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Title: The detector system of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment

Abstract

The Daya Bay experiment was the first to report simultaneous measurements of reactor antineutrinos at multiple baselines leading to the discovery of ν¯e oscillations over km-baselines. Subsequent data has provided the world's most precise measurement of sin22θ13 and the effective mass splitting Δm2ee. The experiment is located in Daya Bay, China where the cluster of six nuclear reactors is among the world's most prolific sources of electron antineutrinos. Multiple antineutrino detectors are deployed in three underground water pools at different distances from the reactor cores to search for deviations in the antineutrino rate and energy spectrum due to neutrino mixing. Instrumented with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), the water pools serve as shielding against natural radioactivity from the surrounding rock and provide efficient muon tagging. Arrays of resistive plate chambers over the top of each pool provide additional muon detection. The antineutrino detectors were specifically designed for measurements of the antineutrino flux with minimal systematic uncertainty. Relative detector efficiencies between the near and far detectors are known to better than 0.2%. With the unblinding of the final two detectors' baselines and target masses, a complete description and comparison of the eight antineutrino detectors can now be presented. This paper describes the Dayamore » Bay detector systems, consisting of eight antineutrino detectors in three instrumented water pools in three underground halls, and their operation through the first year of eight detector data-taking.« less

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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
Daya Bay Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1246805
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1251784; OSTI ID: 1456934; OSTI ID: 1594396
Report Number(s):
BNL-111988-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; R&D Project: PO-022; KA2201020
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0009973; SC00112704; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 811; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Daya Bay Collaboration; neutrino oscillation; neutrino mixing; reactor; Daya Bay

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An, F. P., Bai, J. Z., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Beavis, D., Beriguete, W., Bishai, M., Blyth, S., Brown, R. L., Butorov, I., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Carr, R., Cen, W. R., Chan, W. T., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chasman, C., Chen, H. Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, M. J., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, S. J., Chen, S. M., Chen, X. C., Chen, X. H., Chen, X. S., Chen, Y. X., Chen, Y., Cheng, J. H., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y. P., Cherwinka, J. J., Chidzik, S., Chow, K., Chu, M. C., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., Deng, Z. Y., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dong, L., Dove, J., Draeger, E., Du, X. F., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Ely, S. R., Fang, S. D., Fu, J. Y., Fu, Z. W., Ge, L. Q., Ghazikhanian, V., Gill, R., Goett, J., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gornushkin, Y. A., Grassi, M., Greenler, L. S., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, R. L., Han, R., Hans, S., He, M., He, Q., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Hinrichs, P., Ho, T. H., Hoff, M., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, L. M., Hu, L. J., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. Z., Huang, H. X., Huang, P. W., Huang, X., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Hussain, G., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., Jen, K. L., Jetter, S., Ji, X. P., Ji, X. L., Jiang, H. J., Jiang, W. Q., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., Joseph, J., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Kramer, M., Kwan, K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lai, C. Y., Lai, W. C., Lai, W. H., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, M. K. P., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Lewis, C. A., Li, B., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, J., Li, N. Y., Li, Q. J., Li, S. F., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. B., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Liang, J., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, P. Y., Lin, S. X., Lin, S. K., Lin, Y. C., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, B. J., Liu, C., Liu, D. W., Liu, H., Liu, J. L., Liu, J. C., Liu, S., Liu, S. S., Liu, X., Liu, Y. B., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Luk, A., Luk, K. B., Luo, T., Luo, X. L., Ma, L. H., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. Y., Ma, X. B., Ma, Y. Q., Mayes, B., McDonald, K. T., McFarlane, M. C., McKeown, R. D., Meng, Y., Mitchell, I., Mohapatra, D., Monari Kebwaro, J., Morgan, J. E., Nakajima, Y., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Newsom, C., Ngai, H. Y., Ngai, W. K., Nie, Y. B., Ning, Z., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Pagac, A., Pan, H. -R., Patton, S., Pearson, C., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Piilonen, L. E., Pinsky, L., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Raper, N., Ren, B., Ren, J., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Sands, W. R., Seilhan, B., Shao, B. B., Shih, K., Song, W. Y., Steiner, H., Stoler, P., Stuart, M., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Tam, Y. H., Tanaka, H. K., Tang, W., Tang, X., Taychenachev, D., Themann, H., Torun, Y., Trentalange, S., Tsai, O., Tsang, K. V., Tsang, R. H. M., Tull, C. E., Tung, Y. C., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Virostek, S., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, L. S., Wang, L. Y., Wang, L. Z., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, T., Wang, W., Wang, W. W., Wang, X. T., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webber, D. M., Wei, H. Y., Wei, Y. D., Wen, L. J., Wenman, D. L., Whisnant, K., White, C. G., Whitehead, L., Whitten, C. A., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Wong, H. C., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, J., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, F. F., Wu, Q., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xiang, S. T., Xiao, Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, G., Xu, J. Y., Xu, J. L., Xu, J., Xu, W., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yan, J., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Yeh, Y. S., Yip, K., Young, B. L., Yu, G. Y., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. H., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, K., Zhang, Q. X., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, S. H., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. C., Zhang, Y. H., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. F., Zhao, Y. B., Zheng, L., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhou, Z. Y., Zhuang, H. L., Zimmerman, S., and Zou, J. H. The detector system of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.144.
An, F. P., Bai, J. Z., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Beavis, D., Beriguete, W., Bishai, M., Blyth, S., Brown, R. L., Butorov, I., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Carr, R., Cen, W. R., Chan, W. T., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chasman, C., Chen, H. Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, M. J., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, S. J., Chen, S. M., Chen, X. C., Chen, X. H., Chen, X. S., Chen, Y. X., Chen, Y., Cheng, J. H., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y. P., Cherwinka, J. J., Chidzik, S., Chow, K., Chu, M. C., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., Deng, Z. Y., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dong, L., Dove, J., Draeger, E., Du, X. F., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Ely, S. R., Fang, S. D., Fu, J. Y., Fu, Z. W., Ge, L. Q., Ghazikhanian, V., Gill, R., Goett, J., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gornushkin, Y. A., Grassi, M., Greenler, L. S., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, R. L., Han, R., Hans, S., He, M., He, Q., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Hinrichs, P., Ho, T. H., Hoff, M., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, L. M., Hu, L. J., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. Z., Huang, H. X., Huang, P. W., Huang, X., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Hussain, G., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., Jen, K. L., Jetter, S., Ji, X. P., Ji, X. L., Jiang, H. J., Jiang, W. Q., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., Joseph, J., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Kramer, M., Kwan, K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lai, C. Y., Lai, W. C., Lai, W. H., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, M. K. P., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Lewis, C. A., Li, B., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, J., Li, N. Y., Li, Q. J., Li, S. F., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. B., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Liang, J., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, P. Y., Lin, S. X., Lin, S. K., Lin, Y. C., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, B. J., Liu, C., Liu, D. W., Liu, H., Liu, J. L., Liu, J. C., Liu, S., Liu, S. S., Liu, X., Liu, Y. B., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Luk, A., Luk, K. B., Luo, T., Luo, X. L., Ma, L. H., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. Y., Ma, X. B., Ma, Y. Q., Mayes, B., McDonald, K. T., McFarlane, M. C., McKeown, R. D., Meng, Y., Mitchell, I., Mohapatra, D., Monari Kebwaro, J., Morgan, J. E., Nakajima, Y., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Newsom, C., Ngai, H. Y., Ngai, W. K., Nie, Y. B., Ning, Z., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Pagac, A., Pan, H. -R., Patton, S., Pearson, C., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Piilonen, L. E., Pinsky, L., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Raper, N., Ren, B., Ren, J., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Sands, W. R., Seilhan, B., Shao, B. B., Shih, K., Song, W. Y., Steiner, H., Stoler, P., Stuart, M., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Tam, Y. H., Tanaka, H. K., Tang, W., Tang, X., Taychenachev, D., Themann, H., Torun, Y., Trentalange, S., Tsai, O., Tsang, K. V., Tsang, R. H. M., Tull, C. E., Tung, Y. C., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Virostek, S., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, L. S., Wang, L. Y., Wang, L. Z., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, T., Wang, W., Wang, W. W., Wang, X. T., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webber, D. M., Wei, H. Y., Wei, Y. D., Wen, L. J., Wenman, D. L., Whisnant, K., White, C. G., Whitehead, L., Whitten, C. A., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Wong, H. C., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, J., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, F. F., Wu, Q., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xiang, S. T., Xiao, Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, G., Xu, J. Y., Xu, J. L., Xu, J., Xu, W., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yan, J., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Yeh, Y. S., Yip, K., Young, B. L., Yu, G. Y., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. H., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, K., Zhang, Q. X., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, S. H., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. C., Zhang, Y. H., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. F., Zhao, Y. B., Zheng, L., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhou, Z. Y., Zhuang, H. L., Zimmerman, S., & Zou, J. H. The detector system of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.144
An, F. P., Bai, J. Z., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Beavis, D., Beriguete, W., Bishai, M., Blyth, S., Brown, R. L., Butorov, I., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Carr, R., Cen, W. R., Chan, W. T., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chasman, C., Chen, H. Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, M. J., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, S. J., Chen, S. M., Chen, X. C., Chen, X. H., Chen, X. S., Chen, Y. X., Chen, Y., Cheng, J. H., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y. P., Cherwinka, J. J., Chidzik, S., Chow, K., Chu, M. C., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., Deng, Z. Y., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dong, L., Dove, J., Draeger, E., Du, X. F., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Ely, S. R., Fang, S. D., Fu, J. Y., Fu, Z. W., Ge, L. Q., Ghazikhanian, V., Gill, R., Goett, J., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gornushkin, Y. A., Grassi, M., Greenler, L. S., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, R. L., Han, R., Hans, S., He, M., He, Q., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Hinrichs, P., Ho, T. H., Hoff, M., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, L. M., Hu, L. J., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. Z., Huang, H. X., Huang, P. W., Huang, X., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Hussain, G., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., Jen, K. L., Jetter, S., Ji, X. P., Ji, X. L., Jiang, H. J., Jiang, W. Q., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., Joseph, J., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Kramer, M., Kwan, K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lai, C. Y., Lai, W. C., Lai, W. H., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, M. K. P., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Lewis, C. A., Li, B., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, J., Li, N. Y., Li, Q. J., Li, S. F., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. B., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Liang, J., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, P. Y., Lin, S. X., Lin, S. K., Lin, Y. C., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, B. J., Liu, C., Liu, D. W., Liu, H., Liu, J. L., Liu, J. C., Liu, S., Liu, S. S., Liu, X., Liu, Y. B., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Luk, A., Luk, K. B., Luo, T., Luo, X. L., Ma, L. H., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. Y., Ma, X. B., Ma, Y. Q., Mayes, B., McDonald, K. T., McFarlane, M. C., McKeown, R. D., Meng, Y., Mitchell, I., Mohapatra, D., Monari Kebwaro, J., Morgan, J. E., Nakajima, Y., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Newsom, C., Ngai, H. Y., Ngai, W. K., Nie, Y. B., Ning, Z., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Pagac, A., Pan, H. -R., Patton, S., Pearson, C., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Piilonen, L. E., Pinsky, L., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Raper, N., Ren, B., Ren, J., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Sands, W. R., Seilhan, B., Shao, B. B., Shih, K., Song, W. Y., Steiner, H., Stoler, P., Stuart, M., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Tam, Y. H., Tanaka, H. K., Tang, W., Tang, X., Taychenachev, D., Themann, H., Torun, Y., Trentalange, S., Tsai, O., Tsang, K. V., Tsang, R. H. M., Tull, C. E., Tung, Y. C., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Virostek, S., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, L. S., Wang, L. Y., Wang, L. Z., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, T., Wang, W., Wang, W. W., Wang, X. T., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webber, D. M., Wei, H. Y., Wei, Y. D., Wen, L. J., Wenman, D. L., Whisnant, K., White, C. G., Whitehead, L., Whitten, C. A., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Wong, H. C., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, J., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, F. F., Wu, Q., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xiang, S. T., Xiao, Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, G., Xu, J. Y., Xu, J. L., Xu, J., Xu, W., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yan, J., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Yeh, Y. S., Yip, K., Young, B. L., Yu, G. Y., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. H., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, K., Zhang, Q. X., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, S. H., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. C., Zhang, Y. H., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. F., Zhao, Y. B., Zheng, L., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhou, Z. Y., Zhuang, H. L., Zimmerman, S., and Zou, J. H. 2015. "The detector system of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.144. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1246805.
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abstractNote = {The Daya Bay experiment was the first to report simultaneous measurements of reactor antineutrinos at multiple baselines leading to the discovery of ν¯e oscillations over km-baselines. Subsequent data has provided the world's most precise measurement of sin22θ13 and the effective mass splitting Δm2ee. The experiment is located in Daya Bay, China where the cluster of six nuclear reactors is among the world's most prolific sources of electron antineutrinos. Multiple antineutrino detectors are deployed in three underground water pools at different distances from the reactor cores to search for deviations in the antineutrino rate and energy spectrum due to neutrino mixing. Instrumented with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), the water pools serve as shielding against natural radioactivity from the surrounding rock and provide efficient muon tagging. Arrays of resistive plate chambers over the top of each pool provide additional muon detection. The antineutrino detectors were specifically designed for measurements of the antineutrino flux with minimal systematic uncertainty. Relative detector efficiencies between the near and far detectors are known to better than 0.2%. With the unblinding of the final two detectors' baselines and target masses, a complete description and comparison of the eight antineutrino detectors can now be presented. This paper describes the Daya Bay detector systems, consisting of eight antineutrino detectors in three instrumented water pools in three underground halls, and their operation through the first year of eight detector data-taking.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.144},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1246805}, journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
issn = {0168-9002},
number = C,
volume = 811,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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