Phillip S. Barbeau | Scholars@Duke

Phillip S. Barbeau
Associate Professor of Physics

Professor Barbeau’s research interests are predominantly in the fields of neutrino and astroparticle physics. His efforts are focused on (but not limited to) three major areas of research: studying the physics of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering; novel searches for the dark matter in our universe; and searches for zero neutrino double beta decay. The unifying aspect of the work is the common need for new and creative detector development in order to solve some of the “hard” problems in low-background rare-event detection.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019

Contact Information

426 Tunl, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90308, Durham, NC 27708-0308
psbarbeau@phy.duke.edu (919) 660-2629
Barbeau Group

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., The University of Chicago 2009
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017 - 2019
- Assistant Professor of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013 - 2017
Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University. 2018
- Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2014
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 18, 2019 Gizmodo
  
  A Huge Experiment Has 'Weighed' the Tiny Neutrino, a Particle That Passes Right Through Matter
- MAR 26, 2018 APS Focus
  
  Focus: Barium Ion Detector for Next-Generation Neutrino Studies
- DEC 18, 2017 Gizmodo
  
  How Physicists Recycled WWII Ships and Artillery to Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe
- AUG 15, 2017 APS News
  
  Researchers report on neutrino CP violation, neutrino scattering, and the Dark Energy Survey
- AUG 4, 2017 The Register
  
  Particle boffins show off 'cheap', cute little CosI, world's smallest neutrino detector
- AUG 3, 2017 EurekAlert!
  
  World's smallest neutrino detector finds big physics fingerprint
- AUG 3, 2017
  
  Worlds Smallest Neutrino Detector Makes Massive Discovery
- APR 5, 2017 LiveScience
  
  Hunt for Why We Exist Turns to Weird Atomic Decay
- APR 5, 2017 Gizmodo
  
  Scientists Are Getting Closer to Understanding Where All the Antimatter Has Gone
- JUN 5, 2014 Duke Research Blog
  
  Neutrino Hunters' Search Still Neutrinoless -- For Now
- APR 8, 2014 Duke Research
  
  Junkyard Physics
- APR 2, 2014 Phys Org
  
  Building a neutrino detector with scraps and ingenuity
- FEB 21, 2014 Duke Research Blog
  
  Touring the Planet’s Most Powerful Gamma Ray Source
- FEB 18, 2014
  
  Five Science Faculty Win Sloan Fellowships
- OCT 4, 2013
  
  Phil Barbeau: Physics' Search for Rare Events
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Studies of Nuclear Structure Using Neutrons and Charged Particles awarded by Department of Energy 1997 - 2023
- MTV Fellowship in Applied Antineutrino Physics - Tyler Johnson awarded by University of Michigan 2019 - 2022
- MRI Consortium: Development of an Array of Germanium Detectors for COHERENT at the Spallation Neutron Source awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2022
- REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Particle Physics at TUNL and Duke awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2022
- Research in High Energy Physics at Duke University awarded by Department of Energy 2013 - 2022
- MTV Fellowship in Applied Antineutrino Physics - Connor Awe awarded by University of Michigan 2019 - 2021
- Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering: A Tool to Search for New Physics awarded by Department of Energy 2015 - 2021
- Center for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC) Fellowship for Samuel Hedges awarded by North Carolina State University 2016 - 2020
- Center for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC) Fellowship for Connor Awe awarded by North Carolina State University 2016 - 2019
- REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics at TUNL/Duke University awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Studies of Nuclear Structure Using Neutrons and Charged Particles awarded by Department of Energy 1997 - 2019
- Sloan Foundation Early Career Award awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2014 - 2018
- Support for Grayson Rich at Oak Ridge National Laboratory awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2015 - 2016
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Seed Grant: Creating and Sustaining an Anti-racist Culture in the Duke Physics Department awarded by Duke Office of Faculty Advancement 2021
- Sloan Research Fellowship awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2014 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Akimov, D., P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, I. Bernardi, et al. “Monitoring the SNS basement neutron background with the MARS detector.” Journal of Instrumentation 17, no. 3 (March 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/03/P03021.
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  - Balogh, L., C. Beaufort, A. Brossard, J. F. Caron, M. Chapellier, J. M. Coquillat, E. C. Corcoran, et al. “Quenching factor measurements of neon nuclei in neon gas.” Physical Review D 105, no. 5 (March 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.052004.
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  - Ackerman, N., J. Albert, M. Auger, D. J. Auty, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, L. Bartoszek, et al. “The EXO-200 detector, part II: Auxiliary systems.” Journal of Instrumentation 17, no. 2 (February 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/02/P02015.
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  - Akimov, D., P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, I. Bernardi, et al. “Measurement of scintillation response of CsI[Na] to low-energy nuclear recoils by COHERENT,” November 3, 2021.
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  - Akimov, D., P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, I. Bernardi, et al. “First Probe of Sub-GeV Dark Matter Beyond the Cosmological Expectation with the COHERENT CsI Detector at the SNS,” October 21, 2021.
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  - Akimov, D., P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, I. Bernardi, et al. “Measurement of the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Cross Section on CsI by COHERENT,” October 14, 2021.
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  - Collaboration, C. O. H. E. R. E. N. T., D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, et al. “Simulating the neutrino flux from the Spallation Neutron Source for the COHERENT experiment,” September 22, 2021.
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  - Kharusi, S Al, G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, et al. “Search for Majoron-emitting modes of $^{136}$Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset.” Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 104, no. 11 (September 3, 2021).
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  - Balogh, L., C. Beaufort, A. Brossard, J. -. F. Caron, M. Chapellier, J. -. M. Coquillat, E. C. Corcoran, et al. “Quenching factor measurements of neon nuclei in neon gas.” Phys. Rev. D. 105 (September 2, 2021): 5.
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  - Akimov, D., P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, I. Bernardi, et al. “A D2O detector for flux normalization of a pion decay-at-rest neutrino source.” Journal of Instrumentation 16, no. 8 (August 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08048.
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  - Collaboration, L. E. G. E. N. D., N. Abgrall, I. Abt, M. Agostini, A. Alexander, C. Andreoiu, G. R. Araujo, et al. “LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report,” July 23, 2021.
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  - Ackerman, N., J. Albert, M. Auger, D. J. Auty, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, L. Bartoszek, et al. “The EXO-200 detector, part II: Auxiliary Systems,” July 13, 2021.
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  - Stiegler, T., S. Sangiorgio, J. P. Brodsky, M. Heffner, S. A. Kharusi, G. Anton, I. J. Arnquist, et al. “Event reconstruction in a liquid xenon Time Projection Chamber with an optically-open field cage.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1000 (June 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165239.
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  - Lv, P., G. F. Cao, L. J. Wen, S. A. Kharusi, G. Anton, I. J. Arnquist, I. Badhrees, et al. “Reflectance of Silicon Photomultipliers at Vacuum Ultraviolet Wavelengths.” Ieee Transactions on Nuclear Science 67, no. 12 (December 1, 2020): 2501–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2020.3035172.
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  - Awe, Connor, Phillip Barbeau, Alireza Haghighat, Sam Hedges, Tyler Johnson, Shengchao Li, Jonathan M. Link, et al. “Measurement of Proton Quenching in a Plastic Scintillator Detector,” November 22, 2020.
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  - Collaboration, C. O. H. E. R. E. N. T., D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, V. Belov, et al. “Development of a $^{83\mathrm{m}}$Kr source for the calibration of the CENNS-10 Liquid Argon Detector,” October 21, 2020.
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  - Weldon, R. A., J. M. Mueller, C. Awe, P. Barbeau, S. Hedges, L. Li, M. Mishra, and J. Mattingly. “Characterization of stilbene's scintillation anisotropy for recoil protons between 0.56 and 10 MeV.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 977 (October 11, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164178.
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  - Vahsen, S. E., C. A. J. O’Hare, W. A. Lynch, N. J. C. Spooner, E. Baracchini, P. Barbeau, J. B. R. Battat, et al. “CYGNUS: Feasibility of a nuclear recoil observatory with directional sensitivity to dark matter and neutrinos,” August 28, 2020.
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  - Njoya, O., T. Tsang, M. Tarka, W. Fairbank, K. S. Kumar, T. Rao, T. Wager, et al. “Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 972 (August 21, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163965.
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  - Collaboration, C. O. H. E. R. E. N. T., D. Akimov, J. B. Albert, P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, et al. “COHERENT Collaboration data release from the first detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering on argon,” June 22, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3903810.
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  - Al Kharusi, S., G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, et al. “Measurement of the Spectral Shape of the β-Decay of ^{137}Xe to the Ground State of ^{137}Cs in EXO-200 and Comparison with Theory.” Physical Review Letters 124, no. 23 (June 2020): 232502. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.232502.
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  - Anton, G., I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, M. Breidenbach, et al. “Measurement of the scintillation and ionization response of liquid xenon at MeV energies in the EXO-200 experiment.” Physical Review C 101, no. 6 (June 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.101.065501.
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  - Collaboration, C. O. H. E. R. E. N. T., D. Akimov, J. B. Albert, P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau, B. Becker, et al. “First Detection of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering on Argon,” March 25, 2020.
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  - Weldon, R. A., J. M. Mueller, P. Barbeau, and J. Mattingly. “Measurement of EJ-228 plastic scintillator proton light output using a coincident neutron scatter technique.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 953 (February 11, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163192.
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  - Nakarmi, P., I. Ostrovskiy, A. K. Soma, F. Retière, S. A. Kharusi, M. Alfaris, G. Anton, et al. “Reflectivity and PDE of VUV4 Hamamatsu SiPMs in liquid xenon.” Journal of Instrumentation 15, no. 1 (January 17, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/01/P01019.
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  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “First Constraint on Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering in Argon.” Phys. Rev. D100 (December 9, 2019): 115020–115020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.115020.
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  - Lenardo, B. G., J. Xu, S. Pereverzev, O. A. Akindele, D. Naim, J. Kingston, A. Bernstein, et al. “Low-Energy Physics Reach of Xenon Detectors for Nuclear-Recoil-Based Dark Matter and Neutrino Experiments.” Physical Review Letters 123, no. 23 (December 2019): 231106. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.231106.
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  - Anton, G., I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, M. Breidenbach, et al. “Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset.” Physical Review Letters 123, no. 16 (October 2019): 161802. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.161802.
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  - Gallina, G., P. Giampa, F. Retière, J. Kroeger, G. Zhang, M. Ward, P. Margetak, et al. “Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 940 (October 1, 2019): 371–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.05.096.
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  - Li, Z., W. R. Cen, A. Robinson, D. C. Moore, L. J. Wen, A. Odian, S. A. Kharusi, et al. “Simulation of charge readout with segmented tiles in nEXO.” Journal of Instrumentation 14, no. 9 (September 24, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/09/P09020.
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  - Lenardo, Brian, Jingke Xu, Sergey Pereverzev, Oluwatomi A. Akindele, Daniel Naim, James Kingston, Adam Bernstein, et al. “Measurement of the ionization yield from nuclear recoils in liquid xenon between 0.3 -- 6 keV with single-ionization-electron sensitivity,” August 1, 2019.
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  - Weldon, R. A., J. M. Mueller, C. Lynch, P. Schuster, S. Hedges, C. Awe, L. Li, P. Barbeau, and J. Mattingly. “High-precision characterization of the neutron light output of stilbene along the directions of maximum and minimum response.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 927 (May 21, 2019): 313–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.075.
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  - Collaboration, Li-Tzy nEXO. “Imaging individual barium atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO.” Nature 569, no. 7755 (May 2019): 203–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1169-4.
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  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “Sensitivity of the COHERENT Experiment to Accelerator-Produced Dark Matter,” 2019.
  - Jamil, A., T. Ziegler, P. Hufschmidt, G. Li, L. Lupin-Jimenez, T. Michel, I. Ostrovskiy, et al. “VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO.” Ieee Transactions on Nuclear Science 65, no. 11 (November 1, 2018): 2823–33. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668.
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  - Awe, C., P. S. Barbeau, J. I. Collar, S. Hedges, and L. Li. “Liquid scintillator response to proton recoils in the 10-100 keV range LIQUID SCINTILLATOR RESPONSE to PROTON ⋯ AWE, BARBEAU, COLLAR, HEDGES, and LI.” Physical Review C 98, no. 4 (October 5, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.98.045802.
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  - Sun, X. L., T. Tolba, G. F. Cao, P. Lv, L. J. Wen, A. Odian, F. Vachon, et al. “Study of silicon photomultiplier performance in external electric fields.” Journal of Instrumentation 13, no. 9 (September 17, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/09/T09006.
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  - Delaquis, S., M. J. Jewell, I. Ostrovskiy, M. Weber, T. Ziegler, J. Dalmasson, L. J. Kaufman, et al. “Deep neural networks for energy and position reconstruction in EXO-200.” Journal of Instrumentation 13, no. 8 (August 29, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/08/P08023.
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  - Albert, J. B., G. Anton, I. J. Arnquist, I. Badhrees, P. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, et al. “Sensitivity and discovery potential of the proposed nEXO experiment to neutrinoless double- β decay.” Physical Review C 97, no. 6 (June 15, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.065503.
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  - Collaboration, nEXO, S Al Kharusi, A. Alamre, J. B. Albert, M. Alfaris, G. Anton, I. J. Arnquist, et al. “nEXO Pre-Conceptual Design Report,” May 28, 2018.
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  - Albert, J. B., G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, R. Bayerlein, D. Beck, V. Belov, et al. “Search for nucleon decays with EXO-200.” Physical Review D 97, no. 7 (April 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072007.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, S. I. Alvis, M. Amman, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, et al. “Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in ^{76}Ge with the Majorana Demonstrator.” Physical Review Letters 120, no. 13 (March 2018): 132502. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.132502.
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  - Albert, J. B., G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, R. Bayerlein, D. Beck, V. Belov, et al. “Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Upgraded EXO-200 Detector.” Physical Review Letters 120, no. 7 (February 2018): 072701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.072701.
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  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “COHERENT Collaboration data release from the first observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering,” 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1228631.
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  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “COHERENT 2018 at the Spallation Neutron Source,” 2018.
  - Jewell, M., A. Schubert, W. R. Cen, J. Dalmasson, R. Devoe, L. Fabris, G. Gratta, et al. “Characterization of an Ionization Readout Tile for nEXO.” Journal of Instrumentation 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/01/P01006.
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  - Albert, J. B., G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, R. Bayerlein, D. Beck, V. Belov, et al. “Searches for double beta decay of Xe 134 with EXO-200.” Physical Review D 96, no. 9 (November 3, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.092001.
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  - Leonard, D. S., D. J. Auty, T. Didberidze, R. Gornea, P. Grinberg, R. MacLellan, B. Methven, et al. “Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 871 (November 1, 2017): 169–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.04.049.
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  - Battaglieri, Marco, Alberto Belloni, Aaron Chou, Priscilla Cushman, Bertrand Echenard, Rouven Essig, Juan Estrada, et al. “US Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter 2017: Community Report,” July 14, 2017.
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  - Barbeau, Phillip S. “Particle physics: The search for no neutrinos.” Nature 544, no. 7648 (April 2017): 38–39. https://doi.org/10.1038/544038a.
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  - Albert, J. B., P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, A. Burenkov, et al. “Measurement of the drift velocity and transverse diffusion of electrons in liquid xenon with the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review C 95, no. 2 (February 14, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.025502.
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  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering.” Science 357 (2017): 1123–26. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0990.
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  - Davis, C. G., C. Hall, J. B. Albert, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, et al. “An optimal energy estimator to reduce correlated noise for the EXO-200 light readout.” Journal of Instrumentation 11, no. 7 (July 19, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/07/P07015.
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  - Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, et al. “Cosmogenic backgrounds to 0νββ in EXO-200.” Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2016, no. 4 (April 15, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/029.
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  - Albert, J. B., P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, A. Burenkov, et al. “First search for Lorentz and CPT violation in double beta decay with EXO-200.” Physical Review D 93, no. 7 (April 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072001.
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  - Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, et al. “Search for 2νββ decay of Xe 136 to the 01+ excited state of Ba 136 with the EXO-200 liquid xenon detector.” Physical Review C 93, no. 3 (March 8, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.035501.
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  - Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, et al. “Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of α- And β -decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review C Nuclear Physics 92, no. 4 (October 28, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.045504.
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  - Barbeau, P. S. “COHERENT Neutrino Scattering.” Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings 265–266 (August 1, 2015): 117–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.06.029.
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  - Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, et al. “Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200.” Physical Review C Nuclear Physics 92, no. 1 (July 15, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.015503.
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  - Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, et al. “Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200.” Phys. Rev. C 92 (March 20, 2015): 015503.
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  - Brunner, T., D. Fudenberg, V. Varentsov, A. Sabourov, G. Gratta, J. Dilling, R. Devoe, et al. “An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases.” International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 379 (March 15, 2015): 110–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2015.01.003.
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  - Mong, B., S. Cook, T. Walton, C. Chambers, A. Craycraft, C. Benitez-Medina, K. Hall, et al. “Spectroscopy of Ba and Ba+ deposits in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO.” Physical Review a Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 91, no. 2 (February 10, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.022505.
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  - Adams, C., and C. others. “The Intermediate Neutrino Program.” Workshop on the Intermediate Neutrino Program (Winp 2015) Upton, Ny, Usa, February 4 6, 2015, 2015.
  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “The COHERENT Experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source,” 2015.
  - Barbeau, P. S., J. I. Collar, Yu Efremenko, and K. Scholberg. “Comment on "Fitting the Annual Modulation in DAMA with Neutrons from Muons and Neutrinos".” Physical Review Letters 113, no. 22 (November 26, 2014): 229001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.113.229001.
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  - Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, E. Beauchamp, D. Beck, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, et al. “Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay of Xe 136 with EXO-200.” Physical Review D Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 90, no. 9 (November 10, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.092004.
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  - Twelker, K., S. Kravitz, M. Montero Díez, G. Gratta, W. Fairbank, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, et al. “An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe.” The Review of Scientific Instruments 85, no. 9 (September 2014): 095114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4895646.
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  - EXO-200 Collaboration, Y. B. “Search for Majorana neutrinos with the first two years of EXO-200 data.” Nature 510, no. 7504 (June 4, 2014): 229–34. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13432.
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  - Albert, J. B., M. Auger, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, E. Beauchamp, D. Beck, V. Belov, et al. “Improved measurement of the 2 ν β β half-life of 136 Xe with the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review C Nuclear Physics 89, no. 1 (January 28, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.015502.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., P. S. Barbeau, J Diaz Leon, J. E. Fast, T. W. Hossbach, A. Knecht, M. S. Kos, et al. “Maximum Likelihood Signal Extraction Method Applied to 3.4 years of CoGeNT Data,” January 23, 2014.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., P. S. Barbeau, J. Colaresi, J. I. Collar, J Diaz Leon, J. E. Fast, N. E. Fields, et al. “Search for An Annual Modulation in Three Years of CoGeNT Dark Matter Detector Data,” January 14, 2014.
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  - Adam, J., and J. others. “COHERENT at the Spallation Neutron Source,” 2014.
  - Gouvea, A de, K. Pitts, K. Scholberg, G. P. Zeller, J. Alonso, A. Bernstein, M. Bishai, et al. “Neutrinos,” October 16, 2013.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., P. S. Barbeau, J. Colaresi, J. I. Collar, J. Diaz Leon, J. E. Fast, N. E. Fields, et al. “CoGeNT: A search for low-mass dark matter using p-type point contact germanium detectors.” Physical Review D Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 88, no. 1 (July 8, 2013). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012002.
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  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “Coherent Scattering Investigations at the Spallation Neutron Source: a Snowmass White Paper.” Proceedings, 2013 Community Summer Study on the Future of U.S. Particle Physics: Snowmass on the Mississippi (Css2013): Minneapolis, Mn, Usa, July 29 August 6, 2013, 2013.
  - Auger, M., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, E. Beauchamp, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, et al. “Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 136Xe with EXO-200.” Physical Review Letters 109, no. 3 (July 19, 2012): 032505. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.109.032505.
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  - Dobi, A., C. Hall, S. Slutsky, Y. R. Yen, B. Aharmin, M. Auger, P. S. Barbeau, et al. “Xenon purity analysis for EXO-200 via mass spectrometry.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 675 (May 21, 2012): 40–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.01.066.
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  - Auger, M., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, L. Bartoszek, E. Baussan, E. Beauchamp, C. Benitez-Medina, et al. “The EXO-200 detector, part I: Detector design and construction.” Journal of Instrumentation 7, no. 5 (May 1, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/05/P05010.
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  - Dobi, A., C. Hall, S. Herrin, A. Odian, C. Y. Prescott, P. C. Rowson, N. Ackerman, et al. “A xenon gas purity monitor for EXO.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 659, no. 1 (December 11, 2011): 215–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.09.017.
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  - Ackerman, N., B. Aharmim, M. Auger, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, K. Barry, L. Bartoszek, et al. “Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review Letters 107, no. 21 (November 17, 2011): 212501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.107.212501.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., M. Amman, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, P. S. Barbeau, M. Bergevin, et al. “Astroparticle physics with a customized low-background broad energy Germanium detector.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 652, no. 1 (October 1, 2011): 692–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.100.
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  - LePort, F., R. Neilson, P. S. Barbeau, K. Barry, L. Bartoszek, I. Counts, J. Davis, et al. “A magnetically driven piston pump for ultra-clean applications.” The Review of Scientific Instruments 82, no. 10 (October 2011): 105114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3653391.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., P. S. Barbeau, J. Colaresi, J. I. Collar, J. Diaz Leon, J. E. Fast, N. Fields, et al. “Search for an annual modulation in a p-type Point Contact germanium dark matter detector.” Physical Review Letters 107, no. 14 (September 26, 2011): 141301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.107.141301.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., P. S. Barbeau, N. S. Bowden, B. Cabrera-Palmer, J. Colaresi, J. I. Collar, S. Dazeley, et al. “Results from a search for light-mass dark matter with a p-type point contact germanium detector.” Physical Review Letters 106, no. 13 (April 2011): 131301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.131301.
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  - Sinclair, D., E. Rollin, J. Smith, A. Mommers, N. Ackeran, B. Aharmin, M. Auger, et al. “Prospects for barium tagging in gaseous xenon.” Journal of Physics: Conference Series 309, no. 1 (January 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/309/1/012005.
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  - Montero Díez, M., K. Twelker, W. Fairbank, G. Gratta, P. S. Barbeau, K. Barry, R. DeVoe, et al. “A simple radionuclide-driven single-ion source.” The Review of Scientific Instruments 81, no. 11 (November 2010): 113301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3499505.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., P. S. Barbeau, D. G. Cerdeno, J. Colaresi, J. I. Collar, P. De Lurgio, G. Drake, et al. “Erratum: Experimental constraints on a dark matter origin for the DAMA annual modulation effect (Physical Review Letters (2008) 101 (251301)).” Physical Review Letters 102, no. 10 (March 9, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.109903.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., P. S. Barbeau, D. G. Cerdeño, J. Colaresi, J. I. Collar, P. de Lurgio, G. Drake, et al. “Experimental constraints on a dark matter origin for the DAMA annual modulation effect.” Physical Review Letters 101, no. 25 (December 17, 2008): 251301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.101.251301.
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  - Guiseppe, V. E., C. E. Aalseth, M. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Amman, J. F. Amsbaugh, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, et al. “The MAJORANA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment.” Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, December 1, 2008, 1793–98. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774740.
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  - III, FT Avignone, P. S. Barbeau, and J. I. Collar. “Additional Comments on "New Limits on Spin-Independent Couplings of Low-Mass WIMP Dark Matter with a Germanium Detector at a Threshold of 200 eV",” June 8, 2008.
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  - Barbeau, P. S., J. I. Collar, and O. Tench. “Large-mass ultralow noise germanium detectors: Performance and applications in neutrino and astroparticle physics.” Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, no. 9 (September 1, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2007/09/009.
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  - Barbeau, P. S., J. I. Collar, and P. M. Whaley. “Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 574, no. 2 (May 1, 2007): 385–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169.
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  - Barbeau, P. S., J. Collar, J. Miyamoto, and I. Shipsey. “Electron transparency, ion transparency and ion feedback of a 3M GEM.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 525, no. 1–2 (June 1, 2004): 33–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.03.053.
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  - Barbeau, P. S., J. I. Collar, J. D. Geissinger, J. Miyamoto, I. Shipsey, and R. Yang. “A first mass production of gas electron multipliers.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 515, no. 3 (December 11, 2003): 439–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.06.011.
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  - Barbeau, P. S., J. Collar, J. Miyamoto, and I. Shipsey. “An aging study of industrially produced micro-patterned gas detectors.” Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 5 (December 1, 2003): 3723–25.
  - Barbeau, P. S., J. I. Collar, J. Miyamoto, and I. Shipsey. “Toward Coherent Neutrino Detection Using Low-Background Micropattern Gas Detectors.” Ieee Transactions on Nuclear Science 50, no. 5 I (October 1, 2003): 1285–89. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2003.818237.
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  - Barbeau, P. S., J. Collar, J. Miyamoto, and I. Shipsey. “A study of MICROMEGAS in TPC mode.” Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2 (January 1, 2003): 895–97. https://doi.org/10.1109/nssmic.2003.1351840.
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  - Belling, S. W., L. Fabris, J. Mattingly, M. Mishra, J. Newby, and P. Barbeau. “A Frequency Domain Multiplexing Technique for Multi-Channel Detector Instrumentation.” In 2018 Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Nss/Mic 2018 Proceedings, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824306.
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  - Li, L., B. Cabrera-Palmer, C. Awe, S. Hedges, and P. S. Barbeau. “Quenching factor measurements for germanium detectors at TUNL.” In Neutrino 2018 28th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Conference Proceedings, 2018.
  - Akimov, D., and D. others. “COHERENT Experiment: current status.” In J. Phys. Conf. Ser., 798:012213–012213, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/798/1/012213.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., E. Aguayo, M. Amman, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, X. Bai, A. S. Barabash, et al. “The Majorana Experiment.” In Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, 217:44–46, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.04.063.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., M. Amman, F. Amsbaugh, T. Avignone, O. Back, S. Barabash, S. Barbeau, et al. “The MAJORANA Project.” In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 203, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012057.
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  - Aalseth, C. E., M. Amman, J. F. Amsbaugh, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, P. S. Barbeau, et al. “The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search.” In Aip Conference Proceedings, 1182:88–91, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3293951.
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  - Elliott, S. R., C. E. Aalseth, M. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Amman, J. F. Amsbaugh, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, et al. “The Majorana project.” In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 173, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012007.
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  - Guiseppe, V. E., C. E. Aalseth, M. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Amman, J. F. Amsbaugh, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, et al. “The MAJORANA Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment.” In 2008 Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2008 Nss/Mic), Vols 1 9, 1068-+. IEEE, 2009.
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