Liquid scintillator production for the NOvA experiment

Authors :: M. D. Messier
T. E. Coan
Philip J. Mason
J. Cooper
C. R. Bower
M. Proudfoot
B. Baugh
L. Corwin
S. L. Mufson
Jonathan A. Karty
Anna Pla-Dalmau
Source :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 799:1-9
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2015.
Abstract: 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.

Subjects :: Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
business.industry
Detector
FOS: Physical sciences
Food grade
Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
Nova (laser)
Scintillator
Wavelength shifter
Photon yield
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
Optics
Neutrino detector
business
Instrumentation

ISSN :: 01689002
Volume :: 799
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....1cbe7a9174df84ffda7d4a38f5450841
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.026