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Separation of Scintillation and Cherenkov Lights in Linear Alkyl Benzene

Nov 30, 2015

6 pages

Published in:

Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 830 (2016) 303-308

Published: Sep 11, 2016

e-Print:

1511.09339 [physics.ins-det]

DOI:

10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.132

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

To separate scintillation and Cherenkov lights in water-based liquid scintillator detectors is a desired feature for future neutrino and proton decay experiments. Linear alkyl benzene (LAB) is one important ingredient of a water-based liquid scintillator currently under development. In this paper we report on the separation of scintillation and Cherenkov lights observed in an LAB sample. The rise and decay times of the scintillation light are measured to be (7.7±3.0)ns and (36.6±2.4)ns , respectively, while the full width [−3 σ , 3 σ ] of the Cherenkov light is 12 ns and is dominated by the time resolution of the photomultiplier tubes. The scintillation light yield was measured to be (1.01±0.12)×103photons/MeV .

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6 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables

29.40.Mc
29.40.Ka
06.30.Ft
Cherenkov
Scintillation
Linear alkyl benzene
Scintillation Cherenkov separation
scintillation counter: water
radiation: Cherenkov
photomultiplier

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