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    Planetary Hinterlands:Extraction, Abandonment and Care

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    This open access book considers the concept of the hinterland as a crucial tool for understanding the global and planetary present as a time defined by the lasting legacies of colonialism, increasing labor precarity under late capitalist regimes, and looming climate disasters. Traditionally seen to serve a (colonial) port or market town, the hinterland here becomes a lens to attend to the times and spaces shaped and experienced across the received categories of the urban, rural, wilderness or nature. In straddling these categories, the concept of the hinterland foregrounds the human and more-than-human lively processes and forms of care that go on even in sites defined by capitalist extraction and political abandonment. Bringing together scholars from the humanities and social sciences, the book rethinks hinterland materialities, affectivities, and ecologies across places and cultural imaginations, Global North and South, urban and rural, and land and water

    Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion. Collected Works, Volume 5

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    This fifth volume on Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion collects theoretical and applied contributions of researchers working in different fields of applications and in mathematics, and is available in open-access. The collected contributions of this volume have either been published or presented after disseminating the fourth volume in 2015 in international conferences, seminars, workshops and journals, or they are new. The contributions of each part of this volume are chronologically ordered. First Part of this book presents some theoretical advances on DSmT, dealing mainly with modified Proportional Conflict Redistribution Rules (PCR) of combination with degree of intersection, coarsening techniques, interval calculus for PCR thanks to set inversion via interval analysis (SIVIA), rough set classifiers, canonical decomposition of dichotomous belief functions, fast PCR fusion, fast inter-criteria analysis with PCR, and improved PCR5 and PCR6 rules preserving the (quasi-)neutrality of (quasi-)vacuous belief assignment in the fusion of sources of evidence with their Matlab codes. Because more applications of DSmT have emerged in the past years since the apparition of the fourth book of DSmT in 2015, the second part of this volume is about selected applications of DSmT mainly in building change detection, object recognition, quality of data association in tracking, perception in robotics, risk assessment for torrent protection and multi-criteria decision-making, multi-modal image fusion, coarsening techniques, recommender system, levee characterization and assessment, human heading perception, trust assessment, robotics, biometrics, failure detection, GPS systems, inter-criteria analysis, group decision, human activity recognition, storm prediction, data association for autonomous vehicles, identification of maritime vessels, fusion of support vector machines (SVM), Silx-Furtif RUST code library for information fusion including PCR rules, and network for ship classification. Finally, the third part presents interesting contributions related to belief functions in general published or presented along the years since 2015. These contributions are related with decision-making under uncertainty, belief approximations, probability transformations, new distances between belief functions, non-classical multi-criteria decision-making problems with belief functions, generalization of Bayes theorem, image processing, data association, entropy and cross-entropy measures, fuzzy evidence numbers, negator of belief mass, human activity recognition, information fusion for breast cancer therapy, imbalanced data classification, and hybrid techniques mixing deep learning with belief functions as well

    Beam scanning by liquid-crystal biasing in a modified SIW structure

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    A fixed-frequency beam-scanning 1D antenna based on Liquid Crystals (LCs) is designed for application in 2D scanning with lateral alignment. The 2D array environment imposes full decoupling of adjacent 1D antennas, which often conflicts with the LC requirement of DC biasing: the proposed design accommodates both. The LC medium is placed inside a Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) modified to work as a Groove Gap Waveguide, with radiating slots etched on the upper broad wall, that radiates as a Leaky-Wave Antenna (LWA). This allows effective application of the DC bias voltage needed for tuning the LCs. At the same time, the RF field remains laterally confined, enabling the possibility to lay several antennas in parallel and achieve 2D beam scanning. The design is validated by simulation employing the actual properties of a commercial LC medium

    Downconversion of Phonons to Suppress Correlated Errors in Superconducting Qubit Arrays

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    Quantum computers have the potential to solve critical problems that are intractable on conventional processors, with applications in a wide range of areas. The operation of a fault-tolerant quantum processor requires the use of quantum error correction, which involves encoding logical qubits across a large array of physical qubits. One promising system for implementing physical qubits is based on superconducting circuits, such as the transmon. For superconducting qubits, recent research have demonstrated that one source of decoherence comes from high-energy particles, such as gamma rays from background radioactivity and cosmic ray muons. When these particles hit the device substrate, they produce a burst of energetic phonons that travel throughout the chip. Upon hitting the device layer, these phonons generate dissipative excitations, which are quasiparticles, in the superconducting films that make up the qubit, thus causing an error in the qubit. Because the phonons from a single particle impact spread throughout the chip, a single impact event can cause correlated errors across the qubit array, which cannot be mitigated by conventional quantum error correction. In this thesis, we demonstrate a scheme to downconvert pair-breaking phonon energy by fabricating normal metal reservoirs on the back side of our qubit chip. We utilize voltage-biased Josephson junctions around the perimeter of our qubit chip to inject pair-breaking phonons into the substrate, allowing us to quantify our phonon downconversion efficiency. We investigate two devices, one with and one without normal metal reservoirs, that are measured in the same low-temperature environment. For the device with back-side metallization, we observe a reduction in the flux of injected pair-breaking phonons reaching the qubit by more than an order of magnitude. We also measured the quasiparticle charge parity switching rate on multiple qubits in the array, and observed a reduction in the two-fold and three-fold correlated switching rates by two orders of magnitude for the device with the normal metal reservoirs. This work thus provides a practical phonon downconversion technique that suppresses two-fold correlated errors in qubit arrays below the threshold required for running quantum error correction in the presence of background radioactivity

    Action at a Distance: Reformatting the Paradigm of Spectatorship through Virtual Gestures and Audio-Visuals

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    Array Infinitive is a practice-based research project that examines audiovisuals and audience experience in virtual reality art practice. This PhD investigates the ways in which audiovisual performance in virtual reality (VR) affects and impacts an audience, and to what degree the audience is aware of the live aspect of the performance whilst immersed in the virtual space. This studio-led work draws upon ambient audio and colourful VR visuals, generated, processed, and ‘played’ via gesture to a locally networked audience. Acting as researcher, lead artist, composer, and performer, I used improvised hand gestures and bodily movements to create amplified soundscapes and VR particle trails, which were broadcast to audience headsets in real-time. One aim of this project was to create an altered state of consciousness (ASC) experience through ambient soundscapes and mesmeric VR visuals. These could then be studied to determine whether the audience had an awareness that ‘the instrument’ (by which I mean sonified and visualised VR-responsive gestures) was controlled by a human. I also expanded the framework of spectatorship through a ‘hybrid-audience’ when Array Infinitive was shown to a larger mixed group. This included observers both within and outside of VR, forming the same collective. Methodologically, to understand audience experience in the context of this project, I undertook case studies, research studies, and field work to investigate audience response, as well as to gain feedback on the impact of VR audiovisuals, ASC reaction, and gestural performance as a form of instrumentation in VR. This PhD research project builds upon important contributions to the field of performance research and the notion of 'enchantment' presented by Erika Fischer-Lichte, regarding performance as a spatial, embodied event: something that has energy and sensation.1 As well as Fischer-Lichte’s exploration of ‘enlivening’ a room into a performance space, she argues that live action extends possibilities of perception and expands the relationship between performer and audience.2 Throughout this research, I intended to activate dual spatial planes – of both virtual and real-world dimensions; to create a group experience; and to explore affect by way of live audiovisuals. Other referenced research and material includes Maaike Bleeker’s ‘Corporeal Literacy’ and ‘Bodymind'3 concepts, Shi Ke's, Embodiment and Disembodiment in Live Art,4 Mieke Bal's Endless Andness5 and Jonathan Weinel's Inner Sound, Altered States of Consciousness in Electronic Music and Audio-Visual Media.6 In addition, essays and published papers such as Seigworth and Gre!’s 'An inventory of shimmers'7 and Dr David Glowacki’s research into group VR ASC experience8 were also reference material for the thesis. Array Infinitive takes inspiration and points of reference from many artists who work with a variety of media, such as Ann Veronica Janssens, Haroon Mirza, Rashaad Newsome, Pauline Oliveros, Éliane Radigue, Jacolby Satterwhite and Catherine Yass. These artists produce work that is less about what it ‘means’ and more about what it ‘does’. The outcomes of this research contribute to the field of audiovisual art by way of exploring and expanding the definition of performance in VR and of experimental, improvised live sound-making. The development of gesture-controlled VR audiovisual content for live performance has been established and tested in a variety of settings through this actionresearch, including both public-facing interactions and controlled research studies. Discoveries revolve around audience experience and affective response to sensory contact through VR, as well as demonstrating the ability of this work to evoke a genuine ASC. The findings of the Array Infinitive research project have demonstrated that the fully immersed audience were not aware of the live element of the performance. Participants in VR were not cognisant that there was a performer within their physical environment nor that the audiovisuals were being conducted by a human. The cybernetic is present in this performance piece, through a corporeal, tangible, biological conduit. This work does not employ algorithms or artificial intelligence (AI) to generate content. The majority of the test subjects could not recognise that the shared audiovisual experience was being conducted by a person as part of a live proceeding. Furthermore, the alteration in perception of human performative manoeuvres was instigated and studied as part of an extended form of spectatorship, which reconsiders the definition of the ‘audience’ and makes room for paradox within a collective event: a multidimensional encounter that deliberately involves isolation, solidarity, and heterogeneous realities simultaneously

    Graphonomics and your Brain on Art, Creativity and Innovation : Proceedings of the 19th International Graphonomics Conference (IGS 2019 – Your Brain on Art)

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    [Italiano]: “Grafonomia e cervello su arte, creatività e innovazione”. Un forum internazionale per discutere sui recenti progressi nell'interazione tra arti creative, neuroscienze, ingegneria, comunicazione, tecnologia, industria, istruzione, design, applicazioni forensi e mediche. I contributi hanno esaminato lo stato dell'arte, identificando sfide e opportunità, e hanno delineato le possibili linee di sviluppo di questo settore di ricerca. I temi affrontati includono: strategie integrate per la comprensione dei sistemi neurali, affettivi e cognitivi in ambienti realistici e complessi; individualità e differenziazione dal punto di vista neurale e comportamentale; neuroaesthetics (uso delle neuroscienze per spiegare e comprendere le esperienze estetiche a livello neurologico); creatività e innovazione; neuro-ingegneria e arte ispirata dal cervello, creatività e uso di dispositivi di mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) indossabili; terapia basata su arte creativa; apprendimento informale; formazione; applicazioni forensi. / [English]: “Graphonomics and your brain on art, creativity and innovation”. A single track, international forum for discussion on recent advances at the intersection of the creative arts, neuroscience, engineering, media, technology, industry, education, design, forensics, and medicine. The contributions reviewed the state of the art, identified challenges and opportunities and created a roadmap for the field of graphonomics and your brain on art. The topics addressed include: integrative strategies for understanding neural, affective and cognitive systems in realistic, complex environments; neural and behavioral individuality and variation; neuroaesthetics (the use of neuroscience to explain and understand the aesthetic experiences at the neurological level); creativity and innovation; neuroengineering and brain-inspired art, creative concepts and wearable mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) designs; creative art therapy; informal learning; education; forensics

    Set-based state estimation and fault diagnosis using constrained zonotopes and applications

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    This doctoral thesis develops new methods for set-based state estimation and active fault diagnosis (AFD) of (i) nonlinear discrete-time systems, (ii) discrete-time nonlinear systems whose trajectories satisfy nonlinear equality constraints (called invariants), (iii) linear descriptor systems, and (iv) joint state and parameter estimation of nonlinear descriptor systems. Set-based estimation aims to compute tight enclosures of the possible system states in each time step subject to unknown-but-bounded uncertainties. To address this issue, the present doctoral thesis proposes new methods for efficiently propagating constrained zonotopes (CZs) through nonlinear mappings. Besides, this thesis improves the standard prediction-update framework for systems with invariants using new algorithms for refining CZs based on nonlinear constraints. In addition, this thesis introduces a new approach for set-based AFD of a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems. An affine parametrization of the reachable sets is obtained for the design of an optimal input for set-based AFD. In addition, this thesis presents new methods based on CZs for set-valued state estimation and AFD of linear descriptor systems. Linear static constraints on the state variables can be directly incorporated into CZs. Moreover, this thesis proposes a new representation for unbounded sets based on zonotopes, which allows to develop methods for state estimation and AFD also of unstable linear descriptor systems, without the knowledge of an enclosure of all the trajectories of the system. This thesis also develops a new method for set-based joint state and parameter estimation of nonlinear descriptor systems using CZs in a unified framework. Lastly, this manuscript applies the proposed set-based state estimation and AFD methods using CZs to unmanned aerial vehicles, water distribution networks, and a lithium-ion cell.Comment: My PhD Thesis from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Most of the research work has already been published in DOIs 10.1109/CDC.2018.8618678, 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550353, 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108614, 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.2484, 10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.08.308, 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109638, 10.1109/TCST.2021.3130534, 10.1016/j.automatica.2022.11042

    Design and Development of a Multi-Frequency System for Microwave Heating

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    [ES] La utilización de sistemas de microondas para aplicaciones de calentamiento está muy extendida, principalmente por su uso en el calentamiento doméstico. El volumen de ventas del horno de microondas doméstico refleja un dato curioso: es el electrodoméstico más vendido en el mundo cada año. Por ello, el coste de producción del elemento principal, el magnetrón, presenta unos márgenes de beneficio imbatibles. Sin embargo, los avances en la fabricación de generadores de RF de alta potencia de estado sólido han puesto de manifiesto no solo las limitaciones de los sistemas basados en magnetrón sino también las grandes ventajas de la tecnología de transistores. Actualmente, los amplificadores de potencia de estado sólido han alcanzado una madurez suficiente como para competir en eficiencia, coste y calidad de la onda generada con el magnetrón. Las principales ventajas de los transistores son un reducido tamaño, tensiones de alimentación bajas, un espectro puro en frecuencia, un mayor tiempo de vida y el control digital directo. Los sistemas de microondas con esta tecnología están siendo introducidos en el mercado desde hace diez años, aunque las aplicaciones reales que los utilizan son escasas. La principal razón es la falta de diseños de aplicadores específicos para sacar el máximo provecho a las fuentes de estado sólido. , por tanto, es éste el objetivo de la tesis doctoral. Los sistemas S2MH (Solid-State Microwave Heating) se presentan en esta disertación doctoral como una alternativa que ofrece un calentamiento mejorado. La posibilidad de seleccionar la frecuencia exacta, ajustar la potencia de salida y realizar barridos de fase de forma coherente con múltiples iluminadores proporcionan al sistema un control preciso del proceso de calentamiento. El resultado directo de éste es un calentamiento homogéneo y el uso de la tecnología de microondas en procesos de alto valor añadido y fuerte dependencia con la temperatura. Esta tesis doctoral presenta el trabajo realizado en el diseño y fabricación de dos sistemas S2MH: el primero es un horno estático versátil para diferentes procesos químicos, y el segundo un horno de transporte para el secado de almendras. Estos dos sistemas están formados por el SSMGS (Solid-State Microwave Generator System), que incluye cuatro amplificadores de estado sólido (SSPA) con una generación de la onda coherente, y el aplicador. Para el diseño del SSMGS se han tenido en cuenta los requisitos de potencia y frecuencia de cada aplicación. Se ha utilizado un SSMGS con cuatro PA de 250 W a 2,450 MHz para el horno de aplicaciones químicas, mientras que el secado de almendras necesita cuatro PA de 500 W a 915 MHz. Los dos sistemas de generación de microondas permiten un control individual o combinado de los parámetros de los cuatro módulos amplificadores, i.e., potencia, frecuencia y fase. Todo el proceso de diseño ha sido llevado a cabo mediante modelado multi-físico, poniendo un especial cuidado en las propiedades termofísicas y dieléctricas de los alimentos y soluciones acuosas que tienen una importante dependencia con la temperatura. El comportamiento completo del sistema aplicador se ha estudiado con estas herramientas. Tras la fabricación de los dos prototipos o pruebas de concepto (PoC), los resultados obtenidos presentan un comportamiento similar al modelo y muestran, además, prometedoras mejoras frente a los sistemas actuales. El sistema de aplicaciones químicas presenta mejoras en la distribución de campo, independientemente de la aplicación y la carga. Y el sistema de secado de almendras proporciona un mayor control sobre el proceso evitando la pérdida de material por sobrecalentamiento.[CA] La utilització de sistemes de microones en aplicacions d'escalfament està molt estesa, principalment pel seu us en escalfament domèstic. El volum de ventes del forn de microones domèstic reflexa una informació curiosa: es l'electrodomèstic més venut anualment al món. Per això, el cost de producció del seu element principal, el magnetró, presenta uns marges de benefici imbatibles. No obstant això, els avanços en la fabricació de generadors de RF d'alta potencia d'estat sòlid han posat de manifest tant les limitacions dels sistemes basats en magnetró, com els grans avantatges de la tecnologia de transistors. Actualment, els amplificadors de potència d'estat sòlid son el suficientment madurs com per competir en eficiència, cost i qualitat de l'ona generada amb el magnetró. Els principals avantatges dels transistors son les dimensions reduïdes, tensions d'alimentació baixes, un espectre pur en freqüència, major temps de vida i el control digital directe. Els sistemes de microones amb aquesta tecnologia estan sent introduïts al mercat des de fa deu anys, malgrat les aplicacions reals son escasses. El principal motiu és la falta de dissenys de aplicadors específics per obtindré el màxim profit de les fonts d'estat sòlid. , por tanto, es éste el objetivo de la tesis doctoral. Els sistemes S2MH es presenten en esta dissertació doctoral com una alternativa que ofereix un escalfament millorat. La possibilitat de seleccionar la freqüència exacta, ajustar la potència d'eixida i realitzar un rastreig de fase de forma coherent amb molts il·luminadors proporcionen al sistema un control precís del procés d'escalfament. El resultat directe d'aquest es un escalfament homogeni i el us de la tecnologia de microones en processos d'alt valor afegit i alta sensibilitat a la temperatura. Aquesta dissertació doctoral presenta el treball realitzat en el disseny i fabricació de dos sistemes S2MH: el primer és un forn estàtic i versàtil per a diferent processos químics, i el segon es tracta d'un forn de transport per l'assecatge d'ametles. Tots dos sistemes estan formats pel SSMGS, que inclou quatre amplificadors d'estat sòlid (SSPA) amb generació coherent de l'ona, i l'aplicador. Per al disseny del SSMGS s'han tingut en compte els requisits de potència i freqüència de cada aplicació. S'ha utilitzat un SSMGS amb quatre PA de 250 W a 2,450 MHz per al forn d'aplicacions químiques, mentre que per al d'assecat d'ametla es necessita quatre PA de 500 W a 915 MHz. Ambdós sistemes de generació de microones permeten un control individual o combinat dels paràmetres dels quatre mòduls amplificadors, i.e., potència, freqüència i fase. Tot el procés de disseny ha sigut realitzat amb l'ajuda del modelat multi-físic, prestant una especial atenció a les propietats termofísiques i dielèctriques dels aliments i solucions aquoses, que tenen una important dependència de la temperatura. El comportament complet del sistema aplicador ha sigut estudiat amb estes ferramentes digitals. Després de la fabricació dels dos prototips o proves de concepte (PoC), els resultats obtinguts presenten un comportament similar al model i, a més a més, mostren millores prometedores front als sistemes actuals. El sistema d'aplicacions químiques presenta millores en la distribució de camp, independentment de l'aplicació i la càrrega. I el sistema d'assecatge d'ametlles proporciona un major control sobre el procés, evitant la pèrdua de material per sobreescalfament.[EN] Microwave systems are widely used for heating applications, mainly domestic food heating. The microwave oven sales figures place it as the first domestic appliance, giving its core element, the magnetron, an unbeatable production cost margin. However, recent improvements in RF high-power generator manufacturing have pointed out not only the limitations of these systems based on the magnetron but also the main benefits of the transistors technology. Nowadays, solid-state power amplifiers are mature enough to compete in efficiency, cost and quality with the magnetron. Transistors' main benefits are their reduced size, low operation voltages, pure frequency spectrum, lifetime, and straightforward digital control. Microwave systems based on solid-state power amplifiers have been recently introduced, although the real applications making use of them are rare. The main issue is the lack of applicator designs for specific solid-state sources that fully exploit the mentioned advantages; therefore, this is the main objective of the present PhD thesis. Solid-State Microwave Heating (S2MH) systems are presented in this PhD dissertation as an alternative that offers enhanced heating. Fine frequency selection, adjustable output power and coherent phase sweep in multiple outputs provide the system with accurate control over the heating process. The direct outcome of this control is the production of homogeneous heating and the application of microwave technology into high-added-value temperature-sensitive processes. The complete design and manufacture of two S2MH systems have been carried out and presented in this PhD thesis. The two designed systems are a multi-process chemical lab batch oven and an almond drying conveyorized oven. These two systems are composed of the Solid-State Microwave Generator System (SSMGS), consisting of four Solid-State Power Amplifiers (SSPA) with coherent wave generation, and the applicator. The design of the SSMGS has been carried out according to the power and frequency requirements of the application. A 4 x 250 W SSPA at 2,450 MHz SSMGS has been used for the chemical processes oven, while the almond drying application needs 4 x 500 W SSPA at 915 MHz. Both SSMGS allow the individual or combined digital control of the parameters of the four amplifying modules, i.e., power, frequency and phase. Multiphysics modelling has been thoroughly studied with special attention to the temperature-dependent thermophysical and dielectric properties of food and liquid solutions. The overall applicators' behaviour has been analysed with this tool. After completing the two PoC (Proof of Concept), the results show good agreement with the models. Both PoCs have shown promising improvements to the current state-of-the-art systems. The chemical applications PoC shows electromagnetic field distribution improvements, independent of the application or load. On the other hand, the almonds drying system provides increased control over the process avoiding material losses through overheating.Santón Pons, P. (2022). Design and Development of a Multi-Frequency System for Microwave Heating [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/19132

    SuperCDMS HVeV Run 2 Low-Mass Dark Matter Search, Highly Multiplexed Phonon-Mediated Particle Detector with Kinetic Inductance Detector, and the Blackbody Radiation in Cryogenic Experiments

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    There is ample evidence of dark matter (DM), a phenomenon responsible for ≈ 85% of the matter content of the Universe that cannot be explained by the Standard Model (SM). One of the most compelling hypotheses is that DM consists of beyond-SM particle(s) that are nonluminous and nonbaryonic. So far, numerous efforts have been made to search for particle DM, and yet none has yielded an unambiguous observation of DM particles. We present in Chapter 2 the SuperCDMS HVeV Run 2 experiment, where we search for DM in the mass ranges of 0.5--10⁴ MeV/c² for the electron-recoil DM and 1.2--50 eV/c² for the dark photon and the Axion-like particle (ALP). SuperCDMS utilizes cryogenic crystals as detectors to search for DM interaction with the crystal atoms. The interaction is detected in the form of recoil energy mediated by phonons. In the HVeV project, we look for electron recoil, where we enhance the signal by the Neganov-Trofimov-Luke effect under high-voltage biases. The technique enabled us to detect quantized e⁻h⁺ creation at a 3% ionization energy resolution. Our work is the first DM search analysis considering charge trapping and impact ionization effects for solid-state detectors. We report our results as upper limits for the assumed particle models as functions of DM mass. Our results exclude the DM-electron scattering cross section, the dark photon kinetic mixing parameter, and the ALP axioelectric coupling above 8.4 x 10⁻³⁴ cm², 3.3 x 10⁻¹⁴, and 1.0 x 10⁻⁹, respectively. Currently every SuperCDMS detector is equipped with a few phonon sensors based on the transition-edge sensor (TES) technology. In order to improve phonon-mediated particle detectors' background rejection performance, we are developing highly multiplexed detectors utilizing kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) as phonon sensors. This work is detailed in chapter 3 and chapter 4. We have improved our previous KID and readout line designs, which enabled us to produce our first ø3" detector with 80 phonon sensors. The detector yielded a frequency placement accuracy of 0.07%, indicating our capability of implementing hundreds of phonon sensors in a typical SuperCDMS-style detector. We detail our fabrication technique for simultaneously employing Al and Nb for the KID circuit. We explain our signal model that includes extracting the RF signal, calibrating the RF signal into pair-breaking energy, and then the pulse detection. We summarize our noise condition and develop models for different noise sources. We combine the signal and the noise models to be an energy resolution model for KID-based phonon-mediated detectors. From this model, we propose strategies to further improve future detectors' energy resolution and introduce our ongoing implementations. Blackbody (BB) radiation is one of the plausible background sources responsible for the low-energy background currently preventing low-threshold DM experiments to search for lower DM mass ranges. In Chapter 5, we present our study for such background for cryogenic experiments. We have developed physical models and, based on the models, simulation tools for BB radiation propagation as photons or waves. We have also developed a theoretical model for BB photons' interaction with semiconductor impurities, which is one of the possible channels for generating the leakage current background in SuperCDMS-style detectors. We have planned for an experiment to calibrate our simulation and leakage current generation model. For the experiment, we have developed a specialized ``mesh TES'' photon detector inspired by cosmic microwave background experiments. We present its sensitivity model, the radiation source developed for the calibration, and the general plan of the experiment.</p

    2019 GREAT Day Program

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    SUNY Geneseo’s Thirteenth Annual GREAT Day.https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/program-2007/1013/thumbnail.jp
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