Neil Spooner

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design, manufacture and commissioning
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 46–60, 2007
  2. First measurement of low intensity fast neutron background from rock at the Boulby Underground Laboratory
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 326–338, 2007
  3. First operation of bulk micromegas in low pressure negative ion drift gas mixtures for dark matter searches
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 490–499, 2007
  4. A two-phase argon avalanche detector operated in a single electron counting mode
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 574, no. 3, pp. 493–499, 2007
  5. The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Performance study using an end-to-end simulation tool
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 140–153, 2006
  6. Low-energy neutron propagation in MCNPX and GEANT4
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 560, no. 2, pp. 454–459, 2006
  7. Limits on WIMP cross-sections from the NAIAD experiment at the Boulby Underground Laboratory
    Physics Letters B, vol. 616, no. 1-2, pp. 17–24, 2005
  8. Reduction of coincident photomultiplier noise relevant to astroparticle physics experiments
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 545, no. 1-2, pp. 225–233, 2005
  9. Muon-induced neutron production and detection with GEANT4 and FLUKA
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 545, no. 1-2, pp. 398–411, 2005
  10. Simulations of neutron background in a time projection chamber relevant to dark matter searches
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 546, no. 3, pp. 509–522, 2005
  11. Veto performance for large-scale xenon dark matter detectors
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 548, no. 3, pp. 418–426, 2005
  12. Development of a double-phase Xenon cell using micromegas charge readout for applications in dark matter physics
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2005
  13. The DRIFT-II dark matter detector: Design and commissioning
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 555, no. 1-2, pp. 173–183, 2005
  14. Nuclear recoil limits from the ZEPLIN I liquid xenon WIMP dark matter detector
    New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 49, no. 2-6, pp. 245–249, 2005
  15. Status of the ZEPLIN II experiment
    New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 49, no. 2-6, pp. 259–263, 2005
  16. Searches for solar Kaluza?Klein axions with gas TPCs
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 287–302, 2005
  17. First limits on nuclear recoil events from the ZEPLIN I galactic dark matter detector
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 444–462, 2005
  18. Directional statistics for realistic weakly interacting massive particle direct detection experiments
    Physical Review D, vol. 71, no. 10, 2005
  19. Operational Characteristics of a GEM-MSGC System for X-Ray Detection
    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 2927–2931, 2005
  20. Neutron background in large-scale xenon detectors for dark matter searches
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 667–687, 2004
  21. Low energy alphas in the drift detector
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 516, no. 2-3, pp. 406–413, 2004
  22. Development of a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator for solar neutrino detection and neutron measurements
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 522, no. 3, pp. 439–446, 2004
  23. The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 535, no. 3, pp. 644–655, 2004
  24. The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 691–702, 2003
  25. Simulations of muon-induced neutron flux at large depths underground
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 505, no. 3, pp. 688–698, 2003
  26. Measurements of muon flux at 1070 m vertical depth in the Boulby underground laboratory
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 511, no. 3, pp. 347–353, 2003
  27. Recent results of the dark matter search with NaI(T1) detectors at boulby mine
    Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 124, pp. 193–196, 2003
  28. First results from the DRIFT-1 detector
    Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 124, pp. 225–228, 2003
  29. Status of ZEPLIN II and ZEPLIN IV study
    Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 124, pp. 229–232, 2003
  30. The scintillation efficiency of carbon and hydrogen recoils in an organic liquid scintillator for dark matter searches
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 333–338, 2002
  31. Study and suppression of anomalous fast events in inorganic scintillators for dark matter searches
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 401–408, 2002
  32. Measurements of scintillation efficiency and pulse shape for low energy recoils in liquid xenon
    Physics Letters B, vol. 524, no. 3-4, pp. 245–251, 2002
  33. Analytical Chemistry, vol. 73, no. 23, pp. 5635–5644, 2001
  34. CsI(Tl) for WIMP dark matter searches
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 456, no. 3, pp. 272–279, 2001
  35. Energy calibration of large underwater detectors using stopping muons
    Physics Letters B, vol. 494, no. 3-4, pp. 175–180, 2000
  36. Background light in potential sites for the ANTARES undersea neutrino telescope
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 13, no. 2-3, pp. 127–136, 2000
  37. NaI dark matter limits and the NAIAD array – a detector with improved sensitivity to WIMPs using unencapsulated NaI
    Physics Letters B, vol. 473, no. 3-4, pp. 330–336, 2000
  38. Progress report from the UK Dark Matter search at Boulby Mine
    Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 87, no. 1-3, pp. 64–66, 2000
  39. Current limits on the cold dark matter interaction cross section obtained by the UK collaboration
    Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 70, no. 1-3, pp. 74–78, 1999
  40. The CASPAR Recoil Discrimination Detector for WIMP Searches with Calcium and Fluorine
    Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 70, no. 1-3, pp. 111–113, 1999
  41. Characteristics of alpha, gamma and nuclear recoil pulses from NaI(Tl) at 10–100 keV relevant to dark matter searches
    Physics Letters B, vol. 452, no. 1-2, pp. 167–172, 1999
  42. Investigation of pulse shapes and time constants for NaI scintillation pulses produced by low energy electrons from beta decay
    Physics Letters B, vol. 467, no. 1-2, pp. 132–136, 1999
  43. Narrow muon bundles from muon pair production in rock
    Physics Letters B, vol. 471, no. 2-3, pp. 251–256, 1999
  44. Measurement of scintillation efficiencies and pulse-shapes for nuclear recoils in NaI(Tl) and CaF?(Eu) at low energies for dark matter experiments
    Physics Letters B, vol. 433, no. 1-2, pp. 150–155, 1998
  45. WIMP dark matter detectors above 100 K
    Physics Reports, vol. 307, no. 1-4, pp. 253–261, 1998
  46. Dark matter experiments at the UK Boulby Mine UK Dark Matter Collaboration
    Physics Reports, vol. 307, no. 1-4, pp. 275–282, 1998
  47. Demonstration of nuclear recoil discrimination using recoil range in a mixed CaF2 + liquid scintillator gel detector for dark matter searches
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 8, no. 1-2, pp. 13–19, 1997
  48. Improved dark matter limits from pulse shape discrimination in a low background sodium iodide detector at the Boulby mine
    Physics Letters B, vol. 379, no. 1-4, pp. 299–308, 1996
  49. New dark matter limits from the Boulby NaI detectors
    Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, vol. 48, no. 1-3, pp. 64–66, 1996
  50. New limits to Galactic cold dark matter interaction rates
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 5, no. 3-4, pp. 249–253, 1996
  51. Measurement of Na and I recoil discrimination and detection efficiency in a cooled â??UVISʼ NaI crystal for dark matter searches
    Astroparticle Physics, vol. 5, no. 3-4, pp. 299–307, 1996
  52. Results from the first stage of a UK Galactic dark matter search using low background sodium iodide detectors
    Physics Letters B, vol. 351, no. 1-3, pp. 70–76, 1995
  53. The scintillation efficiency of sodium and iodine recoils in a NaI(Tl) detector for dark matter searches
    Physics Letters B, vol. 321, no. 1-2, pp. 156–160, 1994
  54. The scintillation efficiency for calcium and fluorine recoils in CaF2 and carbon and fluorine recoils in C6F6 for dark matter searches
    Physics Letters B, vol. 322, no. 1-2, pp. 159–165, 1994
  55. The UVIS scintillation detector. A proposed method of nuclear recoil discrimination for dark matter searches
    Physics Letters B, vol. 314, no. 3-4, pp. 430–435, 1993
  56. Investigation of a thick Si diode ionization detector at low temperatures for dark matter searches
    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 105–113, 1993
  57. Investigation of high purity Si detectors with ohmic contacts at low temperature for dark matter searches
    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 275–279, 1993
  58. Investigation of voltage amplification of thermal spectra (“Luke effect”) in a low temperature calorimetric detector
    Physics Letters B, vol. 278, no. 3, pp. 382–384, 1992
  59. Observation of nuclear recoil events from neutron scattering in low temperature calorimetric detectors
    Physics Letters B, vol. 255, no. 3, pp. 454–458, 1991
  60. Demonstration of nuclear recoil discrimination for low temperature dark matter detectors, by measurement of simultaneous ionization and thermal pulses in silicon
    Physics Letters B, vol. 273, no. 3, pp. 333–337, 1991
  61. Tests on low temperature calorimetric detectors for dark matter experiments
    Physics Letters B, vol. 245, no. 2, pp. 265–270, 1990
  62. Background in escape gated detectors for hard X-ray astronomy
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 248, no. 2-3, pp. 533–544, 1986