Large Plastic Scintillator Panels with WLS Fiber Readout; Optimization of Components

Abstract

Results are presented on R&D efforts to design and build large size veto panels, optimized for underground low background experiments, in the most efficient and economical way using commercially available components. A variety of plastic scintillators, photomultiplier tubes, wavelength shifting fibers, and light reflector combinations were tested. Results of these studies and performance of a 2.2 meter long panel are presented.

6 pages, 9 figures, 2 figures replaced, added references 6, submitted to Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A

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