SoLid: A short baseline reactor neutrino experiment
Abstract
The SoLid experiment, short for Search for Oscillations with a Lithium-6 detector, is a new generation neutrino experiment which tries to address the key challenges for high precision reactor neutrino measurements at very short distances from a reactor core and with little or no overburden. The primary goal of the SoLid experiment is to perform a precise measurement of the electron antineutrino energy spectrum and flux and to search for very short distance neutrino oscillations as a probe of eV-scale sterile neutrinos. This paper describes the SoLid detection principle, the mechanical design and the construction of the detector. It then reports on the installation and commissioning on site near the BR2 reactor, Belgium, and finally highlights its performance in terms of detector response and calibration.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2002.05914,
title = {SoLid: A short baseline reactor neutrino experiment},
author = {SoLid Collaboration and Y. Abreu and Y. Amhis and L. Arnold and G. Barber and W. Beaumont and S. Binet and I. Bolognino and M. Bongrand and J. Borg and D. Boursette and V. Buridon and B. C. Castle and H. Chanal and K. Clark and B. Coupe and P. Crochet and D. Cussans and A. De Roeck and D. Durand and T. Durkin and M. Fallot and L. Ghys and L. Giot and K. Graves and B. Guillon and D. Henaff and B. Hosseini and S. Jenzer and S. Kalcheva and L. N. Kalousis and M. Labare and G. Lehaut and S. Manley and L. Manzanillas and J. Mermans and I. Michiels and S. Monteil and C. Moortgat and D. Newbold and V. Pestel and K. Petridis and I. Pinera and L. Popescu and N. Roy and D. Ryckbosch and N. Ryder and D. Saunders and M. -H. Schune and M. Settimo and H. Rejeb Sfar and L. Simard and A. Vacheret and G. Vandierendonck and S. Van Dyck and P. Van Mulders and N. Van Remortel and S. Vercaemer and M. Verstraeten and B. Viaud and A. Weber and F. Yermia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.05914},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
39 pages, 30 figures