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Dan Becker (Assoc)

Dr. Daniel Becker is a Research Associate at the University of Colorado (CU), as well as a member of NIST’s Quantum Sensors Group (QSG). He has worked in the fields of low temperature sensors, electronics and cryogenic systems since 2006, and currently leads efforts in the QSG to develop and deploy gamma-ray spectrometers using cryogenic microcalorimeters, including creation of automated data analysis pipelines. He was also a member of the QSG team that developed the microwave SQUID multiplexer, a new microwave-frequency multiplexed readout system for TES detectors. As a graduate student working in the QSG, he built a video-rate passive imaging system operating at 350 GHz using cryogenic detectors, and designed microwave components for cryogenic detectors that have been deployed in multiple Cosmic Microwave Background observatories. Prior to his scientific career, Dr. Becker worked for 12 years as a computer programmer and consultant.

Publications

Most stringent bound on electron neutrino mass obtained with a scalable low temperature microcalorimeter array

Author(s)
Bradley Alpert, Daniel Becker, Douglas Bennett, Joseph Fowler, Johnathon Gard, John Mates, Carl Reintsema, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Leila Vale, M. Balata, S. Nisii, A. Bevilacqua, M. De Gerone, G. Gallucci, L. Parodi, F. Siccardi, A. Borghesi, P. Campana, R. Carobene, M. Faverzani, A. Giachero, M. Gobbo, D. Labrbca, R. Morette, A. Nuciotti, L. Origo, S. Ragazzi, G. Ceruti, E. Ferri, G. Pessina, E. Celasco, F. Gatti, R. Dressler, E. Maugeri, D. Schumann, U Koster, M. Lusignoli, P. Manfrinetti, F Ahrens, E Bogini, M. Borghesi, P. Campana, R. Carbene, L. Ferrari Barusso, E. Ferri, G. Gallucci
The determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale remains a fundamental open question in particle physics, with profound implications for both the standard

Application of hard x-ray and gamma-ray TES microcalorimeters at an accelerator facility

Author(s)
Takeshi Saito, Shinji Okada, Yuichi Toyoma, Toshiyuki Azuma, Gonçalo Baptista, Daniel Becker, Douglas Bennett, William Doriese, Joseph Fowler, Johnathon Gard, Tadashi Hashimoto, Ryota Hayakawa, Tasuku HAYASHI, Yuto Ichinohe, Josef Imrek, Paul Indelicato, Tadaaki Isobe, Sohtaro Kanda, Naritoshi Kawamura, John Mates, Yasuhiro Miyake, Kelsey Morgan, Hirofumi Noda, Galen O'Neil, Takuma Okumura, Nancy Paul, Daniel Schmidt, Kouichiro Shimomura, Patrick Strasser, Daniel Swetz, Tadayuki Takahashi, Motonobu Tampo, Joel Ullom, Izumi Umegaki, Joel Weber, Shinya Yamada, Daikang Yan
The x-ray spectroscopy of the muonic atom has attracted atomic, nuclear, and particle physicists since its discovery. The properties of a muonic atom, such as

Towards Precision Spectroscopy of Antiprotonic Atoms for Probing Strong-field QED

Author(s)
Gonçalo Baptista, Shikha Rathi, Michael Roosa, Quentin Senetaire, Jonas Sommerfeldt, Toshiyuki Azuma, Daniel Becker, Francois Butin, Ofir Eizenberg, Joseph Fowler, Hiroyuki Fujioka, Davide Gamba, Nabil Garroum, Mauro Guerra, Tadashi Hashimoto, Takashi Higuchi, Paul Indelicato, Jorge Machado, Kelsey Morgan, Francois Nez, Jason Nobles, Ben Ohayon, Shinji Okada, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Pauline Yzombard, Marco Zito, Nancy Paul
PAX (antiProtonic Atom X-ray spectroscopy) is a new experiment with the aim to test strong-field quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects by performing high
Created May 11, 2019, Updated October 11, 2023
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