Lithium-loaded liquid scintillator production for the PROSPECT experiment

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 characte...

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Published in:Journal of instrumentation 2019-03, Vol.14 (3), p.P03026-P03026
Main Authors: Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, A.B., Band, H.R., Bass, C.D., Bergeron, D.E., Berish, D., Bignell, L.J., Bowden, N.S., Brodsky, J.P., Bryan, C.D., Reyes, C. Camilo, Campos, S., Cherwinka, J.J., Classen, T., Conant, A.J., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Perez, R. Diaz, Diwan, M.V., Dolinski, M.J., Erickson, A., Febbraro, M., Foust, B.T., Gaison, J.K., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilbert, C.E., Hackett, B.T., Hans, S., Hansell, A.B., Hayes, B., Heeger, K.M., Insler, J., Jaffe, D.E., Jones, D.C., Kyzylova, O., Lane, C.E., Langford, T.J., LaRosa, J., Littlejohn, B.R., Lu, X., Martinez Caicedo, D.A., Matta, J.T., McKeown, R.D., Mendenhall, M.P., Mueller, P.E., Mumm, H.P., Napolitano, J., Neilson, R., Nikkel, J.A., Norcini, D., Nour, S., Pushin, D.A., Qian, X., Romero-Romero, E., Rosero, R., Sarenac, D., Surukuchi, P.T., Tyra, M.A., Varner, R.L., Viren, B., White, C., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Yeh, M., Yen, Y.-R., Zhang, A., Zhang, C., Zhang, X.
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Language:English
Subjects:
detectors
emission
Experiments
INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Lithium
neutrino
Pulse shape
Quality assurance
scintillation
Scintillation counters
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1748-0221
1748-0221
DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/P03026