Bulletin of the American Physical Society

4th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan

Volume 59, Number 10

Tuesday–Saturday, October 7–11, 2014; Waikoloa, Hawaii

Session Index

Session KM: Mini-Symposium on Technological Developments for Low-Radioactivity Background Experiments	Show Abstracts
Chair: Alan Poon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Kona 5

Saturday, October 11, 2014 9:00AM - 9:30AM		KM.00001: Overview of detector technologies in low-radioactivity-background experiments Invited Speaker: Ryuta Hazama Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 9:30AM - 9:45AM		KM.00002: The LBNL Low Background Facility - Services and Recent Updates Keenan Thomas, Alan Smith, Eric Norman, Yuen-Dat Chan, Alan Poon, Kevin Lesko Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 9:45AM - 10:00AM		KM.00003: Study of $^{180}$Ta$^{\mathrm{m}}$ Lifetime by using HPGe Detector at Kamioka Underground Observatory W.M. Chan, T. Kishimoto, K. Suzuki, K. Matsuoka, S. Umehara, S. Yoshida, M. Nomachi, T. Iida, K. Nakajima, N. Nakatani, H. Kakubata, W. Wang, V.T.T. Trang, T. Ohata, K. Tetsuno, D. Tanaka, T. Maeda Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:00AM - 10:15AM		KM.00004: Neutron Activation Analysis for Low Energy Particle Physics Experiments Christopher Grant Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:15AM - 10:30AM		KM.00005: Low background counting of 222Rn, 220Rn and 219Rn with electrostatic counters Brian Mong Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:30AM - 10:45AM		KM.00006: Design of a low background cryostat for a 1.3 kg low-noise, high purity germanium gamma-ray spectrometer John Orrell, Craig Aalseth, Juan Collar, Jim Colaresi, Jim Fast, Todd Hossbach, Cory Overman, Brent VanDevender, Mike Yocum Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:45AM - 11:00AM		KM.00007: Looking at Low-Background Nuclear Astrophysics Measurements using CASPAR Daniel Robertson, Manoel Couder, Uwe Greife, Hyo Soon Jung, Kiana Setoodehnia, Michael Wiescher, Doug Wells Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:00AM - 11:15AM		KM.00008: Background Studies of CANDLES for Double Beta Decays of $^{48}$Ca Hidekazu Kakubata Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:15AM - 11:30AM		KM.00009: A Time of Flight Background Rejection Technique for Low Temperature Calorimeters Johnny Goett Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:30AM - 11:45AM		KM.00010: Design of a Low Background Liquid Scintillation Counter for a Shallow Underground Laboratory John Orrell, Craig Aalseth, Bruce Bernacki, Matt Douglas, Jennifer Erchinger, Erin Fuller, Martin Keillor, Shannon Morley, Crystal Mullen, Mark Panisko, Sarah Shaff, Glen Warren, Michael Wright Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:45AM - 12:00PM		KM.00011: Nuclear Physics Backgrounds for Liquid Argon Neutrino Detectors Victor Gehman, Kelsey Oliver-Mallory, Kate Scholberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:00PM - 12:15PM		KM.00012: Large-size germanium crystal growth for rare event physics Dongming Mei, Guojian Wang, Hao Mei, Yutong Guan, Gang Yang, Jayesh Govani Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:15PM - 12:30PM		KM.00013: Study Well-Shaped Germanium Detectors for Low-background Counting Wenzhao Wei, Dongming Mei, Chao Zhang Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

4th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan

Volume 59, Number 10

Tuesday–Saturday, October 7–11, 2014; Waikoloa, Hawaii

Session Index

Session KM: Mini-Symposium on Technological Developments for Low-Radioactivity Background Experiments

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