Development of a Quality Assurance Process for the SoLid Experiment
| Title: | Development of a Quality Assurance Process for the SoLid Experiment |
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| Authors: | Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Ban, G., Beaumont, W., Binet, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Castle, B. C., Chanal, H., Clark, K., Coupé, B., Crochet, P., Cussans, D., De Roeck, A., Durand, D., Fallot, M., Ghys, L., Giot, L., Graves, K., Guillon, B., Henaff, D., Hosseini, B., Ihantola, S., Jenzer, S., Kalcheva, S., Kalousis, L. N., Labare, M., Lehaut, G., Manley, S., Manzanillas, L., Mermans, J., Michiels, I., Monteil, S., Moortgat, C., Newbold, D., Park, J., Pestel, V., Petridis, K., Piñera, I., Popescu, L., Ryckbosch, D., Ryder, N., Saunders, D., Schune, M. -H., Settimo, M., Simard, L., Vacheret, A., Vandierendonck, G., Van Dyck, S., Van Mulders, P., van Remortel, N., Vercaemer, S., Verstraeten, M., Viaud, B., Weber, A., Yermia, F. |
| Source: | JINST 14 (2019) no.02, P02014 |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Collection: | High Energy Physics - Experiment Physics (Other) |
| Subject Terms: | Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| More Details: | The SoLid experiment has been designed to search for an oscillation pattern induced by a light sterile neutrino state, utilising the BR2 reactor of SCK$\bullet$CEN, in Belgium. The detector leverages a new hybrid technology, utilising two distinct scintillators in a cubic array, creating a highly segmented detector volume. A combination of 5 cm cubic polyvinyltoluene cells, with $^6$LiF:ZnS(Ag) sheets on two faces of each cube, facilitate reconstruction of the neutrino signals. % The polyvinyltoluene scintillator is used as an $\overline{\nu}_e$ target for the inverse beta decay of ($\overline{\nu}_e + p \rightarrow e^{+}+n$), with the $^6$LiF:ZnS(Ag) sheets used for associated neutron detection. Scintillation signals are read out by a network of wavelength shifting fibres connected to multipixel photon counters. Whilst the high granularity provides a powerful toolset to discriminate backgrounds; by itself the segmentation also represents a challenge in terms of homogeneity and calibration, for a consistent detector response. The search for this light sterile neutrino implies a sensitivity to distortions of around $\mathcal{O}$(10)\% in the energy spectrum of reactor $\overline{\nu}_e$. Hence, a very good neutron detection efficiency, light yield and homogeneous detector response are critical for data validation. The minimal requirements for the SoLid physics program are a light yield and a neutron detection efficiency larger than 40 PA/MeV/cube and 50 \% respectively. In order to guarantee these minimal requirements, the collaboration developed a rigorous quality assurance process for all 12800 cubic cells of the detector. To carry out the quality assurance process, an automated calibration system called CALIPSO was designed and constructed. Comment: Submitted to JINST |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-0221/14/02/P02014 |
| Access URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1811.05244 |
| Accession Number: | edsarx.1811.05244 |
| Database: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-0221/14/02/P02014 |
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