Water-based Liquid Scintillator detector as a new technology testbed for neutrino studies in Turkey

Fischer, Vincent; Tiras, Emrah

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163931

Title: Water-based Liquid Scintillator detector as a new technology testbed for neutrino studies in Turkey

Journal Article · Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163931· OSTI ID:1643951

Fischer, Vincent ^[1]; Tiras, Emrah ^[2]

Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

This study investigates the deployment of a medium-scale neutrino detector near Turkey's rst nuclear power plant, the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. The aim of this detector is to become a modular testbed for new technologies in the elds of new detection media and innovative photosensors. Such technologies include Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS), Large Area Picosecond Photo- Detectors (LAPPDs), dichroic Winston cones, and large area silicon photomul- tiplier modules. Here, the detector could be used for instantaneous monitoring of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant via its antineutrino ux. In addition to its physics and technological goals, it would be an invaluable opportunity for the nuclear and particle physics community in Turkey to play a role in the development of next generation of particle detectors in the eld of neutrino physics.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Nuclear Science and Security Consortium

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003180; SC0009999; SC0017946

OSTI ID:: 1643951

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1691765

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 969; ISSN 0168-9002

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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