The radioactive source calibration system of 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. Dean; G. Deichert; M. V. Diwan; M. J. Dolinski; A. Erickson; M. Febbraro; B. T. Foust; J. K. Gaison; A. Galindo-Uribarri; C. E. Gilbert; B. T. Hackett; S. Hans; A. B. Hansell; K. M. Heeger; 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; 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; A. B. Telles; 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:10.1016/j.nima.2019.162465

The radioactive source calibration system of 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. Dean
, G. Deichert
, M. V. Diwan
, M. J. Dolinski
, A. Erickson
, M. Febbraro
, B. T. Foust
, J. K. Gaison

A. Galindo-Uribarri, C. E. Gilbert, B. T. Hackett, S. Hans, A. B. Hansell, K. M. Heeger, 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, 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, A. B. Telles, 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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The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum (PROSPECT) Experiment is a reactor neutrino experiment designed to search for sterile neutrinos with a mass on the order of 1 eV/c² and to measure the spectrum of electron antineutrinos from a highly-enriched ²³⁵U nuclear reactor. The PROSPECT detector consists of an 11 by 14 array of optical segments in ⁶Li-loaded liquid scintillator at the High Flux Isotope Reactor in Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Antineutrino events are identified via inverse beta decay and read out by photomultiplier tubes located at the ends of each segment. The detector response is characterized using a radioactive source calibration system. This paper describes the design, operation, and performance of the PROSPECT source calibration system.

Original language	English
Article number	162465
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	944
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162465
State	Published - Nov 11 2019

Keywords

Calibration
Detector
Neutrino
Radioactive source
Reactor
Scintillator

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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., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Erickson, A., Febbraro, M., Foust, B. T., ... Zhang, X. (2019). The radioactive source calibration system of the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 944, Article 162465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162465

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The radioactive source calibration system of the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino detector. / Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 944, 162465, 11.11.2019.

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