Publications
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If any of my publications are paywalled, please contact me at evhansen (at) berkeley (dot) edu — I’m happy to provide a copy!
Selected Primary Publications
Published in in preparation, 2022
This work presents results from an end-of run calibration campaign on EXO-200, using two candidate isotopes: 220-Rn and 222-Rn. We report observed alpha populations, efficiency corrections, and validation of EXO-200 fluid simulations using these data.
Hansen, E.V. et.al. (2022). "Results from EXO-200 end-of-run calibration tests using sources of dissolved Radon-220 and Radon-222" _in preparation for submission to JINST_
Published in arXiv preprint, 2022
We present a discussion of the current climate of the field in high energy particle physics and astrophysics (HEPA), as well as current efforts toward making the community a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment. We also present issues facing both institutions and HEPA collaborations, with a set of interviews with a selection of HEPA collaboration DEI leaders. We encourage the HEPA community and the institutions & agencies that support it to think critically about the prioritization of people in HEPA over the coming decade, and what resources and policies need to be in place in order to protect and elevate minoritized populations within the HEPA community.
Hansen, E. V. et al. Climate of the Field: Snowmass 2021. arXiv.2204.03713 [physics.soc-ph] (2022) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2204.03713. https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.03713
Published in arXiv preprint, 2022
We present here a series of projects underway that will provide advancements in background reduction, cryogenic readout, and physics searches beyond 0νββ, all moving toward the next-to-next generation CUPID-1T detector.
Armatol, A. et al. Toward CUPID-1T. arXiv:2203.08386 [nucl-ex] (2022) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2203.08386. https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08386
Published in arXiv preprint, 2022
This report summarizes the community contributions and recommendations within the Diversity and Inclusion Topical Group of the Community Engagement Frontier (CEF3) at the Snowmass 2021.
Bonifazi, C. et al. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Particle Physics. arXiv:2209.12377 [physics.soc-ph] (2022) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2209.12377. https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.12377
Published in arXiv preprint, 2022
We performed a survey of the U.S. particle physics community to determine the missing elements of graduate and undergraduate education and to gauge how to bridge these gaps. In this contributed paper, part of the 2021-22 Snowmass Community Planning Exercise, we report the results of this survey. We also recommend several specific community actions to improve the quality of particle physics education; the “community” here refers to physics departments, national labs, professional societies, funding agencies, and individual physicists.
Bitter, O., Hansen, E. V., Kravitz, S., Velan, V. & You, Y. Transforming U.S. Particle Physics Education: A Snowmass 2021 Study. arXiv:2204.08983 [physics.ed-ph] (2022) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2204.08983. https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08983
Published in ProQuest, 2019
I present results from an end-of run calibration campaign on nEXOs predecessor experiment, EXO-200, using two candidate isotopes: 220-Rn and 222-Rn. I report observed alpha populations, efficiency corrections, and validation of EXO-200 fluid simulations using these data. This work also presents a new framework that combines fluid simulations with nEXO Monte Carlo to produce position-dependent functions of the detector response to light. Finally, I propose possible calibration schemes for radon injection for the nEXO detector.
Hansen, Erin V. "Radon Injection for Light Response Calibration of the nEXO Detector." ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/09/P09018
Published in Journal of Instrumentation, 2017
Combining analysis from phonon signals and photon signals is a powerful technique for reducing backgrounds in bolometer-based rare event searches. Anti-reflective coatings can significantly increase the performance of the secondary light-sensing bolometer in these experiments. As a first step toward these improvements, coatings of SiO(2), HfO(2), and TiO(2) on Ge and Si wafers were fabricated and characterized at room temperature and multiple angles of incidence.
Hansen, E.V., DePorzio, N., and Winslow, L.. "Characterization of single layer anti-reflective coatings for bolometer-based rare event searches" JINST 12, no. 09, P09018(2017) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/09/P09018
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