Published November 1, 2004 | Version v1
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Study of scintillation, fluorescence and scattering in mineral oil for the MiniBooNE neutrino detector

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Description

The MiniBooNE neutrino detector at Fermilab (FNAL) is filled with 250,000 gallons of pure mineral oil. The principal signal for MiniBooNE is light observed in a prompt Cherenkov cone. Scattering and fluorescence modify our detection of this light. Scintillation is also created by ionization in the oil. Studies of fluorescence of this oil have been carried out over a wide spectrum of exciting light and time resolved fluorescence with a narrower range of excitation. Polarized scattering measurements have been carried out at longer wavelengths. Time resolved and spectrally resolved scintillation has been studied with a 200 MeV Proton beam at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility. Results of these studies will be reported

Availability note (English)

Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15017023-eDY2gu/native/

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URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15017023-eDY2gu/native/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
FERMILAB-CONF--04-282-E

Conference

Title
2004 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
Dates
16-22 Oct 2004
Place
Rome (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
36104721
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
DETECTION; EXCITATION; FERMILAB; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; IU CYCLOTRON; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINOS; PETROLEUM; PROTON BEAMS; SCATTERING; SCINTILLATIONS; WAVELENGTHS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; CYCLOTRONS; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FERMIONS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; ISOCHRONOUS CYCLOTRONS; LEPTONS; LUMINESCENCE; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTON EMISSION; RADIATION DETECTION; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC--02-76CH03000
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)