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Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulations of cosmogenic muon showers in the Soudan cavern My current work involves propagation of cosmogenic muons through half a mile of greenstone and tracking of the associated showers incident on a veto shield array in the CDMS experimental hall at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. In particular, I'm benchmarking the performance of a neutron multiplicity meter to be installed in the Soudan Low Background Counting Facility, which will be used to probe the neutron background at that depth, a thorough understanding of which is vital to our ability to correctly hold ourselves to the "zero background" standard we've set for our blind analyses. |
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WIMP-search data analysis Analysis of phonon pulse data fit in the time-domain My analysis work has been focused on the quality of phonon pulse fits, leading to the development of a cut based on the χ2 values of fits to phonon sensor traces from our DAQ system. I've also been using timing parameters from the fit to make a multidimensional cut to reject recoil events on the surface of a detector that we might otherwise mistakenly identify as WIMPs. |
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Achewood Possibly the greatest comedic work of the last decade |
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Daily Dinosaur Comics Social philosophy and horrible ideas |
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Pokey the Penguin Radical absurdism at its finest |
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The Perry Bible Fellowship Surreal, subversive genius |
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Iron & Wine Visceral indie folk |
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The Mountain Goats Extraordinarily literate lo-fi/folk rock |
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Joanna Newsom Wildly inventive and expressive orchestral folk |
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José González Haunting, minimalist acoustic guitar |
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Magnolia Electric Co. Brooding classic/indie rock |
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Opeth Swedish progressive metal |
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Deathspell Omega French avant-garde black metal |
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Necrophagist Ultra-technical German death metal |
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Old Crow Medicine Show Rock-infused mountain music/bluegrass |