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Developing the radium measurement system for the water Cherenkov detector of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory is proposed to determine neutrino mass hierarchy using a 20~ktonne liquid scintillator detector. Strict radio-purity requirements have been put forward for all the components of the detector.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-15 Lifei Xie , Jinchang Liu , Shoukang Qiu , Cong Guo , Changgen Yang , Quan Tang , Yongpeng Zhang , Peng Zhang

High Energy Neutrino Physics with Liquid Scintillation Detectors

Large liquid scintillation detectors have been generally dedicated to low energy neutrino measurements, in the MeV energy region (as for example, KamLAND and Borexino). Herein we describe the potential employment of large detectors (>1…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-02-25 John G. Learned

Gain and charge response of 20 inch MCP and dynode PMTs

JUNO is a 20-kton liquid scintillator detector aiming to determine the neutrino mass ordering, precisely measure the oscillation parameters, detect the astrophysical neutrinos and search for exotic physics. It is designed to reach an energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-01 H. Q. Zhang , Z. M. Wang , F. J. Luo , A. B. Yang , D. R. Wu , Y. C. Li , Z. H. Qin , C. G. Yang , Y. K. Heng , Y. F. Wang , H. S. Chen

Optimization of the JUNO liquid scintillator composition using a Daya Bay antineutrino detector

To maximize the light yield of the liquid scintillator (LS) for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a 20 t LS sample was produced in a pilot plant at Daya Bay. The optical properties of the new LS in various compositions…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-02 Daya Bay , JUNO collaborations , : , A. Abusleme , T. Adam , S. Ahmad , S. Aiello , M. Akram , N. Ali , F. P. An , G. P. An , Q. An , G. Andronico , N. Anfimov , V. Antonelli , T. Antoshkina , B. Asavapibhop , J. P. A. M. de André , A. Babic , A. B. Balantekin , W. Baldini , M. Baldoncini , H. R. Band , A. Barresi , E. Baussan , M. Bellato , E. Bernieri , D. Biare , T. Birkenfeld , M. Bishai , S. Blin , D. Blum , S. Blyth , C. Bordereau , A. Brigatti , R. Brugnera , A. Budano , P. Burgbacher , M. Buscemi , S. Bussino , J. Busto , I. Butorov , A. Cabrera , H. Cai , X. Cai , Y. K. Cai , Z. Y. Cai , A. Cammi , A. Campeny , C. Y. Cao , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , R. Caruso , C. Cerna , I. Chakaberia , J. F. Chang , Y. Chang , H. S. Chen , P. A. Chen , P. P. Chen , S. M. Chen , S. J. Chen , X. R. Chen , Y. W. Chen , Y. X. Chen , Y. Chen , Z. Chen , J. Cheng , Y. P. Cheng , Z. K. Cheng , A. Chepurnov , J. J. Cherwinka , F. Chiarello , D. Chiesa , P. Chimenti , M. C. Chu , A. Chukanov , A. Chuvashova , . Clementi , B. Clerbaux , S. Conforti Di Lorenzo , D. Corti , S. Costa , F. D. Corso , J. P. Cummings , O. Dalager , C. De La Taille , F. S. Deng , J. W. Deng , Z. Deng , Z. Y. Deng , W. Depnering , M. Diaz , X. F. Ding , Y. Y. Ding , B. Dirgantara , S. Dmitrievsky , M. V. Diwan , T. Dohnal , G. Donchenko , J. M. Dong , D. Dornic , E. Doroshkevich , J. Dove , M. Dracos , F. Druillole , S. X. Du , S. Dusini , M. Dvorak , D. A. Dwyer , T. Enqvist , H. Enzmann , A. Fabbri , L. Fajt , D. H. Fan , L. Fan , C. Fang , J. Fang , A. Fatkina , D. Fedoseev , V. Fekete , L. C. Feng , Q. C. Feng , G. Fiorentini , R. Ford , A. Formozov , A. Fournier , S. Franke , J. P. Gallo , H. N. Gan , F. Gao , A. Garfagnini , A. Göttel , C. Genster , M. Giammarchi , A. Giaz , N. Giudice , F. Giuliani , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , O. Gorchakov , Y. Gornushkin , M. Grassi , C. Grewing , M. Gromov , V. Gromov , M. H. Gu , W. Q. Gu , X. F. 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Study of using machine learning for level 1 trigger decision in JUNO experiment

A study on the use of a machine learning algorithm for the level 1 trigger decision in the JUNO experiment ispresented. JUNO is a medium baseline neutrino experiment in construction in China, with the main goal of determining the neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-01 Barbara Clerbaux , Pierre-Alexandre Petitjean , Yu Xu , Yifan Yang

Expression of Interest for Neutrinos Scattering on Glass: NuSOnG

We propose a 3500 ton (3000 ton fiducial volume) SiO_2 neutrino detector with sampling calorimetry, charged particle tracking, and muon spectrometers to run in a Tevatron Fixed Target Program. Improvements to the Fermilab accelerator…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-07-29 NuSOnG Collaboration , T. Adams , L. Buge , J. M. Conrad , P. H. Fisher , J. A. Formaggio , A. de Gouvêa , W. A. Loinaz1 , G. Karagiorgi , T. R. Kobilarcik , S. Kopp , G. Kyle , D. A. Mason , R. Milner , J. G. Morfín , M. Nakamura , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , F. I Olness , J. F. Owens , W. G. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , H. Schellman , M. J. Syphers , C. Y. Tan , R. G. Van de Water , R. K. Yamamoto , G. P. Zeller

Solar, supernova, atmospheric and geo neutrino studies using JUNO detector

Aside from its primary purpose of shedding light on the mass hierarchy (MH) using reactor anti-neutrinos, the JUNO experiment in Jiangmen (China) will also contribute to study neutrinos from non-reactor sources. In this poster we review…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-02 W. L. Guo , R. Han , Y. F. Li , G. Salamanna

Characterization of the Hamamatsu R11780 12 inch Photomultiplier Tube

Future large water Cherenkov and scintillator detectors have been proposed for measurements of long baseline neutrino oscillations, proton decay, supernova and solar neutrinos. To ensure cost-effectiveness and optimize scientific reach, one…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-03-20 J. Brack , B. Delgado , J. Dhooghe , J. Felde , B. Gookin , S. Grullon , J. R. Klein , R. Knapik , A. LaTorre , S. Seibert , K. Shapiro , R. Svoboda , L. Ware , R. Van Berg

Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber

The 35-ton prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment far detector was a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an integrated photon detector system, all situated inside a membrane cryostat. The detector took…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-25 D. L. Adams , T. Alion , J. T. Anderson , L. Bagby , M. Baird , G. Barr , N. Barros , K. Biery , A. Blake , E. Blaufuss , T. Boone , A. Booth , D. Brailsford , N. Buchanan , A. Chatterjee , M. Convery , J. Davies , T. Dealtry , P. DeLurgio , G. Deuerling , R. Dharmapalan , Z. Djurcic , G. Drake , B. Eberly , J. Freeman , S. Glavin , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , M. Graham , A. Hahn , J. T. Haigh , J. Hartnell , A. Higuera , A. Himmel , J. Insler , J. Jacobsen , T. Junk , B. Kirby , J. Klein , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. Kutter , Y. Li , X. Li , S. Lin , J. Martin-Albo , N. McConkey , C. A. Moura , S. Mufson , T. C. Nicholls , J. Nowak , M. Oberling , J. Paley , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , D. Rivera , G. Santucci , G. Sinev , N. J. C. Spooner , M. Stancari , I. Stancu , D. Stefan , J. Stewart , J. Stock , T. Strauss , R. Sulej , Y. Sun , M. Thiesse , L. F. Thompson , Y. T. Tsai , M. Wallbank , T. K. Warburton , D. Warner , D. Whittington , R. J. Wilson , M. Worcester , E. Worcester , T. Yang , C. Zhang

Towards a Sub-percent Precision Measurement of $\sin^2\theta_{13}$ with Reactor Antineutrinos

Measuring the neutrino mixing parameter \ensuremath{\sin^2\theta_{13}} to the sub-percent precision level could be necessary in the next ten years for the precision unitary test of the PMNS matrix. In this work, we discuss the possibility…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-03-17 Jinnan Zhang , Jun Cao

Exploring detection of nuclearites in a large liquid scintillator neutrino detector

We take the JUNO experiment as an example to explore nuclearites in the future large liquid scintillator detector. Comparing to the previous calculations, the visible energy of nuclearites across the liquid scintillator will be reestimated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-01-25 Wan-Lei Guo , Cheng-Jun Xia , Tao Lin , Zhi-Min Wang

Study of 20-inch PMTs dark count generated large pulses

The main goal of the JUNO experiment is to determine the neutrino mass ordering with a 20\,kt liquid-scintillator detector. The 20-inch PMT is crucial as one of JUNO key instruments to realize an excellent energy resolution of at least…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-16 Yu Zhang , Zhimn Wang , Min Li , Yongpeng Zhang , Yaoguang Wang , Zhaoyuan Peng , Changgen Yang , Yuekun Heng

Improvement on the Linearity Response of PandaX-4T with new Photomultiplier Tubes Bases

With the expanding reach of physics, xenon-based detectors such as PandaX-4T in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory aim to cover an energy range from sub-keV to multi-MeV. A linear response of the photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-04-09 Lingyin Luo , Deqing Fang , Ke Han , Di Huang , Xiaofeng Shang , Anqing Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Shaobo Wang , Siguang Wang , Xiang Xiao , Binbin Yan , Xiyu Yan

Calibrating the photon detection efficiency in IceCube

The IceCube neutrino observatory is composed of more than five thousand light sensors, Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), installed on the surface and at depths between 1450 and 2450 m in clear ice at the South Pole. Each DOM incorporates a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-10 Delia Tosi , Christopher Wendt

Absolute efficiency calibration of 6LiF-based solid state thermal neutron detectors

The demand for new thermal neutron detectors as an alternative to 3He tubes in research, industrial, safety and homeland security applications, is growing. These needs have triggered research and development activities about new generations…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-09 Paolo Finocchiaro , Luigi Cosentino , Sergio Lo Meo , Ralf Nolte , Desiree Radeck

The development of $^{222}$Rn detectors for JUNO prototype

The radioactive noble gas $^{222}$Rn, which can be dissolved in water, is an important background source for JUNO. In this paper, based on the water system of JUNO prototype, two kinds of high sensitivity radon detectors have been proposed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-12-15 Y. P. Zhang , J. C. Liu , C. Guo , Y. B. Huang , Z. Y. Yu , C. Xu , M. Y. Guan , C. G. Yang , P. Zhang

Design optimization of JUNO-TAO plastic scintillator with WLS-fiber and SiPM readout

Plastic scintillators (PSs)embedded with wavelength-shifting fibers are widely used in high-energy particle physics, such as in muon taggers,as well as in medical physics and other applications. In this study,a simulation package was built…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-21 Guang Luo , Y. K. Hor , Peizhi Lu , Zhimin Wang , Ruhui Li , Min Li , Yichen Li , Liang Zhan , Wei Wang , Yuehuan Wei , Yu Chen , Xiang Xiao , Fengpeng An

Performance evaluation of electron multiplier tubes as a high-intensity muon beam monitor of accelerator neutrino experiments

Upgrade work towards increasing the beam intensity of the neutrino beamline at J- PARC is underway. Monitoring tertiary muon beams is essential for stable operation of the beamline. Accordingly, we plan to replace the present muon monitor…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-17 Takashi Honjo , Yosuke Ashida , Oderich F. Auersperg-Castell , Megan Friend , Ian Heitkamp , Atsuko K. Ichikawa , Masaki Ishitsuka , Nao Izumi , Sohei Kasama , Shigeru Kashiwagi , Yuma Kawamura , Tatsuya Kikawa , Takuya Kobata , Tsunayuki Matsubara , Manabu Miyabe , Kiseki D. Nakamura , Hina Nakamura , Yukine Sato , Ken Sakashita , Yoshihiro Seiya , Kouchi Takifuji , Atsushi Tokiyasu , Tatsuya Yamamoto , Kazuhiro Yamamoto , Kenji Yasutome

The use of a high intensity neutrino beam from the ESS proton linac for measurement of neutrino CP violation and mass hierarchy

It is proposed to complement the ESS proton linac with equipment that would enable the production, concurrently with the production of the planned ESS beam used for neutron production, of a 5 MW beam of 10$^{23}$ 2.5 GeV protons per year in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-02-12 E. Baussan , M. Dracos , T. Ekelof , E. Fernandez Martinez , H. Ohman , N. Vassilopoulos

Characterization of Hamamatsu R11410-23 Photomultiplier Tubes and Performance in the PandaX-4T Detector

The PandaX-4T liquid xenon detector uses Hamamatsu 3-inch R11410-23 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) as the light sensors for ultra-low radioactivity, high quantum efficiency, and long-term stability at cryogenic temperature. Each PMT was…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-02 Binbin Yan , Di Huang , Jianglai Liu , Xiaoying Lu , Anqing Wan , Mengjiao Xiao