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Title: Lithium-loaded liquid scintillator production for the PROSPECT experiment

Journal Article · · Journal of Instrumentation

This work reports here the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT) . Fifty-nine 90 liter batches of LiLS (6Li mass fraction 0.082%±0.001%) were produced and samples from all batches were characterized by measuring their optical absorbance relative to air, light yield relative to a pure liquid scintillator reference, and pulse shape discrimination capability. Fifty-seven batches passed the quality assurance criteria and were used for the PROSPECT experiment.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Contributing Organization:
PROSPECT collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1504384
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1526877; OSTI ID: 1564213; OSTI ID: 22887968
Report Number(s):
BNL--211480-2019-JAAM
Journal Information:
Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 14; ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Measurement of the Antineutrino Spectrum from U 235 Fission at HFIR with PROSPECT journal June 2019

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