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Presentations, Technical Notes and Proceedings

Presentations, Technical Notes and Proceedings

Presentations Given At Conferences

Presentation at SNOLAB Workshop V on 2006-07-22.
Presentation at LRT 2010 on 2010-08-28.
Presentation at AARM 2012 Collaboration Meeting on 2012-06-22.
Presentation at Fermilab Research Technical Seminar on 2013-02-12.
Presentation at LRT 2013 on 2013-04-10.
Presentation at Laurentian University Department Seminar on 2013-10-08
Presentation at AARM 2014 Collaboration Meeting on 2014-03-20
Presentation at CAP 2015 on 2015-06-17
Presentation at TAUP 2015 on 2015-09-09
Presentation at CAP 2017 on 2017-06-01
Presentation at TAUP 2017 on 2017-07-26
Presentation at DULIA-BIO 2019 on 2019-11-05
Presentation at CAP 2023 on 2023-06-21
Presentation at TAUP 2023 on 2023-08-28
Presentation at CAP 2025 on 2025-06-10

Technical Notes

SNOLAB-STR-2006-013: A first look at the "hot Th source" with the SNOLAB Ge detector
SNOLAB-STR-2006-014: Status of the SNOLAB PGT Ge detector
SNOLAB-STR-2008-005: Measurement of the gamma activity of a NdCl3 sample with the SNOLAB Ge detector
SNOLAB-STR-2008-006: Measurement of the gamma activity of a Nd2O3 sample with the SNOLAB Ge detector
SNOLAB-STR-2008-007: Measurement of the Gamma Activity of a Gd2O3 Sample with the SNOLAB GeDetector
SNOLAB-STR-2008-008: Measurement of the Gamma Activity of Four Nd2O3 Samples From Stanford Materials
SNOLAB-STR-2010-002: Recent gamma activity measurements of several high-purity Nd samples with the SNOLAB Ge detector
SNOLAB-STR-2012-004: Measurement with Ge detector of vacuum dirt from SNOLAB floors
SNOLAB-STR-2013-001: Measurement of the counting efficiency of the SNOLAB Ge well detector
SNOLAB-STR-2014-004: Acquistion and Processing of Ge Detector Data at SNOLAB

Conference Proceedings

Proceedings from LRT 2010
Proceedings from LRT 2013
Proceedings from TAUP 2015
Proceedings from TAUP 2017
Proceedings from TAUP 2023

Publications

Activities of Gamma-ray emitting isotopes in rainwater from Greater Sudbury, Canada following the Fukushima incident: Can.J.Phys. 90 (2012) 599-603
Low Background Radiation Detection Techniques and Mitigation of Radioactive Backgrounds Front.in Phys. 8 (2020) 506

Radioactive Decay Chains

A schematic of the 238U, 235U, 232Th and 227Np decays chains showing the beta and alpha energies and instensities (pdf)
A schematic of the 238U, 235U, 232Th and 227Np decays chains showing the gamma energies and instensities (pdf)

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