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NOvA Proposal to Build a 30 Kiloton Off-Axis Detector to Study Neutrino Oscillations in the Fermilab NuMI Beamline

This is an updated version of the NOvA proposal. The detector is a 30 kiloton tracking calorimeter, 15.7 m by 15.7 m by 132 m long, with alternating horizontal and vertical rectangular cells of liquid scintillator contained in PVC extrusion…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 The NOvA Collaboration , D. Ayres

Production of Gadolinium-loaded Liquid Scintillator for the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

We report on the production and characterization of liquid scintillators for the detection of electron antineutrinos by the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. One hundred eighty-five tons of gadolinium-loaded (0.1% by mass) liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-18 Wanda Beriguete , Jun Cao , Yayun Ding , Sunej Hans , Karsten M. Heeger , Liangming Hu , Aizhong Huang , Kam-Biu Luk , Igor Nemchenok , Ming Qi , Richard Rosero , Hansheng Sun , Ruiguang Wang , Yifang Wang , Liangjian Wen , Yi Yang , Minfang Yeh , Zhiyong Zhang , Li Zhou

Data Quality and Performance of the NOvA Prototype Detector

The NOvA project is a long-baseline neutrino experiment. It utilizes the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab and consists of two functionally-identical liquid scintillator filled detectors. The detectors are placed 14 milliradians off-axis from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Lein

Performance of a segmented $^{6}$Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment

This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment $^{6}$Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype for the PROSPECT (Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum) Experiment.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-02 J. Ashenfelter , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , C. D. Bass , D. E. Bergeron , D. Berish , N. S. Bowden , J. P. Brodsky , C. D. Bryan , A. Bykadorova Telles , J. J. Cherwinka , T. Classen , K. Commeford , A. Conant , D. Davee , G. Deichert , M. V. Diwan , M. J. Dolinski , A. Erickson , B. T. Foust , J. K. Gaison , A. Galindo-Uribarri , K. Gilje , B. Hackett , K. Han , S. Hans , A. Hansell , K. M. Heeger , B. Heffron , J. Insler , D. E. Jaffe , D. Jones , O. Kyzylova , C. E. Lane , T. J. Langford , J. LaRosa , B. R. Littlejohn , F. Lopez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , J. Matta , R. D. McKeown , M. P. Mendenhall , J. Minock , P. E. Mueller , H. P. Mumm , J. Napolitano , R. Neilson , J. A. Nikkel , D. Norcini , S. Nour , D. A. Pushin , X. Qian , E. Romero-Romero , R. Rosero , P. T. Surukuchi , C. Trinh , M. A. Tyra , J. M. Wagner , C. White , J. Wilhelmi , T. Wise , M. Yeh , Y. -R. Yen , A. Zhang , C. Zhang , X. Zhang

Cherenkov Light in Liquid Scintillator at the NOvA Experiment

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with two functionally identical liquid scintillator tracking detectors, i.e. the Near Detector (ND) and the Far Detector (FD). One of NOvA's physics goal is to measure neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-30 Shiqi Yu

LiquidO: Neutrino Detection and Imaging in Opaque Media

For several decades now, scintillator detectors have found a wide range of applications in particle physics, including neutrino detection, the search for dark matter and even medical imaging. These detectors so far have strongly relied on…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-17 Diana Navas-Nicolás , Cloé Girard-Carillo , Stefan Schoppmann

NOvA Recent Results with Neutrino+Antineutrino Data

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using Fermilab's 700 kW NuMI muon neutrino beam. Two functionally identical scintillator detectors are placed off the beam axis, separated by 810 km oscillation baseline. Both…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-23 Tomas Nosek

Development of a Gd Loaded Liquid Scintillator for Electron Anti-Neutrino Spectroscopy

We report on the development and deployment of 11.3 tons of 0.1% Gd loaded liquid scintillator used in the Palo Verde reactor neutrino oscillation experiment. We discuss the chemical composition, properties, and stability of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 Andreas G. Piepke , S. Wayne Moser , Vladimir M. Novikov

Fast Neutron Detection with 6Li-loaded Liquid Scintillator

We report on the development of a fast neutron detector using a liquid scintillator doped with enriched Li-6. The lithium was introduced in the form of an aqueous LiCl micro-emulsion with a di-isopropylnaphthalene-based liquid scintillator.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 B. M. Fisher , J. N. Abdurashitov , K. J. Coakley , V. N. Gavrin , D. M. Gilliam , J. S. Nico , A. A. Shikhin , A. K. Thompson , D. F. Vecchia , V. E. Yants

Design, construction, and operation of a 30-ton Water-based Liquid scintillator detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS) was proposed over a decade ago as a novel detector medium that might allow the separation and tuning of the relative ratio of the Cherenkov and Scintillation signals. A detector deploying this…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-23 S. Andrade , A. Baldoni , D. F. Cowen , R. Diaz Prerez , M. V. Diwan , S. Gokhale , S. Gwon , S. Hans , P. Hackspacher , J. Jerome , G. Lawley , G. D. Orebi Gann , P. Kumar , J. Park , C. Reyes , R. Rosero , N. Seberg , K. Siyeon , M. Smiley , R. Svoboda , N. Speece-Moyer , M. Vagins , B. Walsh , J. J. Wang , M. Wilking , G. Yang , D. Wooley , M. Yeh

Liquid scintillator as tracking detector for high-energy events

A large-volume liquid scintillator can be used as a tracking detector to measure high-energy neutrino events, like atmospheric neutrinos and neutrino beams. The lepton flavor recognition is almost absolute above 1 GeV. The energy resolution…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-29 Juha Peltoniemi

NOvA: Present and Future

NOvA is a next generation neutrino oscillation experiment designed to search for muon neutrino to electron neutrino oscillations by comparing electron neutrino event rates in a Near Detector at Fermilab with the rates observed in a large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Gavin S. Davies

Lithium-loaded Liquid Scintillator Production for the PROSPECT experiment

This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). Fifty-nine 90 liter batches of LiLS (${}^6{\rm Li}$ mass fraction…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-02 PROSPECT Collaboration , J. Ashenfelter , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , C. D. Bass , D. E. Bergeron , D. Berish , L. J. Bignell , N. S. Bowden , J. P. Brodsky , C. D. Bryan , C. Camilo Reyes , S. Campos , J. J. Cherwinka , T. Classen , A. J. Conant , D. Davee , D. Dean , G. Deichert , R. Diaz Perez , M. V. Diwan , M. J. Dolinski , A. Erickson , M. Febbraro , B. T. Foust , J. K. Gaison , A. Galindo-Uribarri , C. E. Gilbert , B. T. Hackett , S. Hans , A. B. Hansell , B. Hayes , K. M. Heeger , J. Insler , D. E. Jaffe , D. C. Jones , O. Kyzylova , C. E. Lane , T. J. Langford , J. LaRosa , B. R. Littlejohn , X. Lu , D. A. MartinezCaicedo , J. T. Matta , R. D. McKeown , M. P. Mendenhall , P. E. Mueller , H. P. Mumm , J. Napolitano , R. Neilson , J. A. Nikkel , D. Norcini , S. Nour , D. A. Pushin , X. Qian , E. Romero-Romero , R. Rosero , D. Sarenac , P. T. Surukuchi , M. A. Tyra , R. L. Varner , B. Viren , C. White , J. Wilhelmi , T. Wise , M. Yeh , Y. -R. Yen , A. Zhang , C. Zhang , X. Zhang

Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator

A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is compatible with acrylic and has a competitive light yield to…

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PVC Extrusion Development and Production for the NOvA Neutrino Experiment

We have produced large and highly-reflective open-cell PVC extrusions for the NOvA neutrino oscillation experiment. The extrusions were sealed, instrumented, assembled into self-supporting detector blocks, and filled with liquid…

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Status of Experiment NEUTRINO-4 Search for Sterile Neutrino

In order to carry out research in the field of possible existence of a sterile neutrino the laboratory based on SM-3 reactor (Dimitrovgrad, Russia) was created to search for oscillations of reactor antineutrino. The prototype of a…

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A 3D segmented Water-based Liquid Scintillator for high-precision detection of neutrinos in water

Precision detection of neutrino-nucleus interactions in water with the complete detection of the final state, including leptons and hadrons, is challenging due to water being a non-scintillating medium. This can be a limitation for the…

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NOvA Short-Baseline Tau Neutrino Appearance Search

Standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations have well explained by a wide range of neutrino experiments. However, the anomalous results, such as electron-antineutrino excess seen by LSND and MiniBooNE do not fit the three-flavor paradigm.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-03 Rijeesh Keloth , Adam Aurisano , Alexander Sousa , Gavin S Davies , Louise Suter , Robert K Plunkett

Measurement of Neutrino-Electron Elastic Scattering at NOvA Near Detector

NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that is optimized for electron-neutrino appearance measurements. It uses the upgraded NuMI beam from Fermilab and consists of a Far Detector in Ash River, Minnesota…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 Jianming Bian

Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

The MINERvA experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using $\nu_\mu$ and ${\bar\nu}_\mu$ neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This article presents a detailed description of…

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