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Electron Recoils In the PICO Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiment

Cao, Gevy

The PICO-40L bubble chamber for direct dark matter detection is finishing the commissioning phase at SNOLAB. The detector will operate for 1 live year before being replaced by the next-generation detector, PICO-500. The ...
From Surface Events in DEAP-3600 to the Radial Acceleration Relation in Spiral Galaxies

Stone, Connor

One of the most outstanding mysteries in the Universe is the nature of dark matter. In this thesis, two unique projects that focus on understanding dark matter are presented. First, Machine Learning is used to detect ...
The PICO-2L program: Towards Background-Free Dark Matter Direct Detection Using Bubble Chambers

Amole, Chanpreet

The PICO-2L program commenced in 2013 with the deployment of a 2 litre bubble chamber filled with superheated C3F8 and over the next three years, conducted two separate WIMP-search experiments. The first run was conducted ...