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Professor Simon Viel, Department of Physics

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I am an Associate Professor in the Astroparticle Physics Experiments (APEX) group in the Department of Physics at Carleton University.

My current research goals are:

  • To develop software for detector simulation, event reconstruction and data analysis, including machine-learning algorithms, for DEAP-3600 and next-generation liquid argon experiments looking for dark matter, and nEXO looking for neutrinoless double beta decay in liquid xenon
  • To evaluate the suitability of silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) to detect scintillation light from liquid argon and xenon for future large-scale low-background experiments
  • To contribute to the design, planning, construction and operation of these experiments

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