Raju -- An Advisor and Virginia Tech
In LENS the target nucleus is also the major background in the detector Signal M g= M /m Coincidence of In- in one cell m 2 g S/N M /m 2 g = 1/m For a 10 ton Indium detector a g ~ 250,000 The LENS Experiment
Undergraduate Micah Essah working on continuous InLS extraction system
Undergraduates working with Raju and I
Borexino Crew– Steve Hardy, Matt Joyce, Szymon Manecki
Sage Advising
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Dark Containment Electronics Tent Liquid Handling System LENS October 19, 2011
Christian Grieb– Research Scientist
Zheng Chang– Research Scientist
Students at VT LENS Students S. Derek Rountree (Physics) Zachery Yokely (Physics) Michael Foussekis (Physics) Micah Eassa (Physics) Samantha Cavanagh (Physics) Shane Seaman (Physics) Chris Tolpa (Physics) Nittin Passa (Physics) Tristan Wright (Physics) Michael Joe Wolf (Physics) Matthew Enniss (Mech Eng) Patrick Jaffke (Physics) Lillie Robinson (Physics) Joey Heimburger (Physics) Borexino Students Advised by R.B. Vogelaar Stephen Hardy (Physics) Szymon Manecki (Physics) Bradley Williams (Physics) Matthew Joyce (Physics)