PROSPECT 反应堆反中微子探测器的放射源校准系统
仪器与探测器
2019-08-19 v2
摘要
精确反应堆振荡与能谱（PROSPECT）实验是一个反应堆中微子实验，旨在搜索质量约为 1 eV/c 量级的无菌中微子，并测量来自高富集 U 核反应堆的电子反中微子能谱。PROSPECT 探测器由位于橡树岭国家实验室高通量同位素反应堆中的 Li 负载液体闪烁体的 11×14 光学段阵列组成。反中微子事件通过反贝塔衰变识别，并由位于每个段两端的光电倍增管读出。探测器响应使用放射源校准系统表征。本文描述了 PROSPECT 源校准系统的设计、运行与性能。
引用
@article{arxiv.1906.07244,
title = {The Radioactive Source Calibration System of the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector},
author = {PROSPECT Collaboration and J. Ashenfelter and A. B. Balantekin and H. R. Band and C. D. Bass and D. E. Bergeron and D. Berish and N. S. Bowden and J. P. Brodsky and C. D. Bryan and J. J. Cherwinka and T. Classen and A. J. Conant and D. Dean and G. Deichert and M. V. Diwan and M. J. Dolinski and A. Erickson and B. T. Foust and M. Febbraro and J. K. Gaison and A. Galindo-Uribarri and C. E. Gilbert and B. T. Hackett and S. Hans and A. B. Hansell and K. M. Heeger and J. Insler and D. E. Jaffe and D. C. Jones and O. Kyzylova and C. E. Lane and T. J. Langford and J. LaRosa and B. R. Littlejohn and X. Lu and D. A. Martinez Caicedo and J. T. Matta and R. D. McKeown and M. P. Mendenhall and P. E. Mueller and H. P. Mumm and J. Napolitano and R. Neilson and J. A. Nikkel and D. Norcini and S. Nour and D. A. Pushin and X. Qian and E. Romero-Romero and R. Rosero and D. Sarenac and P. T. Surukuchi and A. B. Telles and M. A. Tyra and R. L. Varner and B. Viren and C. White and J. Wilhelmi and T. Wise and M. Yeh and Y. -R. Yen and A. Zhang and C. Zhang and X. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.07244},
year = {2019}
}