Published May 1, 2021 | Version v1
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Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator

Creators

  • 1. Queen's University, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 (Canada)
  • 2. Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (b), Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa (Portugal)
  • 3. SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, ON P3Y 1N2 (Canada)
  • 4. Queen Mary, University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS (United Kingdom)
  • 5. University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, CA 94720, Berkeley (United States)
  • 6. University of Alberta, Department of Physics, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1 (Canada)
  • 7. Laurentian University, Department of Physics, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6 (Canada)
  • 8. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics & Astronomy, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396 (United States)
  • 9. University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH (United Kingdom)
  • 10. The Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States)

Description

A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is compatible with acrylic and has a competitive light yield to pre-existing liquid scintillators while conferring other advantages including longer attenuation lengths, superior safety characteristics, chemical simplicity, ease of handling, and logistical availability. Its properties have been extensively characterized and are presented here. This liquid scintillator is now used in several neutrino physics experiments in addition to SNO+. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/05/P05009

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1748-0221/16/05/P05009;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
05
Journal Page Range
[23 p.]
ISSN
1748-0221

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53071741
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ALKYLATED AROMATICS; ATTENUATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; NEUTRINOS; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
AROMATICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HYDROCARBONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORS; RADIATIONS

Optional Information

Collaborations
SNO+ collaboration