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University of Florida - More Projects
The laboratory where I worked under the supervision of Dr. Tarek Saab is part of the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search collaboration (SuperCDMS). The main function of the lab is to cool down detector payloads we receive from the collaboration for testing. These tests use liquid helium and a high-vacuum dry dilution refrigerator to reach temperatures of only 20 mK.
Double Pulse Simulations
At the beginning of my time at the University of Florida, I worked on double pulse simulations using Igor Pro software. The double pulses modeled what the signal from our dark matter detectors would look like if two events occurred in close succession (less than a msec).
Dry Dilution Refrigerator
Throughout my three years, I contributed regularly to the operation and maintenance of the dry dilution refrigerator. This included
- maintaining clean room conditions
- controlling the gas handling manifold
- and leak checking (so much leak checking)