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Title: A prototype for SANDD: A highly-segmented pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator detector incorporating silicon photomultiplier arrays

Abstract

We report the first clear observation of neutron/gamma-ray pulse-shape sensitivity of a fully-instrumented 8 × 8 array of plastic scintillator segments coupled to two 5 cm × 5 cm 64-channel SiPM arrays as part of a study of the key metrics of a prototype antineutrino detector module designed for directional sensitivity. SANDD (a Segmented AntiNeutrino Directional Detector) will eventually comprise a central module of 64 elongated segments of 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive scintillator rods, each with a square cross section of 5.4 mm × 5.4 mm, surrounded by larger cross section bars of the same material. The most important metrics with the potential to impact the performance of the central module of SANDD are neutron and gammaray pulse-shape sensitivity using silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), particle identification via scintillator rod multiplicity, and energy and position resolution. As a first step, we constructed a prototype detector to investigate the performance of a central SANDD-like module using two 64-channel SiPM arrays and rods of undoped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator.

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 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4]
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  3. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
  4. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1560983
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1691742
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-769666
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 960767; TRN: US2000580
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 942; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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Li, Viacheslav A., Classen, Timothy M., Dazeley, Steven A., Duvall, Mark J., Jovanovic, Igor, Mabe, Andrew N., Reedy, Edward T. E., and Sutanto, Felicia. A prototype for SANDD: A highly-segmented pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator detector incorporating silicon photomultiplier arrays. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.162334.
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Li, Viacheslav A., Classen, Timothy M., Dazeley, Steven A., Duvall, Mark J., Jovanovic, Igor, Mabe, Andrew N., Reedy, Edward T. E., & Sutanto, Felicia. A prototype for SANDD: A highly-segmented pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator detector incorporating silicon photomultiplier arrays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162334
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Li, Viacheslav A., Classen, Timothy M., Dazeley, Steven A., Duvall, Mark J., Jovanovic, Igor, Mabe, Andrew N., Reedy, Edward T. E., and Sutanto, Felicia. Mon . "A prototype for SANDD: A highly-segmented pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator detector incorporating silicon photomultiplier arrays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162334. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1560983.
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@article{osti_1560983,
title = {A prototype for SANDD: A highly-segmented pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator detector incorporating silicon photomultiplier arrays},
author = {Li, Viacheslav A. and Classen, Timothy M. and Dazeley, Steven A. and Duvall, Mark J. and Jovanovic, Igor and Mabe, Andrew N. and Reedy, Edward T. E. and Sutanto, Felicia},
abstractNote = {We report the first clear observation of neutron/gamma-ray pulse-shape sensitivity of a fully-instrumented 8 × 8 array of plastic scintillator segments coupled to two 5 cm × 5 cm 64-channel SiPM arrays as part of a study of the key metrics of a prototype antineutrino detector module designed for directional sensitivity. SANDD (a Segmented AntiNeutrino Directional Detector) will eventually comprise a central module of 64 elongated segments of 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive scintillator rods, each with a square cross section of 5.4 mm × 5.4 mm, surrounded by larger cross section bars of the same material. The most important metrics with the potential to impact the performance of the central module of SANDD are neutron and gammaray pulse-shape sensitivity using silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), particle identification via scintillator rod multiplicity, and energy and position resolution. As a first step, we constructed a prototype detector to investigate the performance of a central SANDD-like module using two 64-channel SiPM arrays and rods of undoped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2019.162334},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 942,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: An illustration of the prototype module characterized in this work. The module has similar characteristics to the SANDD central module design, featuring an 8 x 8 array of undoped PSD plastic-scintillator rods. Signals from the scintillator segments are read individually at each end by the SiPM arrays.
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