Performance of a segmented 6Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment

Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.; Bass, C. D.; Bergeron, D. E.; Berish, D.; Bowden, N. S.; Brodsky, J. P.; Bryan, C. D.; Telles, A. Bykadorova; Cherwinka, J. J.; Classen, T.; Commeford, K.; Conant, A.; Davee, D.; Deichert, G.; Diwan, M. V.; Dolinski, M. J.; Erickson, A.; Foust, B. T.; Gaison, J. K.; Galindo-Uribarri, A.; Gilje, K.; Hackett, B.; Han, K.; Hans, S.; Hansell, A.; Heeger, K. M.; Heffron, B.; Insler, J.; Jaffe, D. E.; Jones, D.; Kyzylova, O.; Lane, C. E.; Langford, T. J.; LaRosa, J.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lopez, F.; Caicedo, D. A.  Martinez; Matta, J.; McKeown, R. D.; Mendenhall, M. P.; Minock, J.; Mueller, P. E.; Mumm, H. P.; Napolitano, J.; Neilson, R.; Nikkel, J. A.; Norcini, D.; Nour, S.; Pushin, D. A.; Qian, X.; Romero-Romero, E.; Rosero, R.; Surukuchi, P. T.; Trinh, C.; Tyra, M. A.; Wagner, J. M.; White, C.; Wilhelmi, J.; Wise, T.; Yeh, M.; Yen, Y. -R.; Zhang, A.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, X.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/06/P06023

Title: Performance of a segmented ⁶Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment

Journal Article · Fri Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/06/P06023· OSTI ID:1460689

Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.; Bass, C. D.; Bergeron, D. E.; Berish, D.; Bowden, N. S.; Brodsky, J. P.; Bryan, C. D.; Telles, A. Bykadorova; Cherwinka, J. J.; Classen, T.; Commeford, K.; Conant, A.; Davee, D.; Deichert, G.; Diwan, M. V.; Dolinski, M. J.; Erickson, A.; Foust, B. T. more »

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States); Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Organization:: The PROSPECT Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725; SC0016357; SC0017660; SC0017815; SC0008347; SC0016060

OSTI ID:: 1460689

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1510583; OSTI ID: 1526173

Report Number(s):: BNL-207811-2018-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-751660; TRN: US1901897

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 13, Issue 6; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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