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Title: Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment

Abstract

A meter-long, 23-liter EJ-309 liquid scintillator detector has been constructed to study the light collection and pulse-shape discrimination performance of elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. The magnitude and uniformity of light collection and neutron-gamma discrimination power in the energy range of antineutrino inverse beta decay products have been studied using gamma and spontaneous fission calibration sources deployed along the cell axis. We also study neutron-gamma discrimination and light collection abilities for differing PMT and reflector configurations. Key design features for optimizing MeV-scale response and background rejection capabilities are identified.

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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contributing Org.:
The PROSPECT Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1245382
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1335759; OSTI ID: 1456918
Report Number(s):
BNL-111916-2016-JA; LLNL-JRNL-704157
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221; R&D Project: PO-022; KA2201020
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704; AC52-07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; liquid; scintillator; detector; antineutrino; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Neutrino detectors; Particle identification methods; Calorimeters

Citation Formats

Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, B., Band, H. R., Barclay, G., Bass, C. D., Berish, D., Bowden, N. S., Bowes, A., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Cherwinka, J. J., Chu, R., Classen, T., Commeford, K., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Dolph, J., Dwyer, D. A., Gaison, J. K., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilje, K., Glenn, A., Goddard, B. W., Green, M., Han, K., Hans, S., Heeger, K. M., Heffron, B., Jaffe, D. E., Langford, T. J., Littlejohn, B. R., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, McKeown, R. D., Mendenhall, M. P., Mueller, P., Mumm, H. P., Napolitano, J., Neilson, R., Norcini, D., Pushin, D., Qian, X., Romero, E., Rosero, R., Saldana, L., Seilhan, B. S., Sharma, R., Sheets, S., Stemen, N. T., Surukuchi, P. T., Varner, R. L., Viren, B., Wang, W., White, B., White, C., Wilhelmi, J., Williams, C., Wise, T., Yao, H., Yeh, M., Yen, Y. R., Zangakis, G., Zhang, C., and Zhang, X. Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11004.
Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, B., Band, H. R., Barclay, G., Bass, C. D., Berish, D., Bowden, N. S., Bowes, A., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Cherwinka, J. J., Chu, R., Classen, T., Commeford, K., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Dolph, J., Dwyer, D. A., Gaison, J. K., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilje, K., Glenn, A., Goddard, B. W., Green, M., Han, K., Hans, S., Heeger, K. M., Heffron, B., Jaffe, D. E., Langford, T. J., Littlejohn, B. R., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, McKeown, R. D., Mendenhall, M. P., Mueller, P., Mumm, H. P., Napolitano, J., Neilson, R., Norcini, D., Pushin, D., Qian, X., Romero, E., Rosero, R., Saldana, L., Seilhan, B. S., Sharma, R., Sheets, S., Stemen, N. T., Surukuchi, P. T., Varner, R. L., Viren, B., Wang, W., White, B., White, C., Wilhelmi, J., Williams, C., Wise, T., Yao, H., Yeh, M., Yen, Y. R., Zangakis, G., Zhang, C., & Zhang, X. Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11004
Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, B., Band, H. R., Barclay, G., Bass, C. D., Berish, D., Bowden, N. S., Bowes, A., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Cherwinka, J. J., Chu, R., Classen, T., Commeford, K., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Dolph, J., Dwyer, D. A., Gaison, J. K., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilje, K., Glenn, A., Goddard, B. W., Green, M., Han, K., Hans, S., Heeger, K. M., Heffron, B., Jaffe, D. E., Langford, T. J., Littlejohn, B. R., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, McKeown, R. D., Mendenhall, M. P., Mueller, P., Mumm, H. P., Napolitano, J., Neilson, R., Norcini, D., Pushin, D., Qian, X., Romero, E., Rosero, R., Saldana, L., Seilhan, B. S., Sharma, R., Sheets, S., Stemen, N. T., Surukuchi, P. T., Varner, R. L., Viren, B., Wang, W., White, B., White, C., Wilhelmi, J., Williams, C., Wise, T., Yao, H., Yeh, M., Yen, Y. R., Zangakis, G., Zhang, C., and Zhang, X. 2015. "Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245382.
@article{osti_1245382,
title = {Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment},
author = {Ashenfelter, J. and Balantekin, B. and Band, H. R. and Barclay, G. and Bass, C. D. and Berish, D. and Bowden, N. S. and Bowes, A. and Brodsky, J. P. and Bryan, C. D. and Cherwinka, J. J. and Chu, R. and Classen, T. and Commeford, K. and Davee, D. and Dean, D. and Deichert, G. and Diwan, M. V. and Dolinski, M. J. and Dolph, J. and Dwyer, D. A. and Gaison, J. K. and Galindo-Uribarri, A. and Gilje, K. and Glenn, A. and Goddard, B. W. and Green, M. and Han, K. and Hans, S. and Heeger, K. M. and Heffron, B. and Jaffe, D. E. and Langford, T. J. and Littlejohn, B. R. and Caicedo, D. A. Martinez and McKeown, R. D. and Mendenhall, M. P. and Mueller, P. and Mumm, H. P. and Napolitano, J. and Neilson, R. and Norcini, D. and Pushin, D. and Qian, X. and Romero, E. and Rosero, R. and Saldana, L. and Seilhan, B. S. and Sharma, R. and Sheets, S. and Stemen, N. T. and Surukuchi, P. T. and Varner, R. L. and Viren, B. and Wang, W. and White, B. and White, C. and Wilhelmi, J. and Williams, C. and Wise, T. and Yao, H. and Yeh, M. and Yen, Y. R. and Zangakis, G. and Zhang, C. and Zhang, X.},
abstractNote = {A meter-long, 23-liter EJ-309 liquid scintillator detector has been constructed to study the light collection and pulse-shape discrimination performance of elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. The magnitude and uniformity of light collection and neutron-gamma discrimination power in the energy range of antineutrino inverse beta decay products have been studied using gamma and spontaneous fission calibration sources deployed along the cell axis. We also study neutron-gamma discrimination and light collection abilities for differing PMT and reflector configurations. Key design features for optimizing MeV-scale response and background rejection capabilities are identified.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1245382}, journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
issn = {1748-0221},
number = 11,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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