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Study of alpha background in a dark matter detector
Alpha background, specifically from radon and its progeny in the uranium and thorium chains, has been a major issue in dark matter detectors. This work focuses on alpha background presence in the DMTPC experiment by examining the energy distribution and the rate of alpha tracks in detector's …
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Identification and Reduction of the Alpha Background, From 238U and 232Th Decay Chains, in the DEAP-3600 Experiment.
… interaction and its different types of background. The work presented in this thesis focuses on the identification and reduction of the background from alpha particle decays, from the $^{238}$U and $^{232}$Th decay chains. This was first undertaken with the development and deployment of …