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The CCube reconstruction algorithm for the SoLid experiment
The SoLid collaboration
The SoLid experiment is a very-short-baseline experiment aimed at searching for nuclear reactor-produced active to sterile antineutrino oscillations. The detection principle is bas…
An analytical model for photomultiplier tube calibration
L. N. Kalousis
The purpose of the present article is to offer an analytical model that can be used for the calibration of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The derivation of the mathematical formulae…
Calibration of photomultiplier tubes
L. N. Kalousis
The purpose of the present article is to demonstrate the calibration of photomultipliers with a gaussian single photoelectron response using a numerical method based on the Discret…
Mass Testing and Characterization of 20-inch PMTs for JUNO
Angel Abusleme, Thomas Adam, Shakeel Ahmad +556
Main goal of the JUNO experiment is to determine the neutrino mass ordering using a 20kt liquid-scintillator detector. Its key feature is an excellent energy resolution of at least…
The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors
Double Chooz Collaboration, H. de Kerret, Y. Abe +247
This article describes the setup and performance of the near and far detectors in the Double Chooz experiment. The electron antineutrinos of the Chooz nuclear power plant were meas…
Radioactivity control strategy for the JUNO detector
JUNO collaboration, Angel Abusleme, Thomas Adam +594
JUNO is a massive liquid scintillator detector with a primary scientific goal of determining the neutrino mass ordering by studying the oscillated anti-neutrino flux coming from tw…
The Design and Sensitivity of JUNO's scintillator radiopurity pre-detector OSIRIS
JUNO Collaboration, Angel Abusleme, Thomas Adam +598
The OSIRIS detector is a subsystem of the liquid scintillator fillling chain of the JUNO reactor neutrino experiment. Its purpose is to validate the radiopurity of the scintillator…
TAO Conceptual Design Report: A Precision Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum with Sub-percent Energy Resolution
JUNO Collaboration, Angel Abusleme, Thomas Adam +585
The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO, also known as JUNO-TAO) is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO). A ton-level liquid scintillato…
SoLid: A short baseline reactor neutrino experiment
SoLid Collaboration, Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis +59
The SoLid experiment, short for Search for Oscillations with a Lithium-6 detector, is a new generation neutrino experiment which tries to address the key challenges for high precis…
A fast numerical method for photomultiplier calibration
L. N. Kalousis, J. P. A. M. de André, E. Baussan +1
In this article, a new method is discussed for the calibration and monitoring of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). This method is based on a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and it is…
Development of a Quality Assurance Process for the SoLid Experiment
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, G. Ban +53
The SoLid experiment has been designed to search for an oscillation pattern induced by a light sterile neutrino state, utilising the BR2 reactor of SCKCEN, in Belgium. The…
Commissioning and Operation of the Readout System for the SoLid Neutrino Detector
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, G. Ban +53
The SoLid experiment aims to measure neutrino oscillation at a baseline of 6.4 m from the BR2 nuclear reactor in Belgium. Anti-neutrinos interact via inverse beta decay (IBD), resu…
Optimisation of the scintillation light collection and uniformity for the SoLid experiment
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, W. Beaumont +48
This paper presents a comprehensive optimisation study to maximise the light collection efficiency of scintillating cube elements used in the SoLid detector. Very short baseline re…
Performance of a full scale prototype detector at the BR2 reactor for the SoLid experiment
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, L. Arnold +48
The SoLid collaboration has developed a new detector technology to detect electron anti-neutrinos at close proximity to the Belgian BR2 reactor at surface level. A 288kg protot…
Determination of muon momentum in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using an improved model of multiple Coulomb scattering
MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. Acciarri +145
We discuss a technique for measuring a charged particle's momentum by means of multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). Th…
A novel segmented-scintillator antineutrino detector
Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, L. Arnold +53
The next generation of very-short-baseline reactor experiments will require compact detectors operating at surface level and close to a nuclear reactor. This paper presents a new d…
Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector
MicroBooNE Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +237
This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline…
Characterization of the Spontaneous Light Emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz Experiment
Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, T. Abrahão +146
During the commissioning of the first of the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, an unexpected and dominant background caused by the emission of light inside the optical…
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects
R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795
This document presents the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) put forward by an international neutrino community to pursue the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline…
A Proposal for a Three Detector Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Program in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, R. An +221
A Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) physics program of three LAr-TPC detectors located along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab is presented. This new SBN Program will deliver…
Ortho-positronium observation in the Double Chooz Experiment
Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos, J. C. Barriere +143
The Double Chooz experiment measures the neutrino mixing angle by detecting reactor via inverse beta decay. The positron-neutron space and time coincidence allow…
Cosmic Muon Flux Measurements at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility
L. N. Kalousis, E. Guarnaccia, J. M. Link +2
In this article, the results from a series of muon flux measurements conducted at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF), Virginia, United States, are presented. The d…
Precision Muon Reconstruction in Double Chooz
Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos +141
We describe a muon track reconstruction algorithm for the reactor anti-neutrino experiment Double Chooz. The Double Chooz detector consists of two optically isolated volumes of liq…