A D2O detector for flux normalization of a pion decay-at-rest neutrino source

D. Akimov; P. An; C. Awe; P. S. Barbeau; B. Becker; V. Belov; I. Bernardi; M. A. Blackston; A. Bolozdynya; B. Cabrera-Palmer; D. Chernyak; E. Conley; J. Daughhetee; E. Day; J. Detwiler; K. Ding; M. R. Durand; Y. Efremenko; S. R. Elliott; L. Fabris; M. Febbraro; A. Gallo Rosso; A. Galindo-Uribarri; M. P. Green; M. R. Heath; S. Hedges; D. Hoang; M. Hughes; T. Johnson; A. Khromov; A. Konovalov; J. Koros; E. Kozlova; A. Kumpan; L. Li; J. M. Link; J. Liu; K. Mann; D. M. Markoff; J. Mastroberti; P. E. Mueller; J. Newby; D. S. Parno; S. I. Penttila; D. Pershey; R. Rapp; H. Ray; J. Raybern; O. Razuvaeva; D. Reyna; G. C. Rich; J. Ross; D. Rudik; J. Runge; D. J. Salvat; A. M. Salyapongse; K. Scholberg; A. Shakirov; G. Simakov; G. Sinev; W. M. Snow; V. Sosnovstsev; B. Suh; R. Tayloe; K. Tellez-Giron-Flores; I. Tolstukhin; E. Ujah; J. Vanderwerp; R. L. Varner; C. J. Virtue; G. Visser; E. M. Ward; C. Wiseman; T. Wongjirad; Y. R. Yen; J. Yoo; C. H. Yu; J. Zettlemoyer

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08048

A D₂O detector for flux normalization of a pion decay-at-rest neutrino source

D. Akimov
, P. An
, C. Awe
, P. S. Barbeau
, B. Becker
, V. Belov
, I. Bernardi
, M. A. Blackston
, A. Bolozdynya
, B. Cabrera-Palmer
, D. Chernyak
, E. Conley
, J. Daughhetee
, E. Day
, J. Detwiler
, K. Ding
, M. R. Durand
, Y. Efremenko
, S. R. Elliott
, L. Fabris

M. Febbraro, A. Gallo Rosso, A. Galindo-Uribarri, M. P. Green, M. R. Heath, S. Hedges, D. Hoang, M. Hughes, T. Johnson, A. Khromov, A. Konovalov, J. Koros, E. Kozlova, A. Kumpan, L. Li, J. M. Link, J. Liu, K. Mann, D. M. Markoff, J. Mastroberti, P. E. Mueller, J. Newby, D. S. Parno, S. I. Penttila, D. Pershey, R. Rapp, H. Ray, J. Raybern, O. Razuvaeva, D. Reyna, G. C. Rich, J. Ross, D. Rudik, J. Runge, D. J. Salvat, A. M. Salyapongse, K. Scholberg, A. Shakirov, G. Simakov, G. Sinev, W. M. Snow, V. Sosnovstsev, B. Suh, R. Tayloe, K. Tellez-Giron-Flores, I. Tolstukhin, E. Ujah, J. Vanderwerp, R. L. Varner, C. J. Virtue, G. Visser, E. M. Ward, C. Wiseman, T. Wongjirad, Y. R. Yen, J. Yoo, C. H. Yu, J. Zettlemoyer

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We report on the technical design and expected performance of a 592 kg heavy-water-Cherenkov detector to measure the absolute neutrino flux from the pion-decay-at-rest neutrino source at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The detector will be located roughly 20 m from the SNS target and will measure the neutrino flux with better than 5% statistical uncertainty in 2 years. This heavy-water detector will serve as the first module of a two-module detector system to ultimately measure the neutrino flux to 2-3% at both the First Target Station and the planned Second Target Station of the SNS. This detector will significantly reduce a dominant systematic uncertainty for neutrino cross-section measurements at the SNS, increasing the sensitivity of searches for new physics.

Original language	English
Article number	P08048
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	16
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08048
State	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

Cherenkov and transition radiation
Cherenkov detectors
Neutrino detectors

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Akimov, D., An, P., Awe, C., Barbeau, P. S., Becker, B., Belov, V., Bernardi, I., Blackston, M. A., Bolozdynya, A., Cabrera-Palmer, B., Chernyak, D., Conley, E., Daughhetee, J., Day, E., Detwiler, J., Ding, K., Durand, M. R., Efremenko, Y., Elliott, S. R., ... Zettlemoyer, J. (2021). A D₂O detector for flux normalization of a pion decay-at-rest neutrino source. Journal of Instrumentation, 16(8), Article P08048. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08048

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A D₂O detector for flux normalization of a pion decay-at-rest neutrino source

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