Published November 1, 2015 | Version v1
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Liquid scintillator production for the NOvA experiment

Creators

  • 1. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 (United States)
  • 2. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 (United States)
  • 3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 (United States)
  • 4. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 (United States)
  • 5. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 (United States)
  • 6. Renkert Oil, Morgantown, PA 19543 (United States)

Description

The NOvA collaboration blended and delivered 8.8 kt (2.72M gal) of liquid scintillator as the active detector medium to its near and far detectors. The composition of this scintillator was specifically developed to satisfy NOvA's performance requirements. A rigorous set of quality control procedures was put in place to verify that the incoming components and the blended scintillator met these requirements. The scintillator was blended commercially in Hammond, IN. The scintillator was shipped to the NOvA detectors using dedicated stainless steel tanker trailers cleaned to food grade

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.026

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.026;
arXiv
arXiv:1504.04035v2;
PII
S0168-9002(15)00855-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
799
Journal Page Range
p. 1-9
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47030766
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; NEUTRINOS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STAINLESS STEELS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CONTROL; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HIGH ALLOY STEELS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PHOSPHORS; STEELS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS

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