Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment

J. Ashenfelter; B. Balantekin; H. R. Band; G. Barclay; C. D. Bass; D. Berish; N. S. Bowden; A. Bowes; J. P. Brodsky; C. D. Bryan; J. J. Cherwinka; R. Chu; T. Classen; K. Commeford; D. Davee; D. Dean; G. Deichert; M. V. Diwan; M. J. Dolinski; J. Dolph; D. A. Dwyer; J. K. Gaison; A. Galindo-Uribarri; K. Gilje; A. Glenn; B. W. Goddard; M. Green; K. Han; S. Hans; K. M. Heeger; B. Heffron; D. E. Jaffe; T. J. Langford; B. R. Littlejohn; D. A.Martinez Caicedo; R. D. McKeown; M. P. Mendenhall; P. Mueller; H. P. Mumm; J. Napolitano; R. Neilson; D. Norcini; D. Pushin; X. Qian; E. Romero; R. Rosero; L. Saldana; B. S. Seilhan; R. Sharma; S. Sheets; N. T. Stemen; P. T. Surukuchi; R. L. Varner; B. Viren; W. Wang; B. White; C. White; J. Wilhelmi; C. Williams; T. Wise; H. Yao; M. Yeh; Y. R. Yen; G. Zangakis; C. Zhang; X. Zhang

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11004

Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment

J. Ashenfelter
, B. Balantekin
, H. R. Band
, G. Barclay
, C. D. Bass
, D. Berish
, N. S. Bowden
, A. Bowes
, J. P. Brodsky
, C. D. Bryan
, J. J. Cherwinka
, R. Chu
, T. Classen
, K. Commeford
, D. Davee
, D. Dean
, G. Deichert
, M. V. Diwan
, M. J. Dolinski
, J. Dolph

D. A. Dwyer, J. K. Gaison, A. Galindo-Uribarri, K. Gilje, A. Glenn, B. W. Goddard, M. Green, K. Han, S. Hans, K. M. Heeger, B. Heffron, D. E. Jaffe, T. J. Langford, B. R. Littlejohn, D. A.Martinez Caicedo, R. D. McKeown, M. P. Mendenhall, P. Mueller, H. P. Mumm, J. Napolitano, R. Neilson, D. Norcini, D. Pushin, X. Qian, E. Romero, R. Rosero, L. Saldana, B. S. Seilhan, R. Sharma, S. Sheets, N. T. Stemen, P. T. Surukuchi, R. L. Varner, B. Viren, W. Wang, B. White, C. White, J. Wilhelmi, C. Williams, T. Wise, H. Yao, M. Yeh, Y. R. Yen, G. Zangakis, C. Zhang, X. Zhang

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A meter-long, 23-liter EJ-309 liquid scintillator detector has been constructed to study the light collection and pulse-shape discrimination performance of elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. The magnitude and uniformity of light collection and neutron-gamma discrimination power in the energy range of antineutrino inverse beta decay products have been studied using gamma and spontaneous fission calibration sources deployed along the cell axis. We also study neutron-gamma discrimination and light collection abilities for differing PMT and reflector configurations. Key design features for optimizing MeV-scale response and background rejection capabilities are identified.

Original language	English
Article number	P11004
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11004
State	Published - Nov 6 2015

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Calorimeters
Neutrino detectors
Particle identification methods

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Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, B., Band, H. R., Barclay, G., Bass, C. D., Berish, D., Bowden, N. S., Bowes, A., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Cherwinka, J. J., Chu, R., Classen, T., Commeford, K., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., ... Zhang, X. (2015). Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. Journal of Instrumentation, 10(11), Article P11004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11004

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KW - Particle identification methods

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Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment

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