Top Highlights

Recent Papers and Results

1. Search for hep solar neutrinos and the diffuse supernova neutrino background using all three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory – J.F. Wilkerson, Phys. Rev. D, 102, (2020) 062006.
2. Suppression of Penning discharges between the KATRIN spectrometers – J.F. Wilkerson, Eur. Phys. J. C, 80, (2020) 821.
3. Electromagnetic modeling and science reach of DMRadio-m33
4. Projected sensitivity of DMRadio-m3: A search for the QCD axion below 1 μeV – Phys. Rev. D 106 (2022) 10, 103008.
5. Introducing DMRadio-GUT, a search for GUT-scale QCD axions
6. Search for Lorentz-Invariance Violation with the first KATRIN data
7. Search for keV-scale Sterile Neutrinos with first KATRIN Data
8. New Constraint on the Local Relic Neutrino Background Overdensity with the First KATRIN Data Runs – Phys. Rev. Lett. 129 (2022) 1, 011806.
9. Improved eV-scale sterile-neutrino constraints from the second KATRIN measurement campaign – Phys. Rev. D 105 (2022) 7, 072004.
10. Search for electron-neutrino transitions to sterile states in the BEST experiment – Phys. Rev. C 105 (2022) 6, 065502.
11. Search for Low-Mass Axion Dark Matter with ABRACADABRA-10 cm – Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 081801, 2021.
12. Results from the Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST) – J.F. Wilkerson, arXiv:2109.11482
13. ADC Nonlinearity Correction for the Majorana Demonstrator – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, IEEE Nucl. Sci., 68, (2021), 359.
14. Signatures of muonic activation in the Majorana Demonstrator – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, Phys. Rev. C, 105 (2022) 014617.
15. Energy Calibration of Germanium Detectors for the Majorana Demonstrator – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, arXiv:2306.08661
16. Constraints on the decay of 180mTa – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, arXiv:2306.01965 [nucl-ex]
17. Charge trapping correction and energy performance of the Majorana Demonstrator – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, Phys. Rev. C, 107 (2023) 045503.
18. Interpretable boosted-decision-tree analysis for the Majorana Demonstrator – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, Phys. Rev. C, 107 (2023) 014321.
19. Final Result of the Majorana Demonstrator’s Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in 76Ge – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 130 (2023) 062501.
20. Majorana Demonstrator Data Release for AI/ML Applications – M.P. Green, J. Gruszko, R. Henning, J.F. Wilkerson, arXiv:2308.10856

Senior Theses

• Leone, G. (2022). Characterizing the Pulse Shape Discrimination Capabilities of a Novel High Purity Germanium Ring-Contact Detector.
• Marshall, T. (2020). Investigation of Pulse Shape Discrimination Using a Convolutional Autoencoder for the Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions.
• Bruff, M. (2020). Compact low-noise RF resonator for cryogenic trapped ion quantum computer.
• Pagan, S. (2019). A Surface Low Energy Characterization Technique for High Purity Germanium Detectors.
• Smith, D. (2017). Identification and Removal of Low Energy Noise Events in the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Through Wavelet Transforms.
• Salemi, C. (2017). Magnet Simulations for ABRACADABRA.
• Nance, J. (2017). Investigation into Alpha Particle Backgrounds in the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR.
• Petersburg, R. (2015). Electromagnet Design and Geometric Considerations for a Positronium CP Violation Experiment.
• Longfellow, B. (2015). Construction and Simulation of a 1 MeV Electron Accelerator for High Precision Beta Decay Studies.
• Hays, T. (2014). Formation of Ge-71 via Thermal Neutron Capture.
• Zitin, A. (2014). Search for solar axion signals via Bragg scattering with germanium detectors.

Dissertations

• Othman, G. (2021). The CAGE Scanner: Investigating Surface Backgrounds in High-Purity Germanium Detectors.
• Meijer, S. (2019). Precision Modeling of Germanium Detector Waveforms For Rare Event Searches.
• Rager, J. (2019). A Search for Bosonic Dark Matter with the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR.
• Mac Mullin, J. (2015). Validation of the Background Model for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School.
• Vorren, K. (2017). A Direct Search for Dark Matter with the Majorana Demonstrator.
• Shanks, B. (2017). High precision modeling of germanium detector waveforms using Bayesian machine learning.
• Wierman, K. (2016). Studies of Charge Accumulation In The KATRIN Main Spectrometer.
• Trimble, J. (2016). Low-background Germanium Radioassay for the Majorana Collaboration.
• Giovanetti, G. (2015). P-TYPE POINT CONTACT GERMANIUM DETECTORS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN RARE-EVENT SEARCHES. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School.
• Corona, T. (2014). Methodology and Application of High Performance Electrostatic Field Simulation in the KATRIN Experiment. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School.