2017/08/31 by Ziyi Guo, M. Yeh, Minfang Yeh +6 · 45 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Cherenkov detector #Cherenkov radiation #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Detector #Linear alkylbenzene #Liquid scintillation counting #Measurements of neutrino speed #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino detector #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle physics #Physics #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #Radiochemistry #Scintillation #Scintillation counter #Scintillator #Solar neutrino #Solar neutrino problem #Supernova #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.02.001
published in Astroparticle Physics 109, 33-40 (Elsevier BV) · 25 pages, 11 figures
openalex created_date 2017/09/15 · openalex publication_date 2019/02/10 · arxiv created 2019/02/15 · arxiv updated 2019/02/18 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Slow liquid scintillator Cherenkov detectors have been proposed as part of several future neutrino experiments because they can provide both directionality and energy measurements. This feature is expected to enhance the sensitivities for MeV-scale neutrino physics, including solar physics, the search for supernova relic neutrino, and the study of geo-sciences. In this study, the characteristics of a slow liquid scintillator were investigated, along with the light yields and decay time constants for various combinations of linear alkylbenzene (LAB), 2,5-diphenyloxazole (PPO), and 1,4-bis (2-methylstyryl)-benzene (bis-MSB). The results of our study indicated that LAB with 0.07 g/L of PPO and 13 mg/L of bis-MSB was the best candidate for an effective separation between Cherenkov and scintillation lights with a reasonably high light yield.