Prototyping an Active Neutron Veto for SuperCDMS
- Southern Methodist U.
- Fermilab
Neutrons, originating cosmogenically or from radioactive decays, can produce signals in dark matter detectors that are indistinguishable from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). To combat this background for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment, we are investigating designs for an active neutron veto within the constrained space of the compact SuperCDMS passive shielding. The current design employs an organic liquid scintillator mixed with an agent to enhance thermal neutron captures, with the scintillation light collected using wavelength-shifting fibers and read out by silicon photo-multipliers. We will describe the proposed veto and its predicted efficiency in detail and give some recent results from our R&D and prototyping efforts.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- SuperCDMS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1249526
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1506.01922; FERMILAB-CONF-15-239-AE; 1374939
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conf.Proc., Vol. 1672; Conference: 5th Topical Workshop on Low Radioactivity Techniques, Seattle, WA, USA, 03/18-03/20/2015
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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