Design, construction, and operation of a 1-ton Water-based Liquid scintillator detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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- Working Paper
- Authors
- Xiang, X.; Yang, G.; Andrade, S.; Askins, M.; Asner, D. M.; Baldoni, A.; Cowen, D.; Diwan, M. V.; Gokhale, S.; Hans, S.; Jerome, J.; Lawley, G.; Linden, S.; Gann, G. D. Orebi; Reyes, C.; Rosero, R.; Seberg, N.; Smiley, M.; Speece-Moyer, N.; Walsh, B.; Wang, J. J.; Wilking, M.; Yeh, M.
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- Subject
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
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Water-based liquid scintillators (WbLS) are attractive neutrino detector materials because they allow us to tune the ratio of the Cherenkov and scintillation signals. Using WbLS large-scale neutrino experiments can benefit from both directional reconstruction and enhanced low-energy efficiency. Furthermore, broadening the science capability of such materials by metal doping may be better suited for water based liquid scintillators. We recently constructed and commissioned a 1-ton WbLS detector with good photosensor coverage and a capable data acquisition system. We intend to use this flexible detector system as a testbed for WbLS R&D. In this paper we give an overview of the 1-ton system and provide some early analysis results.