Dr Nicola McConkey

Nicola McConkey

Ernest Rutherford Fellow and Lecturer in Particle Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
ORCID

Research

Neutrino Physics, Quantum Technology, Detector Development

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics

2024

bullet iconDUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, Amar H, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (12) 
01-12-2024
bullet iconFirst measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, Amar H, et al.
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 110 (9) 
01-11-2024
bullet iconFirst demonstration of a combined light and charge pixel readout on the anode plane of a LArTPC
Anfimov N, Branca A, Bürgi J, Calivers L, Cuesta C, Diurba R, Dunne P, Dwyer DA, Evans JJ, Ezeribe AC, Gauch A, Gil-Botella I, Greenberg S, Guffanti D, Karcher A, Kreslo I, Kunzmann J, Lane N, Corchado SM, McConkey N, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (11) 
01-11-2024
bullet iconDemonstration of neutron identification in neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber
Abratenko P, Alterkait O, Aldana DA, Arellano L, Asaadi J, Ashkenazi A, Balasubramanian S, Baller B, Barnard A, Barr G, Barrow D, Barrow J, Basque V, Bateman J, Rodrigues OB, Berkman S, Bhanderi A, Bhat A, Bhattacharya M, Bishai M, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 84 (10) 
14-10-2024
bullet iconScintillation light in SBND: simulation, reconstruction, and expected performance of the photon detection system
Abratenko P, Acciarri R, Adams C, Aliaga-Soplin L, Alterkait O, Alvarez-Garrote R, Andreopoulos C, Antonakis A, Arellano L, Asaadi J, Badgett W, Balasubramanian S, Basque V, Beever A, Behera B, Belchior E, Betancourt M, Bhat A, Bishai M, Blake A, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 84 (10) 
10-10-2024
bullet iconPerformance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, et al.
Instruments, Mdpi vol. 8 (3) 
11-09-2024
bullet iconThe DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology. Technical Design Report
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (08) 
01-08-2024
bullet iconDoping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Es-sghir HA, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (08) 
01-08-2024

2023

bullet iconReconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Allison K, Monsalve SA, AlRashed M, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 83 (7) 
14-07-2023
bullet iconImpact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, et al.
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 107 (11) 
01-06-2023
bullet iconIdentification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, et al.
Physical Review D vol. 107 (9) 
01-05-2023
bullet iconHighly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 18 (04) 
01-04-2023

2022

bullet iconSeparation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network
Abed Abud A, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Alonso Monsalve S, AlRashed M, Alt C, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 82 (10) 
12-10-2022
bullet iconLow exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, AlRashed M, Alt C, Alton A, et al.
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 105 (7) 
01-04-2022
bullet iconDesign, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, Alton A, Amedo P, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 17 (01), p01005-p01005.  
04-01-2022
bullet iconScintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, AlRashed M, Alt C, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 82 (7) 
01-01-2022

2021

bullet iconSearching for solar KDAR with DUNE
collaboration TD, Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, Alton A, et al.
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2021 (10) 
01-10-2021
bullet iconDeep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Alion T, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, Alton A, Amedo P, Anderson J, Andreopoulos C, Andrews MP, Andrianala F, et al.
Instruments, Mdpi vol. 5 (4) 
29-09-2021

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
bullet iconQuantum Technologies for Neutrino Mass (QTNM) science communication and outreach
Nicola McConkey
£99,999 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
01-08-2024 - 31-03-2025
solid heart iconPiecing together the neutrino mass puzzle in search of new particles with precision oscillation experiments and quantum technologies-GRANT TRANSFER
Nicola McConkey
£431,666 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
01-01-2024 - 30-09-2027