Optimized scintillation strip design for the DANSS upgrade

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/P04009" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/P04009</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/P04009" target="_blank" >10.1088/1748-0221/17/04/P04009</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Optimized scintillation strip design for the DANSS upgrade

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

DANSS is a one cubic meter plastic scintillator detector with a primary goal of sterile neutrino searches at a commercial nuclear reactor. Due to its highly advantageous location, fine segmentation and ability to change the distance to the neutrino production origin, DANSS is ahead of many similar experiments around the world in terms of the counting rate, signal to background ratio and sterile neutrino exclusion regions. Yet a moderate energy resolution of the detector prevents further progress in the physics program. The main challenge of the planned upgrade is to achieve an energy resolution of 12% at 1 MeV. The new design of the main sensitive element - the plastic scintillation strip- is the most important step forward. The strip prototypes were manufactured and tested at the pion beam of the PNPI synchrocyclotron. More than twice higher light output together with fairly flat detector response uniformity, longitudinal timing information and other optimizations will help to reach the upgrade goal. This paper discusses the drawbacks of the current strip version, outlines the new features of the proposed upgrade, describes the beam test procedure and presents the test results reflecting the advantages of the new strip design in comparison with the current version.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Optimized scintillation strip design for the DANSS upgrade

Popis výsledku anglicky

DANSS is a one cubic meter plastic scintillator detector with a primary goal of sterile neutrino searches at a commercial nuclear reactor. Due to its highly advantageous location, fine segmentation and ability to change the distance to the neutrino production origin, DANSS is ahead of many similar experiments around the world in terms of the counting rate, signal to background ratio and sterile neutrino exclusion regions. Yet a moderate energy resolution of the detector prevents further progress in the physics program. The main challenge of the planned upgrade is to achieve an energy resolution of 12% at 1 MeV. The new design of the main sensitive element - the plastic scintillation strip- is the most important step forward. The strip prototypes were manufactured and tested at the pion beam of the PNPI synchrocyclotron. More than twice higher light output together with fairly flat detector response uniformity, longitudinal timing information and other optimizations will help to reach the upgrade goal. This paper discusses the drawbacks of the current strip version, outlines the new features of the proposed upgrade, describes the beam test procedure and presents the test results reflecting the advantages of the new strip design in comparison with the current version.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10304 - Nuclear physics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Instrumentation

ISSN

1748-0221

e-ISSN

1748-0221

Svazek periodika

17

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000819866900012

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85128629340