SciBath: A Novel Tracking Detector for Measuring Neutral Particles Underground
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2011-10-21 v1 Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
The SciBath-768 detector is a prototype neutral particle detector offering high-precision reconstruction of neutrino and neutron events. It consists of a three dimensional grid of 768 wavelength-shifting fibers immersed in 82 liters of liquid scintillator. Initially conceived as a charged particle detector for neutrino studies, it is also sensitive to fast neutrons (1-100 MeV). Simulation results show 30% efficiency and 30% energy resolution for 1-10 MeV tagged neutron events. The apparatus has been commissioned and will be deployed in Fall 2011 to measure neutrinos and neutrons 100 meters underground in the Fermilab MINOS near-detector area.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1110.4432,
title = {SciBath: A Novel Tracking Detector for Measuring Neutral Particles Underground},
author = {R. Cooper and L. Garrison and H. -O. Meyer and T. Mikev and L. Rebenitsch and R. Tayloe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.4432},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the DPF-2011 Conference, Providence, RI, August 8-13, 2011