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Title: SANDD: A directional antineutrino detector with segmented 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator

Abstract

We present a characterization of a small (9-liter) and mobile 0.1% 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator antineutrino detector called SANDD (Segmented AntiNeutrino Directional Detector), constructed for the purpose of near-field reactor monitoring with sensitivity to antineutrino direction. SANDD comprises three different types of module. A detailed Monte Carlo simulation code was developed to match and validate the performance of each of the three modules. The combined model was then used to produce a prediction of the performance of the entire detector. Analysis cuts were established to isolate antineutrino inverse beta decay events while rejecting large fraction of backgrounds. The neutron and positron detection efficiencies are estimated to be 34.8% and 80.2%, respectively, while the coincidence detection efficiency is estimated to be 71.7%, resulting in inverse beta decay detection efficiency of 20.0% ± 0.2%(stat.) ± 2.1%(syst.). Finally, the predicted directional sensitivity of SANDD produces an uncertainty of 20° in the azimuthal direction per 100 detected antineutrino events.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4]
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  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
  4. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1782512
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1825478; OSTI ID: 1894367
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-796593
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 998208; TRN: US2210009
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; NA0003920
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: 1006; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 6Li-doped plastic scintillator; pulse-shape discrimination; segmented scintillator; SiPM arrays; aboveground reactor antineutrino detection

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Sutanto, F., Classen, T. M., Dazeley, S. A., Duvall, M. J., Jovanovic, I., Li, V. A., Mabe, A. N., Reedy, E. T.E., and Wu, T. SANDD: A directional antineutrino detector with segmented 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165409.
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Sutanto, F., Classen, T. M., Dazeley, S. A., Duvall, M. J., Jovanovic, I., Li, V. A., Mabe, A. N., Reedy, E. T.E., & Wu, T. SANDD: A directional antineutrino detector with segmented 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165409
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Sutanto, F., Classen, T. M., Dazeley, S. A., Duvall, M. J., Jovanovic, I., Li, V. A., Mabe, A. N., Reedy, E. T.E., and Wu, T. Tue . "SANDD: A directional antineutrino detector with segmented 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165409. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1782512.
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@article{osti_1782512,
title = {SANDD: A directional antineutrino detector with segmented 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator},
author = {Sutanto, F. and Classen, T. M. and Dazeley, S. A. and Duvall, M. J. and Jovanovic, I. and Li, V. A. and Mabe, A. N. and Reedy, E. T.E. and Wu, T.},
abstractNote = {We present a characterization of a small (9-liter) and mobile 0.1% 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator antineutrino detector called SANDD (Segmented AntiNeutrino Directional Detector), constructed for the purpose of near-field reactor monitoring with sensitivity to antineutrino direction. SANDD comprises three different types of module. A detailed Monte Carlo simulation code was developed to match and validate the performance of each of the three modules. The combined model was then used to produce a prediction of the performance of the entire detector. Analysis cuts were established to isolate antineutrino inverse beta decay events while rejecting large fraction of backgrounds. The neutron and positron detection efficiencies are estimated to be 34.8% and 80.2%, respectively, while the coincidence detection efficiency is estimated to be 71.7%, resulting in inverse beta decay detection efficiency of 20.0% ± 0.2%(stat.) ± 2.1%(syst.). Finally, the predicted directional sensitivity of SANDD produces an uncertainty of 20° in the azimuthal direction per 100 detected antineutrino events.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2021.165409},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 1006,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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