The Development of the NNBAR Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
2022-11-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
The NNBAR experiment for the European Spallation Source will search for free neutrons converting to antineutrons with a sensitivity improvement of three orders of magnitude compared to the last such search. This paper describes progress towards a conceptual design report for NNBAR. The design of a moderator, neutron reflector, beamline, shielding and annihilation detector is reported. The simulations used form part of a model which will be used for optimisation of the experiment design and quantification of its sensitivity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2209.09011,
title = {The Development of the NNBAR Experiment},
author = {F. Backman and J. Barrow and Y. Beßler and A. Bianchi and C. Bohm and G. Brooijmans and L. J. Broussard and H. Calen and J. Cederkäll and J. I. M. Damian and E. Dian and D. D. Di Julio and K. Dunne and L. Eklund and M. J. Ferreira and P. Fierlinger and U. Friman-Gayer and C. Happe and M. Holl and T. Johansson and Y. Kamyshkov and E. Klinkby and R. Kolevatov and A. Kupsc and B. Meirose and D. Milstead and A. Nepomuceno and T. Nilsson and A. Oskarsson and H. Perrey and K. Ramic and B. Rataj and N. Rizzi and V. Santoro and S. Silverstein and W. M. Snow and A. Takibayev and R. Wagner and M. Wolke and S. C. Yiu and A. R. Young and L. Zanini and O. Zimmer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.09011},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
30 pages, 26 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Instrumentation (JINST)