Dr Alasdair McLean

Dr Alasdair McLean
Position Departmental Visitor
Department Nuclear Physics & Accelerator Applications
Research group Nuclear structure group
Office phone (02) 612 52083
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Tracking radon-induced backgrounds in the CYGNO directional dark matter detector

This project investigates radon-induced backgrounds in the CYGNO directional dark matter detector. The student will develop an event-by-event simulation of radioactive decay chains and use alpha particle signatures to infer low-energy backgrounds, contributing to the understanding of detector performance using recent experimental data.

Dr Robert Renz Marcelo Gregorio, Dr Alasdair McLean, Dr Lindsey Bignell, Professor Gregory Lane