Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO plus liquid scintillator

M. R. Anderson; S. Andringa; L. Anselmo; E. Arushanova; S. Asahi; M. Askins; D. J. Auty; A. R. Back; Z. Barnard; N. Barros; D. Bartlett; F. Barao; R. Bayes; E. W. Beier; A. Bialek; S. D. Biller; E. Blucher; R. Bonventre; M. Boulay; D. Braid; E. Caden; E. J. Callaghan; J. Caravaca; J. Carvalho; L. Cavalli; D. Chauhan; M. Chen; O. Chkvorets; K. J. Clark; B. Cleveland; D. Cookman; C. Connors; I. T. Coulter; M. A. Cox; D. Cressy; X. Dai; C. Darrach; B. Davis-Purcell; C. Deluce; M. M. Depatie; F. Descamps; J. Dittmer; F. Di Lodovico; N. Duhaime; F. Duncan; J. Dunger; A. D. Earle; D. Fabris; E. Falk; A. Farrugia; N. Fatemighomi; V Fischer; E. Fletcher; R. Ford; K. Frankiewicz; N. Gagnon; A. Gaur; K. Gilje; O. Gonzalez-Reina; D. Gooding; P. Gorel; K. Graham; C. Grant; J. Grove; S. Grullon; E. Guillian; S. Hall; A. L. Hallin; D. Hallman; S. Hans; J. Hartnell; P. Harvey; M. Hedayatipour; W. J. Heintzelman; J. Heise; R. L. Helmer; D. Horne; B. Hreljac; J. Hu; S. M. A. Hussain; T. Iida; A. S. Inacio; C. M. Jackson; N. A. Jelley; C. J. Jillings; C. Jones; P. G. Jones; K. Kamdin; T. Kaptanoglu; J. Kaspar; K. Keeter; C. Kefelian; P. Khaghani; L. Kippenbrock; J. R. Klein; R. Knapik; J. Kofron; L. L. Kormos; S. Korte; B. Krar; C. Kraus; C. B. Krauss; T. Kroupova; K. Labe; F. Lafleur; I Lam; C. Lan; B. J. Land; R. Lane; S. Langrock; A. LaTorre; I Lawson; L. Lebanowski; G. M. Lefeuvre; E. J. Leming; A. Li; J. Lidgard; B. Liggins; Y. H. Lin; X. Liu; Y. Liu; V Lozza; M. Luo; S. Maguire; A. Maio; K. Majumdar; S. Manecki; J. Maneira; R. D. Martin; E. Marzec; A. Mastbaum; J. Mauel; N. McCauley; A. B. McDonald; P. Mekarski; M. Meyer; C. Miller; C. Mills; M. Mlejnek; E. Mony; I Morton-Blake; M. J. Mottram; S. Nae; M. Nirkko; L. J. Nolan; V. M. Novikov; H. M. O'Keeffe; E. O'Sullivan; G. D. Orebi Gann; M. J. Parnell; J. Paton; S. J. M. Peeters; T. Pershing; Z. Petriw; J. Petzoldt; L. Pickard; D. Pracsovics; G. Prior; J. C. Prouty; S. Quirk; A. Reichold; S. Riccetto; R. Richardson; M. Rigan; A. Robertson; J. Rose; R. Rosero; P. M. Rost; J. Rumleskie; M. A. Schumaker; M. H. Schwendener; D. Scislowski; J. Secrest; M. Seddighin; L. Segui; S. Seibert; I Semenec; F. Shaker; T. Shantz; M. K. Sharma; T. M. Shokair; L. Sibley; J. R. Sinclair; K. Singh; P. Skensved; M. Smiley; T. Sonley; R. Stainforth; M. Strait; M. Stringer; R. Svoboda; A. Sorensen; B. Tam; J. Tatar; L. Tian; N. Tolich; J. Tseng; H. W. C. Tseung; E. Turner; R. Van Berg; J. G. C. Veinot; C. J. Virtue; B. von Krosigk; E. Vazquez-Jauregui; J. M. G. Walker; M. Walker; S. C. Walton; J. Wang; M. Ward; O. Wasalski; J. Waterfield; J. J. Weigand; R. F. White; J. R. Wilson; T. J. Winchester; P. Woosaree; A. Wright; J. P. Yanez; M. Yeh; T. Zhang; Y. Zhang; T. Zhao; K. Zuber; A. Zummo

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/05/P05009

Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO plus liquid scintillator

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Contributors

M. R. Anderson - , Queen's University Kingston (Author)
S. Andringa - (Author)
L. Anselmo - (Author)
E. Arushanova - (Author)
S. Asahi - (Author)
M. Askins - (Author)
D. J. Auty - (Author)
A. R. Back - (Author)
Z. Barnard - (Author)
N. Barros - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
D. Bartlett - (Author)
F. Barao - (Author)
R. Bayes - (Author)
E. W. Beier - (Author)
A. Bialek - (Author)
S. D. Biller - (Author)
E. Blucher - (Author)
R. Bonventre - (Author)
M. Boulay - (Author)
D. Braid - (Author)
E. Caden - (Author)
E. J. Callaghan - (Author)
J. Caravaca - (Author)
J. Carvalho - (Author)
L. Cavalli - (Author)
D. Chauhan - (Author)
M. Chen - (Author)
O. Chkvorets - (Author)
K. J. Clark - (Author)
B. Cleveland - (Author)
D. Cookman - (Author)
C. Connors - (Author)
I. T. Coulter - (Author)
M. A. Cox - (Author)
D. Cressy - (Author)
X. Dai - (Author)
C. Darrach - (Author)
B. Davis-Purcell - (Author)
C. Deluce - (Author)
M. M. Depatie - (Author)
F. Descamps - (Author)
J. Dittmer - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
F. Di Lodovico - (Author)
N. Duhaime - (Author)
F. Duncan - (Author)
J. Dunger - (Author)
A. D. Earle - (Author)
D. Fabris - (Author)
E. Falk - (Author)
A. Farrugia - (Author)
N. Fatemighomi - (Author)
V Fischer - (Author)
E. Fletcher - (Author)
R. Ford - (Author)
K. Frankiewicz - (Author)
N. Gagnon - (Author)
A. Gaur - , University of Alberta (Author)
K. Gilje - (Author)
O. Gonzalez-Reina - (Author)
D. Gooding - (Author)
P. Gorel - (Author)
K. Graham - (Author)
C. Grant - (Author)
J. Grove - (Author)
S. Grullon - (Author)
E. Guillian - (Author)
S. Hall - (Author)
A. L. Hallin - (Author)
D. Hallman - (Author)
S. Hans - , Brookhaven National Laboratory (Author)
J. Hartnell - (Author)
P. Harvey - (Author)
M. Hedayatipour - (Author)
W. J. Heintzelman - (Author)
J. Heise - (Author)
R. L. Helmer - (Author)
D. Horne - (Author)
B. Hreljac - (Author)
J. Hu - (Author)
S. M. A. Hussain - , Chair of Circuit Design and Network Theory (Author)
T. Iida - (Author)
A. S. Inacio - (Author)
C. M. Jackson - (Author)
N. A. Jelley - (Author)
C. J. Jillings - (Author)
C. Jones - , University of Oxford (Author)
P. G. Jones - (Author)
K. Kamdin - (Author)
T. Kaptanoglu - (Author)
J. Kaspar - (Author)
K. Keeter - (Author)
C. Kefelian - (Author)
P. Khaghani - (Author)
L. Kippenbrock - (Author)
J. R. Klein - , Chair of Algebraic and Logical Foundations of Computer Science (Author)
R. Knapik - (Author)
J. Kofron - (Author)
L. L. Kormos - (Author)
S. Korte - (Author)
B. Krar - (Author)
C. Kraus - (Author)
C. B. Krauss - (Author)
T. Kroupova - (Author)
K. Labe - (Author)
F. Lafleur - (Author)
I Lam - (Author)
C. Lan - (Author)
B. J. Land - (Author)
R. Lane - (Author)
S. Langrock - (Author)
A. LaTorre - (Author)
I Lawson - (Author)
L. Lebanowski - (Author)
G. M. Lefeuvre - (Author)
E. J. Leming - (Author)
A. Li - (Author)
J. Lidgard - (Author)
B. Liggins - (Author)
Y. H. Lin - (Author)
X. Liu - , Queen's University Kingston (Author)
Y. Liu - , Queen's University Kingston (Author)
V Lozza - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
M. Luo - , University of Pennsylvania (Author)
S. Maguire - (Author)
A. Maio - (Author)
K. Majumdar - (Author)
S. Manecki - (Author)
J. Maneira - (Author)
R. D. Martin - (Author)
E. Marzec - (Author)
A. Mastbaum - (Author)
J. Mauel - (Author)
N. McCauley - (Author)
A. B. McDonald - (Author)
P. Mekarski - (Author)
M. Meyer - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
C. Miller - (Author)
C. Mills - (Author)
M. Mlejnek - (Author)
E. Mony - (Author)
I Morton-Blake - (Author)
M. J. Mottram - (Author)
S. Nae - (Author)
M. Nirkko - (Author)
L. J. Nolan - (Author)
V. M. Novikov - (Author)
H. M. O'Keeffe - (Author)
E. O'Sullivan - (Author)
G. D. Orebi Gann - (Author)
M. J. Parnell - (Author)
J. Paton - (Author)
S. J. M. Peeters - (Author)
T. Pershing - (Author)
Z. Petriw - (Author)
J. Petzoldt - , Chair of Theoretical Quantum Optics (Author)
L. Pickard - (Author)
D. Pracsovics - (Author)
G. Prior - (Author)
J. C. Prouty - (Author)
S. Quirk - (Author)
A. Reichold - (Author)
S. Riccetto - (Author)
R. Richardson - (Author)
M. Rigan - (Author)
A. Robertson - (Author)
J. Rose - , University of Liverpool (UOL) (Author)
R. Rosero - (Author)
P. M. Rost - (Author)
J. Rumleskie - (Author)
M. A. Schumaker - (Author)
M. H. Schwendener - (Author)
D. Scislowski - (Author)
J. Secrest - (Author)
M. Seddighin - (Author)
L. Segui - (Author)
S. Seibert - (Author)
I Semenec - (Author)
F. Shaker - (Author)
T. Shantz - (Author)
M. K. Sharma - , University of Alberta (Author)
T. M. Shokair - (Author)
L. Sibley - (Author)
J. R. Sinclair - (Author)
K. Singh - (Author)
P. Skensved - (Author)
M. Smiley - (Author)
T. Sonley - (Author)
R. Stainforth - (Author)
M. Strait - (Author)
M. Stringer - (Author)
R. Svoboda - (Author)
A. Sorensen - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
B. Tam - (Author)
J. Tatar - (Author)
L. Tian - (Author)
N. Tolich - (Author)
J. Tseng - (Author)
H. W. C. Tseung - (Author)
E. Turner - (Author)
R. Van Berg - (Author)
J. G. C. Veinot - (Author)
C. J. Virtue - (Author)
B. von Krosigk - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
E. Vazquez-Jauregui - (Author)
J. M. G. Walker - (Author)
M. Walker - (Author)
S. C. Walton - (Author)
J. Wang - , University of Oxford (Author)
M. Ward - (Author)
O. Wasalski - (Author)
J. Waterfield - (Author)
J. J. Weigand - , Chair of Inorganic Molecular Chemistry (Author)
R. F. White - (Author)
J. R. Wilson - (Author)
T. J. Winchester - (Author)
P. Woosaree - (Author)
A. Wright - (Author)
J. P. Yanez - (Author)
M. Yeh - (Author)
T. Zhang - , University of California at Davis (Author)
Y. Zhang - , Chair of Radio Frequency and Photonics Engineering (Author)
T. Zhao - (Author)
K. Zuber - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
A. Zummo - (Author)

Abstract

A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is compatible with acrylic and has a competitive light yield to pre-existing liquid scintillators while conferring other advantages including longer attenuation lengths, superior safety characteristics, chemical simplicity, ease of handling, and logistical availability. Its properties have been extensively characterized and are presented here. This liquid scintillator is now used in several neutrino physics experiments in addition to SNO+.

Details

Original language	English
Article number	P05009
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of instrumentation
Volume	16
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - May 2021
Peer-reviewed	Yes

External IDs

WOS	000677883500007
Scopus	85106239655

Keywords

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