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Physics

Radiation

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Sensors capable of detecting individual photons of visible light have become essential for applications ranging from imaging faint galaxies to quantum computing

Projects and Programs

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Radiation Protection: Support of the Navy Dosimetry Program

Ongoing
Since 2010, the U.S. Navy has adopted a personal dosimeter designated as the model DT-702/PD, which was demonstrated to have an improved accuracy, energy discrimination and a lower detection limit than prior Navy designated models such as the DT-5XX/PD and DT-6XX/PD series. This dosimeter is used to
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Comparisons (Archive): International Comparison of Tc-99 Activity

Completed
Measurements by NIST on the solution were performed by three methods: viz., liquid scintillation (LS) standardizations (with 3H-standard efficiency tracing); with triple-to-double-coincidence ratio (TDCR) method; and with by 4ηβ(LS)-γ(NaI) live-timed anticoincidence (LTAC) measurements. Impurities

Publications

Spectroscopic Measurements and Models of Energy Deposition in the Substrate of Quantum Circuits by Natural Ionizing Radiation

Author(s)
Joseph Fowler, Paul Szypryt, Raymond Bunker, Ellen Edwards, Ian Fogarty Florang, JIANSONG GAO, Shannon Hoogerheide, Ben Loer, Hans Mumm, Nathan Nakamura, John Orrell, Elizabeth M. Scott, Jason Stevens, Daniel Swetz, Brent VanDevender, Michael Vissers, Joel Ullom
Naturally occurring background radiation is a potential source of correlated decoherence events in superconducting qubits that will challenge error-correction

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