PhD Theses
New Measurement of Ar-39 Lifetime and Projected Sensitivities for Time-Varying Signals with the DEAP-3600 Detector
Gurpreet Kaur
Carleton University
April 2023
Characterization of Alpha Decays and Detector Response and Search for 5.5 MeV Solar Axions in DEAP-3600
Carl Rethmeier
Carleton University
September 2021
Dark matter search and neutrino physics in Liquid Argon
Michela Lai
University of Cagliari and Universite’ de Paris
February 2021
Using the Profile Likelihood method to search for dark matter using the DEAP-3600 detector
Ashlea Kemp
Royal Holloway, University of London
July 2020
Dark Matter Search With The First Year Of Data From The DEAP-3600 Experiment
Thomas J. McElroy
University of Alberta
July 2018
A Search for the Neutrinoless Double Electron Capture of 36Ar and a Measurement of the Specific Activity of 39Ar in Atmospheric Argon with the DEAP-3600 Detector
Matt Dunford
Carleton University
July 2018
Identification and Reduction of the Alpha Background from 238U and 232Th Decay Chains in the DEAP-3600 Experiment
Pietro Giampa
Queen’s University
July 2017
Alpha Backgrounds in the DEAP Dark Matter Search Experiment
Tina Pollmann
Queen’s University
August 2012
Msc Theses
Attenuated Alpha Backgrounds in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search Experiment
Phillip DelGobbo
Carleton University
September 2021
Characterization of wavelength shifters for rare-event search experiments with a VUV spectrofluorometer
Andreas Leonhardt
Munich University
July 2021
Low-Energy Threshold Analysis Using the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector
Jesse Lock
Carleton University
September 2019
Wavelength Shifting and Photon Detection of Scintillation Light from Liquid Argon
Gabriela R. Araujo
Technical University Munich
March 2019
A Study of the Potential for Gamma Rays to Mimic WIMP Signals in DEAP-3600
Catherine Bina
University of Alberta
2018
Corrections to Signal Saturation on the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search
Joseph B. McLaughlin
Queen’s University
September 2018
Background Suppression through Pulse Shape Analysis in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector
Moritz Burghardt
Technical University Munich
April 2018
Radioreduction and Radiopurity of Acrylic in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Experiment
Joshua E. Bonatt
Queen’s University
July 2017
A Likelihood Ratio Algorithm for removing localized Alpha Particle Backgrounds in the DEAP-3600 Detector
Courtney T. Mielnichuk
University of Alberta
Spring 2017
On the Development of the Wavelength Shifter Deposition System for the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search Experiment
Benjamin L. Broerman
Queen’s University
2015
TPB Evaporations and Sensitivity Plots for the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector
Talitha Bromwich
University of Sussex
2014
Radiopurity Measurement of Acrylic for the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Experiment
Corina Nantais
Queen’s University
January 2014
An Investigation of Backgrounds in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiment
Laurelle Veloce
Queen’s University
October 2013
Performance Evaluation of Signal Conditioning Boards and Simulation of the Impact of Electronics Noise on the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector
Rhys Chouinard
University of Alberta
Spring 2013
Radon Background Reduction in DEAP-1 and DEAP-3600
Eoin O’Dwyer
Queen’s University
January 2011
Improvements to the Resolution and Efficiency of the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector and Their Effects on Background Studies
Kevin Olsen
University of Alberta
Fall 2010
Characterization of Pulse-Shape Discrimination for Background Reduction in the DEAP-1 Detector
Paradorn Pasuthip
Queen’s University
January 2009
Pulse Shape Discrimination Studies in Liquid Argon for the DEAP-1 Detector
Jeffrey Lidgard
Queen’s University
April 2008