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A method has been developed to load tellurium into liquid scintillator so as to permit searches for neutrinoless double beta decay with high sensitivity. The approach involves the synthesis of an oil-soluble tellurium compound from telluric…

The SNO+ liquid scintillator experiment is under construction in the SNOLAB facility in Canada. The success of this experiment relies upon accurate characterization of the liquid scintillator, linear alkylbenzene (LAB). In this paper,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-06-16 H. M. O'Keeffe , E. O'Sullivan , M. C. Chen

The SNO+ Collaboration has recently concluded loading its liquid scintillator with PPO, the primary fluor, and the loading of the wavelength shifter, bisMSB, is ongoing. For each stage of the experiment, reliable position and energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-29 Rafael Hunt-Stokes

Liquid scintillator experiments for neutrinoless double beta decay search have high sensitivity based on the ultra low background environment and high scalability. This paper describes an overview of current ongoing projects KamLAND-Zen and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-16 Yoshihito Gando

Purification of the 278 tons of liquid scintillator and 889 tons of buffer shielding for the Borexino solar neutrino detector was performed with a system that combined distillation, water extraction, gas stripping and filtration. The…

Scintillator detectors can be used in experiments searching for neutrinoless double beta decay. A wide variety of double beta decay candidate isotopes can be made into scintillators or can be loaded into scintillators. Experimental programs…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-12-18 Mark C. Chen

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay is an important part of the global neutrino physics program. One double-beta decay isotope currently under investigation is 100Mo. In this article, we discuss the results of a feasibility study…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-11-20 V. M. Gehman , P. J. Doe , R. G. H. Robertson , D. I. Will , H. Ejiri , R. Hazama

The JSNS$^{2}$ (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) experiment will search for neutrino oscillations over a 24 m short baseline at J-PARC. The JSNS$^{2}$ inner detector will be filled with 17 tons of…

The SNO+ neutrino detector is an acrylic sphere of radius 6 m filled with liquid scintillator, immersed in a water-filled underground cavern, with a thin vertical neck (radius 0.75 m) extending upwards about 7 m from the sphere to a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-02 J. D. Wilson

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a multi-purpose neutrino experiment, will use 20 kt liquid scintillator (LS). To achieve the physics goal of determining the neutrino mass ordering, 3$\%$ energy resolution at 1 MeV is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-17 Wenqi Yan , Tao Hu , Li Zhou , Jun Cao , Xiao Cai , Jian Fang , Lijun Sun , Boxiang Yu , Xilei Sun , Zeyuan Yu , Yayun Ding , Mengchao Liu , Xiaoyan Ma , Xiaohui Qian , Wanjin Liu , Yuguang Xie

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-05-11 SNO+ Collaboration , : , M. R. Anderson , S. Andringa , L. Anselmo , E. Arushanova , S. Asahi , M. Askins , D. J. Auty , A. R. Back , Z. Barnard , N. Barros , D. Bartlett , F. Barão , R. Bayes , E. W. Beier , A. Bialek , S. D. Biller , E. Blucher , R. Bonventre , M. Boulay , D. Braid , E. Caden , E. J. Callaghan , J. Caravaca , J. Carvalho , L. Cavalli , D. Chauhan , M. Chen , O. Chkvorets , K. J. Clark , B. Cleveland , D. Cookman , C. Connors , I. T. Coulter , M. A. Cox , D. Cressy , X. Dai , C. Darrach , B. Davis-Purcell , C. Deluce , M. M. Depatie , F. Descamps , J. Dittmer , F. Di Lodovico , N. Duhaime , F. Duncan , J. Dunger , A. D. Earle , D. Fabris , E. Falk , A. Farrugia , N. Fatemighomi , V. Fischer , E. Fletcher , R. Ford , K. Frankiewicz , N. Gagnon , A. Gaur , K. Gilje , O. I. González-Reina , D. Gooding , P. Gorel , K. Graham , C. Grant , J. Grove , S. Grullon , E. Guillian , S. Hall , A. L. Hallin , D. Hallman , S. Hans , J. Hartnell , P. Harvey , M. Hedayatipour , W. J. Heintzelman , J. Heise , R. L. Helmer , D. Horne , B. Hreljac , J. Hu , A. S. M. Hussain , T. Iida , A. S. Inácio , M. Jackson , N. A. Jelley , C. J. Jillings , C. Jones , P. G. Jones , K. Kamdin , T. Kaptanoglu , J. Kaspar , K. Keeter , C. Kefelian , P. Khaghani , L. Kippenbrock , J. R. Klein , R. Knapik , J. Kofron , L. L. Kormos , S. Korte , B. Krar , C. Kraus , C. B. Krauss , T. Kroupova , K. Labe , F. Lafleur , I. Lam , C. Lan , B. J. Land , R. Lane , S. Langrock , A. LaTorre , I. Lawson , L. Lebanowski , G. M. Lefeuvre , E. J. Leming , A. Li , J. Lidgard , B. Liggins , Y. H. Lin , X. Liu , Y. Liu , V. Lozza , M. Luo , S. Maguire , A. Maio , K. Majumdar , S. Manecki , J. Maneira , R. D. Martin , E. Marzec , A. Mastbaum , J. Mauel , N. McCauley , A. B. McDonald , P. Mekarski , M. Meyer , C. Miller , C. Mills , M. Mlejnek , E. Mony , I. Morton-Blake , M. J. Mottram , S. Nae , M. Nirkko , L. J. Nolan , V. M. Novikov , H. M. O'Keeffe , E. O'Sullivan , G. D. Orebi Gann , M. J. Parnell , J. Paton , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pershing , Z. Petriw , J. Petzoldt , L. Pickard , D. Pracsovics , G. Prior , J. C. Prouty , S. Quirk , A. Reichold , S. Riccetto , R. Richardson , M. Rigan , A. Robertson , J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. M. Rost , J. Rumleskie , M. A. Schumaker , M. H. Schwendener , D. Scislowski , J. Secrest , M. Seddighin , L. Segui , S. Seibert , I. Semenec , F. Shaker , T. Shantz , M. K. Sharma , T. M. Shokair , L. Sibley , J. R. Sinclair , K. Singh , P. Skensved , M. Smiley , T. Sonley , R. Stainforth , M. Strait , M. I. Stringer , R. Svoboda , A. Sörensen , B. Tam , J. Tatar , L. Tian , N. Tolich , J. Tseng , H. W. C. Tseung , E. Turner , R. Van Berg , J. G. C. Veinot , C. J. Virtue , B. von Krosigk , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. M. G. Walker , M. Walker , S. C. Walton , J. Wang , M. Ward , O. Wasalski , J. Waterfield , J. J. Weigand , R. F. White , J. R. Wilson , T. J. Winchester , P. Woosaree , A. Wright , J. P. Yanez , M. Yeh , T. Zhang , Y. Zhang , T. Zhao , K. Zuber , A. Zummo

SNO+ is a neutrinoless double beta decay and low energy neutrino experiment located in Sudbury, Canada. To improve our understanding of the detector energy resolution and systematics, calibration systems have been developed to continuously…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-02 E. Falk , J. Lidgard , M. I. Stringer , E. Turner

The SoLid experiment has been designed to search for an oscillation pattern induced by a light sterile neutrino state, utilising the BR2 reactor of SCK$\bullet$CEN, in Belgium. The detector leverages a new hybrid technology, utilising two…

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) employs a 20 kt liquid scintillator (LS) detector located 700 m underground. To meet its physics objectives, the LS must achieve an ultra-low $^{238}$U/$^{232}$Th content of 10$^{-17}$…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-05 Jie Zhao , Chenyang Cui , Yongpeng Zhang , Gaosong Li , Nan Wang , Monica Sisti

Several liters of an organic liquid scintillator (LS) loaded with Nd have been made. We report on performances of this scintillator in terms of optical properties, radiopurity and light yield for a Nd concentration of 6.5 g/l. A possible…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-14 I. Barabanov , L. Bezrukov , C. Cattadori , N. Danilov , A. Di Vacri , A. Ianni , S. Nisi , F. Ortica , A. Romani , C. Salvo , O. Smirnov , E. Yanovich

The SNO+ experiment is a large multi-purpose neutrino detector, currently filled with liquid scintillator. For the first time in a single experiment, SNO+ is able to measure the neutrino oscillation parameters $\theta_{12}$ and $\Delta…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-29 Daniel Cookman

The Scintillating Bubble Chamber (SBC) collaboration is constructing a 10~kg liquid argon (LAr) bubble chamber at SNOLAB called SBC-SNOLAB having the main objective of detecting dark matter. One of the most novel aspects of SBC-SNOLAB is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-23 H. Hawley-Herrera

A light injection system using LEDs and optical fibres was designed for the calibration and monitoring of the photomultiplier array of the SNO+ experiment at SNOLAB. Large volume, non-segmented, low-background detectors for rare event…

A calibration source using gamma-rays from 16N (t_1/2 = 7.13 s) beta-decay has been developed for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) for the purpose of energy and other calibrations. The 16N is produced via the (n,p) reaction on 16O in…