An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO

Tsang, R. H.M.; Piepke, A.; Al Kharusi, S.; Angelico, E.; Arnquist, I. J.; Atencio, A.; Badhrees, I.; Bane, J.; Belov, V.; Bernard, E. P.; Bhat, A.; Bhatta, T.; Bolotnikov, A.; Breur, P. A.; Brodsky, J. P.; Brown, E.; Brunner, T.; Caden, E.; Cao, G. F.; Cao, L. Q.; Cesmecioglu, D.; Chambers, C.; Chambers, E.; Chana, B.; Charlebois, S. A.; Chernyak, D.; Chiu, M.; Cleveland, B.; Cohen, J. R.; Collister, R.; Cvitan, M.; Dalmasson, J.; Darroch, L.; Deslandes, K.; DeVoe, R.; di Vacri, M. L.; Ding, Y. Y.; Dolinski, M. J.; Echevers, J.; Eckert, B.; Elbeltagi, M.; Elmansali, R.; Fabris, L.; Fairbank, W.; Farine, J.; Fu, Y. S.; Gallacher, D.; Gallina, G.; Gautam, P.; Giacomini, G.; Gillis, W.; Gingras, C.; Goeldi, D.; Gornea, R.; Gratta, G.; Guan, Y. D.; Hardy, C. A.; Hedges, S.; Heffner, M.; Hein, E.; Holt, J.; Hoppe, E. W.; House, A.; Hunt, W.; Iverson, A.; Jamil, A.; Jiang, X. S.; Karelin, A.; Kaufman, L. J.; Kotov, I.; Krücken, R.; Kuchenkov, A.; Kumar, K. S.; Larson, A.; Leach, K. G.; Lenardo, B. G.; Leonard, D. S.; Li, G.; Li, S.; Li, Z.; Licciardi, C.; Lindsay, R.; MacLellan, R.; Mahtab, M.; Majidi, S.; Malbrunot, C.; Martel-Dion, P.; Masbou, J.; Massacret, N.; McMichael, K.; Mong, B.; Moore, D. C.; Murray, K.; Nattress, J.; Natzke, C. R.; Ngwadla, X. E.; Ni, K.; Nolan, A.; Nowicki, S. C.; Nzobadila Ondze, J. C.; Orrell, J. L.; Ortega, G. S.; Overman, C. T.; Peltz-Smalley, H.; Perna, A.; Pinto Franco, T.; Pocar, A.; Pratte, J. -F.; Radeka, V.; Raguzin, E.; Rasiwala, H.; Ray, D.; Rebeiro, B. M.; Rescia, S.; Retière, F.; Richardson, G.; Ringuette, J.; Riot, V.; Rowson, P. C.; Roy, N.; Rudolph, L.; Saldanha, R.; Sangiorgio, S.; Schwartz, S.; Soderstrom, J.; Soma, A. K.; Spadoni, F.; Stekhanov, V.; Sun, X. L.; Teimoori Barakoohi, E.; Thibado, S.; Tidball, A.; Totev, T.; Triambak, S.; Tsang, T.; Tyuka, O. A.; Underwood, R.; van Bruggen, E.; Veeraraghavan, V.; Vidal, M.; Viel, S.; Walent, M.; Wamba, K.; Wang, Q. D.; Wang, W.; Wang, Y. G.; Watts, M.; Wei, W.; Wen, L. J.; Wichoski, U.; Wilde, S.; Worcester, M.; Wu, S.; Wu, X. M.; Yang, H.; Yang, L.; Yvaine, M.; Zeldovich, O.; Zhao, J.; Ziegler, T.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168477

Title: An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO

Journal Article · 22 June 2023 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168477 · OSTI ID:1988158

Tsang, R. H.M. ^[1];

; Al Kharusi, S.; Angelico, E.;

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; Badhrees, I.; Bane, J.; Belov, V.;

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; Bhatta, T.; Bolotnikov, A.;

; Brodsky, J. P.; Brown, E.;

;

; Cao, L. Q. more »

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); nEXO Collaboration. et al.

Large-scale low-background detectors are increasingly used in rare-event searches as experimental collaborations push for enhanced sensitivity. However, building such detectors, in practice, creates an abundance of radioassay data especially during the conceptual phase of an experiment when hundreds of materials are screened for radiopurity. A tool is needed to manage and make use of the radioassay screening data to quantitatively assess detector design options. We have developed a Materials Database Application for the nEXO experiment to serve this purpose. Here, this paper describes this database application, explains how it functions, and discusses how it streamlines the design of the experiment.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: nEXO Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-01ER41166; SC0017970; SC0012704; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725; AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1988158

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1991966; OSTI ID: 2202757; OSTI ID: 2204122; OSTI ID: 2281130; OSTI ID: 2325334; OSTI ID: 2329505; OSTI ID: 2342107

Report Number(s):: BNL-224902-2023-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-856595; LLNL-JRNL-853893; PNNL-SA-195900

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 1055; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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