This paper describes a novel idea of a fine-grained fully-active plastic scintillator detector made of many optically independent 1×1×1cm3 cubes with readout on three orthogonal projections by wavelength shifting fibers. The original purpose of this detector is to serve as an active neutrino target for the detection, measurement and identification of the final state particles down to a few tenths MeV kinetic energies. The three readout views as well as the fine granularity ensure powerful localization and measurement of the deposited energy combined with good timing properties and isotropic acceptance. The possible application as a new active target for the T2K near detector, initial simulation studies and R&D test results are reported.
@article{arxiv.1707.01785,
title = {A fully active fine grained detector with three readout views},
author = {A. Blondel and F. Cadoux and S. Fedotov and M. Khabibullin and A. Khotjantsev and A. Korzenev and A. Kostin and Y. Kudenko and A. Longhin and A. Mefodiev and P. Mermod and O. Mineev and E. Noah and D. Sgalaberna and A. Smirnov and N. Yershov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.01785},
year = {2018}
}