Neutrino physics with an opaque detector

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A90107%2F21%3A00357718" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:90107/21:00357718 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00763-5" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00763-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00763-5" target="_blank" >10.1038/s42005-021-00763-5</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Neutrino physics with an opaque detector
Original language description
In 1956 Reines & Cowan discovered the neutrino using a liquid scintillator detector. The neutrinos interacted with the scintillator, producing light that propagated across transparent volumes to surrounding photo-sensors. This approach has remained one of the most widespread and successful neutrino detection technologies used since. This article introduces a concept that breaks with the conventional paradigm of transparency by confining and collecting light near its creation point with an opaque scintillator and a dense array of optical fibres. This technique, called LiquidO, can provide high-resolution imaging to enable efficient identification of individual particles event-by-event. A natural affinity for adding dopants at high concentrations is provided by the use of an opaque medium. With these and other capabilities, the potential of our detector concept to unlock opportunities in neutrino physics is presented here, alongside the results of the first experimental validation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10303 - Particles and field physics

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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