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Calibration of the highly segmented SoLid antineutrino detector

Instrumentation and Detectors 2019-10-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

SoLid is a short baseline neutrino experiment, which is currently operating a 1.6 tons detector at the SCK\bulletCEN BR2 research reactor in Belgium. SoLid will address the study of the so called Reactor Antineutrino Anomaly (RAA), whose origin could be the existence of a light sterile neutrino state with a mass around the eV scale. In addition, it will perform a new measurement of the antineutrino energy spectrum produced by the 235^{235}U isotope, which will help in the understanding of the 5-MeV distortion observed in previous reactor antineutrino experiments. SoLid leverages a novel technology, combining PVT cubes of 5×\times5×\times5 cm3^{3} dimensions and 6^{6}LiF:ZnS(Ag) screens of \sim250 μ\mum thickness. To detect antineutrino interactions, signals are readout by a network of wavelength shifting fibers and SiPMs. The fine granularity (12800 cells) provides powerful tools to distinguish signal from background, but presents a challenge in ensuring homogeneous detector response and calibrating the energy scale and neutron detection efficiency. In this contribution the methods that have been developed for the calibration of such a segmented detector will be described. In addition, the calibration results are presented.

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@article{arxiv.1910.12825,
  title  = {Calibration of the highly segmented SoLid antineutrino detector},
  author = {Luis Manzanillas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.12825},
  year   = {2019}
}

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