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Spectral Photon Sorting For Large-Scale Cherenkov and Scintillation Detectors

We describe here measurements with a new device, the "dichroicon," a Winston-style light concentrator built out of dichroic reflectors, which could allow large-scale neutrino detectors to sort photons by wavelength with small overall light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-22 Tanner Kaptanoglu , Meng Luo , Ben Land , Amanda Bacon , Josh Klein

The Detector System of The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

The Daya Bay experiment was the first to report simultaneous measurements of reactor antineutrinos at multiple baselines leading to the discovery of $\bar{\nu}_e$ oscillations over km-baselines. Subsequent data has provided the world's most…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-02 F. P. An , J. Z. Bai , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , D. Beavis , W. Beriguete , M. Bishai , S. Blyth , R. L. Brown , I. Butorov , D. Cao , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , R. Carr , W. R. Cen , W. T. Chan , Y. L. Chan , J. F. Chang , L. C. Chang , Y. Chang , C. Chasman , H. Y. Chen , H. S. Chen , M. J. Chen , Q. Y. Chen , S. J. Chen , S. M. Chen , X. C. Chen , X. H. Chen , X. S. Chen , Y. X. Chen , Y. Chen , J. H. Cheng , J. Cheng , Y. P. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , S. Chidzik , K. Chow , M. C. Chu , J. P. Cummings , J. de Arcos , Z. Y. Deng , X. F. Ding , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , L. Dong , J. Dove , E. Draeger , X. F. Du , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , S. R. Ely , S. D. Fang , J. Y. Fu , Z. W. Fu , L. Q. Ge , V. Ghazikhanian , R. Gill , J. Goett , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , Y. A. Gornushkin , M. Grassi , L. S. Greenler , W. Q. Gu , M. Y. Guan , R. P. Guo , X. H. Guo , R. W. Hackenburg , R. L. Hahn , R. Han , S. Hans , M. He , Q. He , W. S. He , K. M. Heeger , Y. K. Heng , A. Higuera , P. Hinrichs , T. H. Ho , M. Hoff , Y. K. Hor , Y. B. Hsiung , B. Z. Hu , L. M. Hu , L. J. Hu , T. Hu , W. Hu , E. C. Huang , H. Z. Huang , H. X. Huang , P. W. Huang , X. Huang , X. T. Huang , P. Huber , G. Hussain , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , P. Jaffke , K. L. Jen , S. Jetter , X. P. Ji , X. L. Ji , H. J. Jiang , W. Q. Jiang , J. B. Jiao , R. A. Johnson , J. Joseph , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , K. K. Kwan , M. W. Kwok , T. Kwok , C. Y. Lai , W. C. Lai , W. H. Lai , T. J. Langford , K. Lau , L. Lebanowski , J. Lee , M. K. P. Lee , R. T. Lei , R. Leitner , J. K. C. Leung , K. Y. Leung , C. A. Lewis , B. Li , C. Li , D. J. Li , F. Li , G. S. Li , J. Li , N. Y. Li , Q. J. Li , S. F. Li , S. C. Li , W. D. Li , X. B. Li , X. N. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. Li , Y. F. Li , Z. B. Li , H. Liang , J. Liang , C. J. Lin , G. L. Lin , P. Y. Lin , S. X. Lin , S. K. Lin , Y. C. Lin , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , B. J. Liu , C. Liu , D. W. Liu , H. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. C. Liu , S. Liu , S. S. Liu , X. Liu , Y. B. Liu , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , J. S. Lu , A. Luk , K. B. Luk , T. Luo , X. L. Luo , L. H. Ma , Q. M. Ma , X. Y. Ma , X. B. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , B. Mayes , K. T. McDonald , M. C. McFarlane , R. D. McKeown , Y. Meng , I. Mitchell , D. Mohapatra , J. Monari Kebwaro , J. E. Morgan , Y. Nakajima , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , C. Newsom , H. Y. Ngai , W. K. Ngai , Y. B. Nie , Z. Ning , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , A. Olshevskiy , A. Pagac , H. -R. Pan , S. Patton , C. Pearson , V. Pec , J. C. Peng , L. E. Piilonen , L. Pinsky , C. S. J. Pun , F. Z. Qi , M. Qi , X. Qian , N. Raper , B. Ren , J. Ren , R. Rosero , B. Roskovec , X. C. Ruan , W. R. Sands , B. Seilhan , B. B. Shao , K. Shih , W. Y. Song , H. Steiner , P. Stoler , M. Stuart , G. X. Sun , J. L. Sun , N. Tagg , Y. H. Tam , H. K. Tanaka , W. Tang , X. Tang , D. Taychenachev , H. Themann , Y. Torun , S. Trentalange , O. Tsai , K. V. Tsang , R. H. M. Tsang , C. E. Tull , Y. C. Tung , N. Viaux , B. Viren , S. Virostek , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , L. S. Wang , L. Y. Wang , L. Z. Wang , M. Wang , N. Y. Wang , R. G. Wang , T. Wang , W. Wang , W. W. Wang , X. T. Wang , X. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , D. M. Webber , H. Y. Wei , Y. D. Wei , L. J. Wen , D. L. Wenman , K. Whisnant , C. G. White , L. Whitehead , C. A. Whitten , J. Wilhelmi , T. Wise , H. C. Wong , H. L. H. Wong , J. Wong , S. C. F. Wong , E. Worcester , F. F. Wu , Q. Wu , D. M. Xia , J. K. Xia , S. T. Xiang , Q. Xiao , Z. Z. Xing , G. Xu , J. Y. Xu , J. L. Xu , J. Xu , W. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , J. Yan , C. G. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , M. Ye , M. Yeh , Y. S. Yeh , K. Yip , B. L. Young , G. Y. Yu , Z. Y. Yu , S. Zeng , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , F. H. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , K. Zhang , Q. X. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , S. H. Zhang , X. T. Zhang , Y. C. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , Q. W. Zhao , Y. F. Zhao , Y. B. Zhao , L. Zheng , W. L. Zhong , L. Zhou , N. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , S. Zimmerman , J. H. Zou

Liquid Scintillator Time Projection Chamber Concept

Results are presented from a small-scale experiment to investigate the use of room temperature organic liquid scintillators as the active medium for a time projection chamber (TPC). The optical properties of liquid scintillators have long…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-05 N. McConkey , Y. A. Ramachers

Sterile neutrinos with neutrino telescopes

Searches for light sterile neutrinos are motivated by the unexpected observation of electron neutrino appearance in short-baseline experiments, such as the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) and the Mini Booster Neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-08 Carlos A. Argüelles , Jordi Salvado

Multi-layer plastic scintillation detector for intermediate- and high-energy neutrons with $\it{n}$-$\gamma$ discrimination capability

A new type of neutron detector, named Stack Structure Solid organic Scintillator (S$^4$), consisting of multi-layer plastic scintillators with capability to suppress low-energy $\gamma$ rays under high-counting rate has been constructed and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-01 L. Yu , S. Terashima , H. J. Ong , P. Y. Chan , I. Tanihata , C. Iwamoto , D. T. Tran , A. Tamii , N. Aoi , H. Fujioka , G. Gey , H. Sakaguchi , A. Sakaue , B. H. Sun , T. L. Tang , T. F. Wang , Y. N. Watanabe , G. X. Zhang

Study of fast neutron detector for COSINE-100 experiment

A monitoring system for fast neutrons is planned in the COSINE experiment, a dark matter experiment with NaI crystals. We pursued several R&D approaches for a neutron detector using a liquid scintillator (LS). A pulse shape discrimination…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-25 G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , C. Ha , E. J. Jeon , K. W. Kim , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , R. H. Maruyama , S. L. Olsen , H. Prihtiadi

Study of core collapse neutrino signals and constraints on neutrino masses from a future Galactic Supernova

We study the sensitivity to neutrino masses of a Galactic supernova neutrino signal as could be measured with the detectors presently in operation and with future large volume water \v{C}erencov and scintillator detectors. The analysis uses…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jorge I. Zuluaga

Simulation of the Background from $^{13}$C$(\alpha, n)^{16}$O Reaction in the JUNO Scintillator

Large-scale organic liquid scintillator detectors are highly efficient in the detection of MeV-scale electron antineutrinos. These signal events can be detected through inverse beta decay on protons, which produce a positron accompanied by…

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Current Status and Future Prospects of the SNO+ Experiment

SNO+ is a large liquid scintillator-based experiment located 2km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. It reuses the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory detector, consisting of a 12m diameter acrylic vessel which will be filled with about 780…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-08 SNO+ Collaboration , : , S. Andringa , E. Arushanova , S. Asahi , M. Askins , D. J. Auty , A. R. Back , Z. Barnard , N. Barros , E. W. Beier , A. Bialek , S. D. Biller , E. Blucher , R. Bonventre , D. Braid , E. Caden , E. Callaghan , J. Caravaca , J. Carvalho , L. Cavalli , D. Chauhan , M. Chen , O. Chkvorets , K. Clark , B. Cleveland , I. T. Coulter , D. Cressy , X. Dai , C. Darrach , B. Davis-Purcell , R. Deen , M. M. Depatie , F. Descamps , F. Di Lodovico , N. Duhaime , F. Duncan , J. Dunger , E. Falk , N. Fatemighomi , R. Ford , P. Gorel , C. Grant , S. Grullon , E. Guillian , A. L. Hallin , D. Hallman , S. Hans , J. Hartnell , P. Harvey , M. Hedayatipour , W. J. Heintzelman , R. L. Helmer , B. Hreljac , J. Hu , T. Iida , C. M. Jackson , N. A. Jelley , C. Jillings , C. Jones , P. G. Jones , K. Kamdin , T. Kaptanoglu , J. Kaspar , P. Keener , P. Khaghani , L. Kippenbrock , J. R. Klein , R. Knapik , J. N. Kofron , L. L. Kormos , S. Korte , C. Kraus , C. B. Krauss , K. Labe , I. Lam , C. Lan , B. J. Land , S. Langrock , A. LaTorre , I. Lawson , G. M. Lefeuvre , E. J. Leming , J. Lidgard , X. Liu , Y. Liu , V. Lozza , S. Maguire , A. Maio , K. Majumdar , S. Manecki , J. Maneira , E. Marzec , A. Mastbaum , N. McCauley , A. B. McDonald , J. E. McMillan , P. Mekarski , C. Miller , Y. Mohan , E. Mony , M. J. Mottram , V. Novikov , H. M. O'Keeffe , E. O'Sullivan , G. D. Orebi Gann , M. J. Parnell , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pershing , Z. Petriw , G. Prior , J. C. Prouty , S. Quirk , A. Reichold , 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 , T. Shantz , T. M. Shokair , L. Sibley , J. R. Sinclair , K. Singh , P. Skensved , A. Soerensen , T. Sonley , R. Stainforth , M. Strait , M. I. Stringer , R. Svoboda , J. Tatar , L. Tian , N. Tolich , J. Tseng , H. W. C. Tseung , R. Van Berg , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , C. Virtue , B. von Krosigk , J. M. G. Walker , M. Walker , O. Wasalski , J. Waterfield , R. F. White , J. R. Wilson , T. J. Winchester , A. Wright , M. Yeh , T. Zhao , K. Zuber

Modeling of a MeV-scale Particle Detector Based on Organic Liquid Scintillator

The detectors based on the liquid scintillator (LS) monitored by an array of photo-multiplier tubes (PMT) are often used in low energy experiments such as neutrino oscillation studies and search for dark matter. Detectors of this kind…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-08 Yu. M. Malyshkin , A. M. Gangapshev , V. N. Gavrin , T. V. Ibragimova , M. M. Kochkarov , V. V. Kazalov , D. Yu. Kudrin , V. V. Kuzminov , B. K. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Ya. Novikova , V. B. Petkov , A. Yu. Sidorenkov , N. A. Ushakov , E. P. Veretenkin , D. M. Voronin , E. A. Yanovich

Optical property measurements of lithium chloride aqueous solution for a novel solar neutrino experiment

The lithium chloride aqueous solution has great potential to be the detection medium of a novel solar neutrino detector. The nuclide \ce{^7 Li} provides a charged-current interaction channel with a high cross-section for the MeV-scale solar…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-31 Ye Liang , Tong Xu , Jialiang Zhang , Shuo Li , Ming Qi , Zhe Wang

Background Study on nu_e Appearance from a nu_mu Beam in Very Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments with a Large Water Cherenkov Detector

There is a growing interest in very long baseline neutrino oscillation experimentation using accelerator produced neutrino beam as a machinery to probe the last three unmeasured neutrino oscillation parameters: the mixing angle theta_13,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-29 Chiaki Yanagisawa , Chang Kee Jung , Trung Le , Brett Viren

Development, Characterization and Production of a novel Water-based Liquid Scintillator based on the Surfactant TRITON X-100

Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS) is a novel detector medium for particle physics experiments. Applications range from the use as hybrid Cherenkov/scintillation target in low-energy and accelerator neutrino experiments to large-volume…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-05-10 Hans Th. J. Steiger , Manuel Böhles , Matthias Raphael Stock , Michael Wurm , David Dörflinger , Ulrike Fahrendholz , Anastasia Mpoukouvalas , Lothar Oberauer , Andreas Steiger , Dorina Zundel

Design Challenges for a Future Liquid Xenon Observatory

An ultimate liquid xenon experiment would be limited in its dark matter science reach by irreducible neutrino backgrounds, which are an exciting signal in their own right. To achieve such sensitivity, other backgrounds that currently plague…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-02-27 Abigail Kopec

Beta Beams

Beta Beams could address the needs of long term neutrino oscillation experiments. They can produce extremely pure neutrino beams through the decays of relativistic radioactive ions. The baseline scenario is described, together with its…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Mezzetto

Detection of the Gravitational Lens Magnifying a Type Ia Supernova

Objects of known brightness, like Type Ia supernovae (SNIa), can be used to measure distances. If a massive object warps spacetime to form multiple images of a background SNIa, a direct test of cosmic expansion is also possible. However,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Robert M. Quimby , Masamune Oguri , Anupreeta More , Surhud More , Takashi J. Moriya , Marcus C. Werner , Masayuki Tanaka , Gaston Folatelli , Melina C. Bersten , Keiichi Maeda , Ken'ichi Nomoto

Supernova Observation Via Neutrino-Nucleus Elastic Scattering in the CLEAN Detector

Development of large mass detectors for low-energy neutrinos and dark matter may allow supernova detection via neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering. An elastic-scattering detector could observe a few, or more, events per ton for a galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. J. Horowitz , K. J. Coakley , D. N. McKinsey

Gross beta determination using a scintillating fiber array detector for drinking water

A scintillating fiber array measurement system for gross beta is developed to achieve real-time monitoring of radioactivity in drinking water. The detector consists of 1,096 scintillating fibers, both sides of the fibers connect to a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-07-20 Wenhui Lu , Hongchang Yi , Tongqing Liu , Zhi Zeng , Junli Li , Hui Zhang , Hao Ma

Letter of Intent: The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE)

Neutron tagging in Gadolinium-doped water may play a significant role in reducing backgrounds from atmospheric neutrinos in next generation proton-decay searches using megaton-scale Water Cherenkov detectors. Similar techniques might also…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-30 I. Anghel , J. F. Beacom , M. Bergevin , C. Blanco , E. Catano-Mur , F. Di Lodovico , A. Elagin , H. Frisch , J. Griskevich , R. Hill , G. Jocher , T. Katori , F. Krennrich , J. Learned , M. Malek , R. Northrop , C. Pilcher , E. Ramberg , J. Repond , R. Sacco , M. C. Sanchez , M. Smy , H. Sobel , R. Svoboda , S. M. Usman , M. Vagins , G. Varner , R. Wagner , A. Weinstein , M. Wetstein , L. Winslow , L. Xia , M. Yeh

Solubility, Light Output and Energy Resolution Studies of Molybdenum-Loaded Liquid Scintillators

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