Lithium-loaded liquid scintillator production for the PROSPECT experiment

Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.; Bass, C. D.; Bergeron, D. E.; Berish, D.; Bignell, L. J.; Bowden, N. S.; Brodsky, J. P.; Bryan, C. D.; Reyes, C. Camilo; Campos, S.; Cherwinka, J. J.; Classen, T.; Conant, A. J.; Davee, D.; Dean, D.; Deichert, G.; Perez, R. Diaz; Diwan, M. V.; Dolinski, M. J.; Erickson, A.; Febbraro, M.; Foust, B. T.; Gaison, J. K.; Galindo-Uribarri, A.; Gilbert, C. E.; Hackett, B. T.; Hans, S.; Hansell, A. B.; Hayes, B.; Heeger, K. M.; Insler, J.; Jaffe, D. E.; Jones, D. C.; Kyzylova, O.; Lane, C. E.; Langford, T. J.; LaRosa, J.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lu, X.; Martinez Caicedo, D. A.; Matta, J. T.; McKeown, R. D.; Mendenhall, M. P.; 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.; Sarenac, D.; Surukuchi, P. T.; Tyra, M. A.; Varner, R. L.; Viren, B.; White, C.; Wilhelmi, J.; Wise, T.; Yeh, M.; Yen, Y. -R.; Zhang, A.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, X.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/P03026

Title: Lithium-loaded liquid scintillator production for the PROSPECT experiment

Journal Article · Tue Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/P03026· OSTI ID:1504384

Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.; Bass, C. D.; Bergeron, D. E.; Berish, D.; Bignell, L. J.; Bowden, N. S.; Brodsky, J. P.; Bryan, C. D.; Reyes, C. Camilo; Campos, S.; Cherwinka, J. J.; Classen, T.; Conant, A. J.; Davee, D.; Dean, D.; Deichert, G.; Perez, R. Diaz; Diwan, M. V. more »

This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT) . Fifty-nine 90 liter batches of LiLS (6Li mass fraction 0.082%±0.001%) were produced and samples from all batches were characterized by measuring their optical absorbance relative to air, light yield relative to a pure liquid scintillator reference, and pulse shape discrimination capability. Fifty-seven batches passed the quality assurance criteria and were used for the PROSPECT experiment.

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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)

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

Contributing Organization:: PROSPECT collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1504384

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1526877; OSTI ID: 1564213

Report Number(s):: BNL-211480-2019-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-764537

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 14, Issue 3; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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