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Title: The JSNS2 detector

Abstract

The JSNS2 (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) experiment aims to search for oscillations involving a sterile neutrino in the eV2 mass-splitting range. The experiment will search for the appearance of electron antineutrinos oscillated from muon antineutrinos. The electron antineutrinos are detected via the inverse beta decay process using a liquid scintillator detector. A 1 MW beam of 3 GeV protons incident on a spallation neutron target produces an intense and pulsed neutrino source from pion, muon, and kaon decay at rest. The JSNS detector is located 24 m away from the neutrino source and began operation from June 2020. The detector contains 17 tonnes of gadolinium (Gd) loaded liquid scintillator (LS) in an acrylic vessel, as a neutrino target. It is surrounded by 31 tonnes of unloaded LS in a stainless steel tank. Optical photons produced in LS are viewed by 120 R7081 Hamamatsu 10-inch Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs). In this study, we describe the JSNS detector design, construction, and operation.

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  1. Osaka Univ. (Japan)
  2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  3. Dongshin Univ., Chonnam (Korea, Republic of)
  4. Chonnam National Univ., Gwangju (Korea, Republic of)
  5. Soongsil Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  6. Tohoku Univ., Miyagi (Japan)
  7. Kyung Hee Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  8. J-PARC Center, Ibaraki (Japan)
  9. J-PARC Center, Ibaraki (Japan); Advanced Science Research Center, Ibaraki (Japan)
  10. Seoyeong Univ., Gwangju (Korea, Republic of)
  11. Gwangju Inst. of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)
  12. Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (Korea, Republic of)
  13. Seoul National Univ. of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)
  14. Kitasato Univ., Kanagawa (Japan)
  15. Jeonbuk National Univ., Jeonju (Korea, Republic of)
  16. Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu (Korea, Republic of)
  17. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Ibaraki (Japan)
  18. Kyoto Sangyo Univ. (Japan)
  19. Univ. of Sussex, Brighton (United Kingdom)
  20. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
  21. Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (Korea, Republic of); Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
  22. Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
  23. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
OSTI Identifier:
1829284
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1868725
Report Number(s):
BNL-222365-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; TRN: US2216367
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; AC02-98CH10886; 2016R1A5A1004684; 2017K1A3A7A09015973; 2017K1A3A7A09016426; 2019R1A2C3004955; 2016R1D1A3B02010606; 2017R1A2B4011200; 2018R1D1A1B07050425; 2020K1A3A7A09080133; 2020K1A3A7A09080114
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: 1014; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Sterile neutrino; Neutrino source from decay at rest; Neutrino detector; Liquid scintillator

Citation Formats

Ajimura, S., Botran, M., Choi, J. H., Choi, J. W., Cheoun, M. K., Dodo, T., Furuta, H., Goh, J., Haga, K., Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Hino, Y., Hiraiwa, T., Jang, H. I., Jang, J. S., Jang, M. C., Jeon, H., Jeon, S., Joo, K. K., Jordan, J. R., Jung, D. E., Kang, S. K., Kasugai, Y., Kawasaki, T., Kim, E. J., Kim, J. Y., Kim, S. B., Kim, W., Kinoshita, H., Konno, T., Lee, D. H., Lee, S., Lim, I. T., Marzec, E., Maruyama, T., Masuda, S., Meigo, S., Monjushiro, S., Moon, D. H., Nakano, T., Niiyama, M., Nishikawa, K., Nomachi, M., Pac, M. Y., Park, J. S., Peeters, S. J. M., Ray, H., Roellinghoff, G., Rott, C., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Shima, T., Shin, C. D., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Sugaya, Y., Suekane, F., Suzuya, K., Taira, M., Ujiie, R., Yamaguchi, Y., Yeh, M., Yeo, I. S., Yoo, C., Yu, I., and Zohaib, A. The JSNS2 detector. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165742.
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Ajimura, S., Botran, M., Choi, J. H., Choi, J. W., Cheoun, M. K., Dodo, T., Furuta, H., Goh, J., Haga, K., Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Hino, Y., Hiraiwa, T., Jang, H. I., Jang, J. S., Jang, M. C., Jeon, H., Jeon, S., Joo, K. K., Jordan, J. R., Jung, D. E., Kang, S. K., Kasugai, Y., Kawasaki, T., Kim, E. J., Kim, J. Y., Kim, S. B., Kim, W., Kinoshita, H., Konno, T., Lee, D. H., Lee, S., Lim, I. T., Marzec, E., Maruyama, T., Masuda, S., Meigo, S., Monjushiro, S., Moon, D. H., Nakano, T., Niiyama, M., Nishikawa, K., Nomachi, M., Pac, M. Y., Park, J. S., Peeters, S. J. M., Ray, H., Roellinghoff, G., Rott, C., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Shima, T., Shin, C. D., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Sugaya, Y., Suekane, F., Suzuya, K., Taira, M., Ujiie, R., Yamaguchi, Y., Yeh, M., Yeo, I. S., Yoo, C., Yu, I., & Zohaib, A. The JSNS2 detector. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165742
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Ajimura, S., Botran, M., Choi, J. H., Choi, J. W., Cheoun, M. K., Dodo, T., Furuta, H., Goh, J., Haga, K., Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Hino, Y., Hiraiwa, T., Jang, H. I., Jang, J. S., Jang, M. C., Jeon, H., Jeon, S., Joo, K. K., Jordan, J. R., Jung, D. E., Kang, S. K., Kasugai, Y., Kawasaki, T., Kim, E. J., Kim, J. Y., Kim, S. B., Kim, W., Kinoshita, H., Konno, T., Lee, D. H., Lee, S., Lim, I. T., Marzec, E., Maruyama, T., Masuda, S., Meigo, S., Monjushiro, S., Moon, D. H., Nakano, T., Niiyama, M., Nishikawa, K., Nomachi, M., Pac, M. Y., Park, J. S., Peeters, S. J. M., Ray, H., Roellinghoff, G., Rott, C., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Shima, T., Shin, C. D., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Sugaya, Y., Suekane, F., Suzuya, K., Taira, M., Ujiie, R., Yamaguchi, Y., Yeh, M., Yeo, I. S., Yoo, C., Yu, I., and Zohaib, A. Wed . "The JSNS2 detector". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165742. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1829284.
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@article{osti_1829284,
title = {The JSNS2 detector},
author = {Ajimura, S. and Botran, M. and Choi, J. H. and Choi, J. W. and Cheoun, M. K. and Dodo, T. and Furuta, H. and Goh, J. and Haga, K. and Harada, M. and Hasegawa, S. and Hino, Y. and Hiraiwa, T. and Jang, H. I. and Jang, J. S. and Jang, M. C. and Jeon, H. and Jeon, S. and Joo, K. K. and Jordan, J. R. and Jung, D. E. and Kang, S. K. and Kasugai, Y. and Kawasaki, T. and Kim, E. J. and Kim, J. Y. and Kim, S. B. and Kim, W. and Kinoshita, H. and Konno, T. and Lee, D. H. and Lee, S. and Lim, I. T. and Marzec, E. and Maruyama, T. and Masuda, S. and Meigo, S. and Monjushiro, S. and Moon, D. H. and Nakano, T. and Niiyama, M. and Nishikawa, K. and Nomachi, M. and Pac, M. Y. and Park, J. S. and Peeters, S. J. M. and Ray, H. and Roellinghoff, G. and Rott, C. and Sakai, K. and Sakamoto, S. and Shima, T. and Shin, C. D. and Spitz, J. and Stancu, I. and Sugaya, Y. and Suekane, F. and Suzuya, K. and Taira, M. and Ujiie, R. and Yamaguchi, Y. and Yeh, M. and Yeo, I. S. and Yoo, C. and Yu, I. and Zohaib, A.},
abstractNote = {The JSNS2 (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) experiment aims to search for oscillations involving a sterile neutrino in the eV2 mass-splitting range. The experiment will search for the appearance of electron antineutrinos oscillated from muon antineutrinos. The electron antineutrinos are detected via the inverse beta decay process using a liquid scintillator detector. A 1 MW beam of 3 GeV protons incident on a spallation neutron target produces an intense and pulsed neutrino source from pion, muon, and kaon decay at rest. The JSNS detector is located 24 m away from the neutrino source and began operation from June 2020. The detector contains 17 tonnes of gadolinium (Gd) loaded liquid scintillator (LS) in an acrylic vessel, as a neutrino target. It is surrounded by 31 tonnes of unloaded LS in a stainless steel tank. Optical photons produced in LS are viewed by 120 R7081 Hamamatsu 10-inch Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs). In this study, we describe the JSNS detector design, construction, and operation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2021.165742},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 1014,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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