Research Expertise
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Particle Astrophysics |
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Dark Matter |
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Liquid argon cryogenic detectors
(ArDM) |
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Proton decay and grand unification
(LAGUNA) |
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Silicon photomultipliers |
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Employment
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2009- |
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Department of Physics, University
of York: Teaching fellow |
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2008-09 |
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Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield: Temporary
Lecturer |
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2007-08 |
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Department of Physics, ETHZ
(CERN): Senior Research Associate |
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1998-07 |
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Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Sheffield: Research Associate |
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Education
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Ph.D. |
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Polymer Physics,
University of Bristol, 1998 |
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P.G.C.E. |
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University of Cambridge,
1995 |
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M.Sc. |
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Advanced Solid State, University
of Bristol, 1994 |
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B.Sc. |
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Physics, University of Bristol,
UK, 1993 |
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Publications
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[1] 'Optical
readout tracking detector concept using secondary scintillation
from liquid argon generated by a thick gas electron multiplier',
P.K. Lightfoot, G.J. Barker, K. Mavrokoridis, Y.A. Ramachers,
and N.J.C. Spooner, JINST 4, (2009), P04002.
[2] 'Development of wavelength shifter coated reflectors for
the ArDM argon dark matter detector', V. Boccone, et al.,
JINST_014P_0409, (2009), accepted for publication by JINST.
[3] 'Characterisation of a silicon photomultiplier device
for applications in liquid argon based neutrino physics and
dark matter searches', P.K. Lightfoot, G.J. Barker, K. Mavrokoridis,
Y.A. Ramachers, and N. J. C. Spooner, JINST 3, (2008), P10001.
[4] 'Measurements of neutrons produced by high-energy muons
at the Boulby Underground', H.M. Araújo, et al., Astropart.
Phys., 29, (2008), 471-481.
[5] 'The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition
system and data reduction', G.J. Alner, et al, Nucl. Instr.
and Meth. A587, (2008), 101-109.
[6] 'Optical readout of secondary scintillation from liquid
argon generated by a thick gas electron multiplier', P.K.
Lightfoot, et al., Proceedings of the fourth international
symposium on large TPCs for low energy rare event detection,
Paris, (2008), to appear in Journal of Physics.
[7] 'First limits on WIMP nuclear recoil signals in ZEPLIN-II:
A two-phase xenon detector for dark matter detection', G.J.
Alner, et al., Astropart. Phys., 28, (2007), 287-302.
[8] 'The ZEPLIN III Detector; Results from Surface Calibrations',
D.Yu. Akimov, et al., Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 173,
(2007), 108-112.
[9] 'R & D for Future ZEPLIN', R. Bisset, et al., Nuclear
Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 173, (2007), 164-167.
[10] 'Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections
from the first ZEPLIN-II data', G.J. Alner, et al., Phys.
Lett. B, 653, (2007), 161-166.
[11] 'First operation of bulk micromegas in low pressure negative
ion drift gas mixtures for dark matter searches', P.K. Lightfoot,
N.J.C. Spooner, T.B. Lawson, S. Aune and I. Giomataris. Astropart.
Phys., 27, (2007), 490-499.
[12] 'First measurement of low intensity fast neutron background
from rock at the Boulby Underground Laboratory', E. Tziaferi
et al., Astropart. Phys., 27, (2007), 326-338.
[13] 'A two-phase argon avalanche detector operated in a single
electron counting mode', A. Bondar, A. Buzulutskov, A. Grebenuk,
D. Pavlyuchenko, R. Snopkov, Y. Tikhonov, V.A. Kudryavtsev,
P.K. Lightfoot and N.J.C. Spooner, Nucl. Instr. and Meth.
A574, (2007), 493-499.
[14] 'The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design,
manufacture and commissioning', D. Yu. Akimov, et al., Astropart.
Phys., 27, (2007), 46-60.
[15] 'Large underground, liquid based detectors for astro-particle
physics in Europe: scientific case and prospects', D. Autiero,
et al., J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. JCAP11, (2007), 011.
[16] 'The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Performance study
using an end-to-end simulation tool', H.M. Araújo,
et al., Astropart. Phys., 26, (2006), 140-153.
[17] 'The DRIFT-II dark matter detector: Design and commissioning',
G.J. Alner, et al.,
Nucl. Instr. and Meth., A555, (2005), 173-183.
[18] 'Development of a double-phase Xenon cell using micromegas
charge readout for applications in dark matter physics', P.K.
Lightfoot, R. Hollingworth, N.J.C.Spooner, D. Tovey. Nucl.
Instr. Meth. A554, (2005), 266-285.
[19] 'Simulations of neutron background in a time projection
chamber relevant to dark matter searches', M.J. Carson, et
al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A546, (2005), 509-522.
[20] 'Reduction of coincident photomultiplier noise relevant
to astroparticle physics experiments', M. Robinson, P.K. Lightfoot,
M.J. Carson, V.A. Kudryavtsev, N.J.C. Spooner, Nucl. Instr.
and Meth. A545, (2005), 225-233.
[21] 'Limits on WIMP cross-sections from the NAIAD experiment
at the Boulby Underground Laboratory', G.J. Alner, et al.,
Phys. Lett. B, 616, (2005), 17-24.
[22] 'First limits on nuclear recoil events from the ZEPLIN
I galactic dark matter detector', G.J. Alner, et al., Astropart.
Phys., 23, (2005), 444-462.
[23] 'Nuclear recoil limits from the ZEPLIN I liquid xenon
WIMP dark matter detector', G.J. Alner, et al., New Astronomy
Reviews, 49, (2005), 245-249.
[24] 'Status of the ZEPLIN II experiment', G.J. Alner, et
al., New Astronomy Reviews, 49, (2005), 259-263.
[25] 'The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design,
installation and operation', G.J. Alner, et al., Nucl. Instr.
and Meth. A535, (2004), 644-655.
[26] 'Neutron background in large-scale xenon detectors for
dark matter searches', M. J. Carson, et al., Astropart. Phys.,
21, (2004), 667-687.
[27] 'Development of a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator
for solar neutrino detection and neutron measurements', P.K.
Lightfoot, V. Kudryavtsev, N.J.C. Spooner. Nucl. Instr. Meth.
A522, (2004), 439-446.
[28] 'Recent results of the dark matter search with NaI(Tl)
detectors at Boulby mine', B. Ahmed, et al., Nuclear Physics
B (Proc. Suppl.), 124, (2003), 193-196.
[29] 'Measurements of muon flux at 1070 m vertical depth in
the Boulby underground laboratory', M. Robinson et al., Nucl.
Instr. Meth. A511, (2003), 347-353.
[30] 'The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine
and recent results', B. Ahmed, et al. Astropart. Phys., 19,
(2003), 691-702.
[31] 'Study and suppression of anomalous fast events in inorganic
scintillators for dark matter searches', V.A. Kudryavtsev,
P.K. Lightfoot, M. Robinson, N.J.C. Spooner. Astropart. Phys.
17, (2002), 401-408.
[32] 'Neutrino astroparticle physics at Boulby mine', R. Luscher
et al., Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 110, (2002), 423-425.
[33] 'Measurements of scintillation efficiency and pulse shape
for low energy recoils in liquid xenon', D. Akimov, Phys.
Lett. B, 524, (2002), 245-251.
[34] 'The potential of liquid xenon for WIMP search: the ZEPLIN
diagnostic array', B. Ahmed, et al., Nuclear Physics B (Proc.
Suppl.), 95, (2001), 233-236.
[35] 'Caesium Iodide (Tl) for WIMP dark matter searches',
V.A. Kudryavtsev et al., Nucl. Instr. Meth. A456, (2001),
272-279.
[36] 'Effect of Water Desorption and Organosilane Coupling
Agents on the Adhesion of Poly(p-xylylene) Films to a Silicone
Wafer Surface', P.K. Lightfoot, J. Stejny, Journal of Materials
Science: Materials in Electronics Vol. 12, No. 10, (2001),
581-594.
[37] 'Progress report from the UK Dark Matter search at Boulby
Mine', G.J. Alner, et al.,
Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.), 87, (2000), 64-66.
[38] 'NaI dark matter limits and the NAIAD array - a detector
with improved sensitivity to WIMPs using unencapsulated NaI',
N. J. C. Spooner, et al., Phys. Lett. B, 473, (2000), 330-336.
[39] 'Characteristics of alpha, gamma and nuclear recoil pulses
from NaI(Tl) at 10-100 keV relevant to dark matter searches',
V. A. Kudryavtsev, et al., Phys. Lett. B, 452, (1999), 167-172.
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