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Calibration strategy of the PROSPECT-II detector with external and intrinsic sources
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +58
This paper presents an energy calibration scheme for an upgraded reactor antineutrino detector for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). The PROSPEC…
The Radioactive Source Calibration System of the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +62
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/c$^2…
A Low Mass Optical Grid for the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67
PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and SPECTrum experiment, is a short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiment designed to provide precision measurements of the U…
Lithium-loaded Liquid Scintillator Production for the PROSPECT experiment
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67
This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). Fifty-n…
The PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +86
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reac…
Performance of a segmented Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment
J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype for the PROSPECT…
Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC
The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +147
A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP intera…
Cryogenic Characterization of FBK RGB-HD SiPMs
C. E. Aalseth, F. Acerbi, P. Agnes +268
We report on the cryogenic characterization of Red Green Blue - High Density (RGB-HD) SiPMs developed at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) as part of the DarkSide program of dark matt…
Effect of Low Electric Fields on Alpha Scintillation Light Yield in Liquid Argon
P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +158
Measurements were made of scintillation light yield of alpha particles from the Rn decay chain within the DarkSide-50 liquid argon time projection chamber. The light yield…
CALIS - a CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment
P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +162
This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS…
The Electronics and Data Acquisition System for the DarkSide-50 Veto Detectors
P. Agnes, L. Agostino, I. F. M. Albuquerque +155
DarkSide-50 is a detector for dark matter candidates in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). It utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) for t…
The veto system of the DarkSide-50 experiment
The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, L. Agostino +158
Nuclear recoil events produced by neutron scatters form one of the most important classes of background in WIMP direct detection experiments, as they may produce nuclear recoils th…
The PROSPECT Physics Program
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +61
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor a…
Light Collection and Pulse-Shape Discrimination in Elongated Scintillator Cells for the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
A meter-long, 23-liter EJ-309 liquid scintillator detector has been constructed to study the light collection and pulse-shape discrimination performance of elongated scintillator c…
The Detector System of The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
F. P. An, J. Z. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +330
The Daya Bay experiment was the first to report simultaneous measurements of reactor antineutrinos at multiple baselines leading to the discovery of oscillations over km-…
Background Radiation Measurements at High Power Research Reactors
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, C. X. Baldenegro +58
Research reactors host a wide range of activities that make use of the intense neutron fluxes generated at these facilities. Recent interest in performing measurements with relativ…
The Water Purification System for the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
J. Wilhelmi, R. Bopp, R. Brown +21
We describe the design, installation, and operation of a purification system that is able to provide large volumes of high purity ASTM (D1193-91) Type-I water to a high energy phys…
The muon system of the Daya Bay Reactor antineutrino experiment
Daya Bay Collaboration
The Daya Bay experiment consists of functionally identical antineutrino detectors immersed in pools of ultrapure water in three well-separated underground experimental halls near t…
PROSPECT - A Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment at Short Baselines
J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
Current models of antineutrino production in nuclear reactors predict detection rates and spectra at odds with the existing body of direct reactor antineutrino measurements. High-r…
A side-by-side comparison of Daya Bay antineutrino detectors
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, Q. An +237
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is designed to determine precisely the neutrino mixing angle with a sensitivity better than 0.01 in the parameter sin a…