Performance of plastic scintillator modules for top veto tracker at Taishan Antineutrino Observatory
arXiv:2406.15973 · doi:10.1007/s41365-025-01696-2
Abstract
The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) experiment incorporates a top veto tracker (TVT) system comprising 160 modules, each composed of plastic scintillator (PS) strips, embedded wavelength shifting fibers (WLS-fibers), and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). This article highlights the performance of all produced modules following the production and readout/trigger design, providing insights for scintillation detectors with WLS-fibers. Three kinds of trigger modes and its efficiency have been defined to comprehensively evaluate the performance of this unique design, which has been verified for the batch production, along with comprehensive measurement strategies and quality inspection methods. In "module" mode, the detection(tagging) efficiency of the PS exceeds 99.67\% at a 30 photoelectron threshold, and even in "AND" mode, it surpasses 99.60\% at a 15 photoelectron threshold. The muon tagging efficiency meets TAO's requirements. The production and performance of the PS module set a benchmark for other experiments, with optimized optical fiber arrangements that enhance light yield and muon detection efficiency.
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