Abstract
We have characterised Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS) using low energy protons, UV-VIS absorbance, and fluorescence spectroscopy. We have also developed and validated a simulation model that describes the behaviour of WbLS in our detector configurations for proton beam energies of 210 MeV, 475 MeV, and 2 GeV and for two WbLS compositions. Our results have enabled us to estimate the light yield and ionisation quenching of WbLS, as well as to understand the influence of the wavelength shifting of Cherenkov light on our measurements. These results are relevant to the suitability of WbLS materials for next generation intensity frontier experiments.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | P12009 |
| Journal | Journal of Instrumentation |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 15 2015 |
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Keywords
- Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc)
- Liquid detectors
- Scintillators and scintillating fibres and light guides
- Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Instrumentation
- Mathematical Physics
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Characterization and Modeling of a Water-based Liquid Scintillator. / Bignell, L. J.; Beznosko, D.; Diwan, M. V.; Hans, S.; Jaffe, D. E.; Kettell, S.; Rosero, R.; Themann, H. W.; Viren, B.; Worcester, E.; Yeh, M.; Zhang, C.
In: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 10, No. 12, P12009, 15.12.2015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization and Modeling of a Water-based Liquid Scintillator
AU - Bignell, L. J.
AU - Beznosko, D.
AU - Diwan, M. V.
AU - Hans, S.
AU - Jaffe, D. E.
AU - Kettell, S.
AU - Rosero, R.
AU - Themann, H. W.
AU - Viren, B.
AU - Worcester, E.
AU - Yeh, M.
AU - Zhang, C.
PY - 2015/12/15
Y1 - 2015/12/15
N2 - We have characterised Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS) using low energy protons, UV-VIS absorbance, and fluorescence spectroscopy. We have also developed and validated a simulation model that describes the behaviour of WbLS in our detector configurations for proton beam energies of 210 MeV, 475 MeV, and 2 GeV and for two WbLS compositions. Our results have enabled us to estimate the light yield and ionisation quenching of WbLS, as well as to understand the influence of the wavelength shifting of Cherenkov light on our measurements. These results are relevant to the suitability of WbLS materials for next generation intensity frontier experiments.
AB - We have characterised Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS) using low energy protons, UV-VIS absorbance, and fluorescence spectroscopy. We have also developed and validated a simulation model that describes the behaviour of WbLS in our detector configurations for proton beam energies of 210 MeV, 475 MeV, and 2 GeV and for two WbLS compositions. Our results have enabled us to estimate the light yield and ionisation quenching of WbLS, as well as to understand the influence of the wavelength shifting of Cherenkov light on our measurements. These results are relevant to the suitability of WbLS materials for next generation intensity frontier experiments.
KW - Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc)
KW - Liquid detectors
KW - Scintillators and scintillating fibres and light guides
KW - Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)
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