A low mass optical grid for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino detector

J. Ashenfelter; A. B. Balantekin; H. R. Band; C. D. Bass; D. E. Bergeron; D. Berish; N. S. Bowden; J. P. Brodsky; C. D. Bryan; J. J. Cherwinka; T. Classen; A. J. Conant; D. Davee; D. Dean; G. Deichert; A. E. Detweiler; M. V. Diwan; M. J. Dolinski; A. Erickson; M. Febbraro; B. T. Foust; J. K. Gaison; A. Galindo-Uribarri; Y. Gebre; C. E. Gilbert; K. E. Gilje; I. F. Gustafson; B. T. Hackett; S. Hans; A. B. Hansell; K. M. Heeger; K. H. Hermanek; J. Insler; D. E. Jaffe; D. C. Jones; O. Kyzylova; C. E. Lane; T. J. Langford; J. Larosa; B. R. Littlejohn; X. Lu; D. A.Martinez Caicedo; J. T. Matta; R. D. McKeown; M. P. Mendenhall; J. M. Minock; P. E. Mueller; H. P. Mumm; J. Napolitano; R. Neilson; J. A. Nikkel; D. Norcini; S. Nour; D. A. Pushin; X. Qian; E. Romero-Romero; R. Rosero; D. Sarenac; P. T. Surukuchi; M. A. Tyra; R. L. Varner; B. Viren; C. White; J. Wilhelmi; T. Wise; M. Yeh; Y. R. Yen; A. Zhang; C. Zhang; X. Zhang

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/04/P04014

A low mass optical grid for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino detector

J. Ashenfelter
, A. B. Balantekin
, H. R. Band
, C. D. Bass
, D. E. Bergeron
, D. Berish
, N. S. Bowden
, J. P. Brodsky
, C. D. Bryan
, J. J. Cherwinka
, T. Classen
, A. J. Conant
, D. Davee
, D. Dean
, G. Deichert
, A. E. Detweiler
, M. V. Diwan
, M. J. Dolinski
, A. Erickson
, M. Febbraro

B. T. Foust, J. K. Gaison, A. Galindo-Uribarri, Y. Gebre, C. E. Gilbert, K. E. Gilje, I. F. Gustafson, B. T. Hackett, S. Hans, A. B. Hansell, K. M. Heeger, K. H. Hermanek, J. Insler, D. E. Jaffe, D. C. Jones, O. Kyzylova, C. E. Lane, T. J. Langford, J. Larosa, B. R. Littlejohn, X. Lu, D. A.Martinez Caicedo, J. T. Matta, R. D. McKeown, M. P. Mendenhall, J. M. Minock, P. E. Mueller, H. P. Mumm, J. Napolitano, R. Neilson, J. A. Nikkel, D. Norcini, S. Nour, D. A. Pushin, X. Qian, E. Romero-Romero, R. Rosero, D. Sarenac, P. T. Surukuchi, M. A. Tyra, R. L. Varner, B. Viren, C. White, J. Wilhelmi, T. Wise, M. Yeh, Y. R. Yen, A. Zhang, C. Zhang, X. Zhang

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PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and SPECTrum experiment, is a short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiment designed to provide precision measurements of the ²³⁵U product _e spectrum, utilizing an optically segmented 4-ton liquid scintillator detector. PROSPECT's segmentation system, the optical grid, plays a central role in reconstructing the position and energy of _e interactions in the detector. This paper is the technical reference for this PROSPECT subsystem, describing its design, fabrication, quality assurance, transportation and assembly in detail. In addition, the dimensional, optical and mechanical characterizations of optical grid components and the assembled PROSPECT target are also presented. The technical information and characterizations detailed here will inform geometry-related inputs for PROSPECT physics analysis, and can guide a variety of future particle detection development efforts, such as those using optically reflecting materials or filament-based 3D printing.

Original language	English
Article number	P04014
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/04/P04014
State	Published - Apr 29 2019

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Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Bass, C. D., Bergeron, D. E., Berish, D., Bowden, N. S., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Cherwinka, J. J., Classen, T., Conant, A. J., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Detweiler, A. E., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Erickson, A., ... Zhang, X. (2019). A low mass optical grid for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 14(4), Article P04014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/04/P04014

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