Published March 1, 2019 | Version v1
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Lithium-loaded liquid scintillator production for the PROSPECT experiment

Creators

  • 1. Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY (United States)
  • 4. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  • 6. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (United States)
  • 7. Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (United States)
  • 8. High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  • 9. Physical Sciences Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
  • 10. George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA U.S.A. (Georgia)
  • 11. Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States)
  • 12. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Description

This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT) . Fifty-nine 90 liter batches of LiLS (6Li mass fraction 0.082%±0.001%) were produced and samples from all batches were characterized by measuring their optical absorbance relative to air, light yield relative to a pure liquid scintillator reference, and pulse shape discrimination capability. Fifty-seven batches passed the quality assurance criteria and were used for the PROSPECT experiment.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/P03026

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/P03026;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
03
Journal Page Range
p. P03026
ISSN
1748-0221

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51050486
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM 6; OSCILLATIONS; PULSE SHAPERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPECTRA; VISIBLE RADIATION; YIELDS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELEMENTS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; METALS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PHOSPHORS; PULSE CIRCUITS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RADIATIONS; SIGNAL CONDITIONERS; STABLE ISOTOPES