Photomultipliers for nEXO
Tsvetelin Totev, MSc thesis (2020)

Simulation Benchmarking and Equipment Characterization for the Ultracold Neutron Facility at TRIUMF
Berly Bell, MSc thesis (2020)

An Environmental Test Stand for Large Area Testing of Silicon Photomultipliers
Lucas Darroch, MSc thesis (2019)

Ab Initio Calculation of Atomic Ground State Energies using the In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group
David Livermore, MSc thesis (2019)

Operation of a germanium detector in the strong magnetic Field of TRIUMF's TITAN-EBIT
Zachary Hockenbery, MSc thesis (2018)

The design and optimization of a multi-reflection time-of-flight mass-spectrometer for Barium tagging with nEXO and optimization of the ¹³⁷ Xe veto with EXO-200
Kevin Murray, MSc thesis (2018)

A complete list of T. Brunner's publications is available at ORCID and at Google Scholar.