A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment

Authors
Border, P Cushman, P Heller, K Maxam, D Nelson, JK Ruddick, K Rusack, R Schwienhorst, R Berg, T Chase, T Hansen, M Bower, C Hatcher, R Heinz, R Miller, L Mufson, S
Citation
P. Border et al., A large liquid scintillator detector for a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, NUCL INST A, 463(1-2), 2001, pp. 194-204
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
463
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
194 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20010501)463:1-2<194:ALLSDF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We present the concept and design of a liquid scintillator detector for a l ong-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Neutrinos interact in 2.5 cm thick steel plates alternating with 2.0 cm thick planes of liquid scintilla tor. The scintillator is contained in multicell PVC extrusions containing i ndividual 2 cm x 3 cm cells up to 8 m long. Readout of the scintillation li ght is via wavelength-shifting fibers which transport light to pixellated p hotodetectors at one end of the cells. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All r ights reserved.