Publications
Selected publications
P.K. Lightfoot , G.J. Barker, K. Mavrokoridis, Y.A. Ramachers, and N.J.C. Spooner, ‘Optical readout tracking detector concept using secondary scintillation from liquid argon generated by a thick gas electron multiplier’ , JINST 4, (2009), P04002.
Full publications list
Refereed contributions to journals
[1] V. A. Kudryavtsev et al, ‘Characteristics of alpha, gamma and nuclear recoil pulses from NaI(Tl) at 10-100 keV relevant to dark matter searches’, Phys. Lett. B, 452 , (1999), 167-172.
[2] N. J. C. Spooner, et al, ‘NaI dark matter limits and the NAIAD array – a detector with improved sensitivity to WIMPs using unencapsulated NaI’, Phys. Lett. B, 473, (2000), 330-336.
[3] P.K. Lightfoot, J. Stejny, ‘ Effect of Water Desorption and Organosilane Coupling Agents on the Adhesion of Poly(p-xylylene) Films to a Silicone Wafer Surface’, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Vol. 12, No. 10, (2001), 581-594.
[4] V.A. Kudryavtsev et al, ‘Caesium Iodide (Tl) for WIMP dark matter searches’, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A456, (2001), 272-279.
[5] D. Akimov et al, ‘Measurements of scintillation efficiency and pulse shape for low energy recoils in liquid xenon’, Phys. Lett. B , 524, (2002), 245-251.
[6] V.A. Kudryavtsev, P.K. Lightfoot, M. Robinson, N.J.C. Spooner, ‘Study and suppression of anomalous fast events in inorganic scintillators for dark matter searches’, Astropart. Phys. 17, (2002), 401-408.
[7] B. Ahmed, et al, ‘The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results’, Astropart. Phys., 19, (2003), 691-702.
[8] M. Robinson et al, ‘Measurements of muon flux at 1070 m vertical depth in the Boulby underground laboratory’, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A511, (2003), 347-353.
[9] P.K. Lightfoot, V. Kudryavtsev, N.J.C. Spooner, ‘ Development of a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator for solar neutrino detection and neutron measurements’, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A522 , (2004), 439-446.
[10] M. J. Carson, et al, ‘Neutron background in large-scale xenon detectors for dark matter searches’, Astropart. Phys., 21 , (2004), 667-687.
[11] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation’, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A535, (2004) , 644-655.
[12] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘Status of the ZEPLIN II experiment’, New Astronomy Reviews, 49, (2005), 259-263.
[13] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘Nuclear recoil limits from the ZEPLIN I liquid xenon WIMP dark matter detector’, New Astronomy Reviews, 49 , (2005), 245-249.
[14] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘First limits on nuclear recoil events from the ZEPLIN I galactic dark matter detector’, Astropart. Phys., 23 , (2005), 444-462.
[15] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘Limits on WIMP cross-sections from the NAIAD experiment at the Boulby Underground Laboratory’, Phys. Lett. B, 616, (2005), 17-24.
[16] M. Robinson, P.K. Lightfoot, M.J. Carson, V.A. Kudryavtsev, N.J.C. Spooner, ‘Reduction of coincident photomultiplier noise relevant to astroparticle physics experiments’, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A545, (2005), 225-233.
[17] M.J. Carson, et al, ‘Simulations of neutron background in a time projection chamber relevant to dark matter searches’, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A546, (2005), 509-522.
[18] P.K. Lightfoot, R. Hollingworth, N.J.C.Spooner, D. Tovey, ‘Development of a double-phase Xenon cell using micromegas charge readout for applications in dark matter physics’, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A554, (2005), 266-285.
[19] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘The DRIFT-II dark matter detector: Design and commissioning’, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A555, (2005), 173-183.
[20] H.M. Araújo, et al, ‘The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Performance study using an end-to-end simulation tool’, Astropart. Phys., 26, (2006), 140-153.
[21] D. Autiero, et al, ‘Large underground, liquid based detectors for astro-particle physics in Europe: scientific case and prospects’, J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. JCAP11, (2007), 011.
[22] D. Yu. Akimov, et al, ‘The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design, manufacture and commissioning’, Astropart. Phys., 27 , (2007), 46-60.
[23] A. Bondar et al, ‘A two-phase argon avalanche detector operated in a single electron counting mode’, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A574, (2007), 493-499.
[24] E. Tziaferi et al, ‘ First measurement of low intensity fast neutron background from rock at the Boulby Underground Laboratory’, Astropart. Phys., 27, (2007), 326-338.
[25] P.K. Lightfoot, N.J.C. Spooner, T.B. Lawson, S. Aune and I. Giomataris, ‘ First operation of bulk micromegas in low pressure negative ion drift gas mixtures for dark matter searches’, Astropart. Phys., 27, (2007), 490-499.
[26] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the first ZEPLIN-II data’ , Phys. Lett. B, 653 , (2007), 161-166.
[27] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘First limits on WIMP nuclear recoil signals in ZEPLIN-II: A two-phase xenon detector for dark matter detection’, Astropart. Phys., 28, (2007), 287-302.
[28] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘ The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition system and data reduction’, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A587 , (2008), 101-109.
[29] H.M. Araújo, et al, ‘Measurements of neutrons produced by high-energy muons at the Boulby Underground’, Astropart. Phys., 29, (2008), 471-481.
[30] P.K. Lightfoot , G.J. Barker, K. Mavrokoridis, Y.A. Ramachers, and N. J. C. Spooner, ‘Characterisation of a silicon photomultiplier device for applications in liquid argon based neutrino physics and dark matter searches’, JINST 3, ( 2008), P10001.
[31] V. Boccone et al, ‘Development of wavelength shifter coated reflectors for the ArDM argon dark matter detector The ArDM Collaboration’, JINST 4, (2009), P06001.
[32] P.K. Lightfoot , G.J. Barker, K. Mavrokoridis, Y.A. Ramachers, and N.J.C. Spooner, ‘Optical readout tracking detector concept using secondary scintillation from liquid argon generated by a thick gas electron multiplier’ , JINST 4, (2009), P04002.
[33] G.J. Barker, P.K. Lightfoot, Y.A. Ramachers, N.J.C. Spooner, ‘Optical readout tracking detector concept for future large volume liquid argon detectors’ Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 619 , (2010) , 140-142.
[34] D.Y. Stewart et al, ‘Modelling electroluminescence in liquid argon’, JINST 5, (2010), P10005.
[35] C Amsler et al, ‘First results on light readout from the 1-ton ArDM liquid argon detector for dark matter searches’, JINST 5, (2010), P11003.
[36] N. McConkey, G.J. Barker, A.J. Bennieston, P.F. Harrison, P.K. Lightfoot, B. Morgan, D.Y. Stewart, N.J.C. Spooner, Y.A. Ramachers, ‘Optical Readout Technology for Large Volume Liquid Argon Detectors’, Nucl. Phys. B - Proceedings Supplements, 215, (2011), 255-257.
[37] K Mavrokoridis et al, ‘Argon purification studies and a novel liquid argon re-circulation system’, JINST 6, (2011), P08003.
Papers published in refereed conference proceedings
[1] G.J. Alner, et al, ‘ Progress report from the UK Dark Matter search at Boulby Mine’,
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 87, (2000), 64-66.
[2] B. Ahmed, et al, ‘The potential of liquid xenon for WIMP search: the ZEPLIN diagnostic array’, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 95 , (2001), 233-236.
[3] R. Luscher et al, ‘Neutrino astroparticle physics at Boulby mine’, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 110, (2002), 423-425.
[4] B. Ahmed, et al, ‘ Recent results of the dark matter search with NaI(Tl) detectors at Boulby mine’, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 124, (2003), 193-196.
[5] R. Bisset, et al, ‘R & D for Future ZEPLIN’, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 173, (2007), 164-167.
[6] D.Yu. Akimov, et al, ‘ The ZEPLIN III Detector; Results from Surface Calibrations’, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 173, (2007), 108-112.
[7] P K Lightfoot, G J Barker, K Mavrokoridis, Y A Ramachers and N J C Spooner, ‘Optical readout of secondary scintillation from liquid argon generated by a thick gas electron multiplier’, (2009), J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 179, 012014.