16–22 giu 2024
Milano
Europe/Rome fuso orario

Deployment of water-based liquid scintillator in ANNIE

21 giu 2024, 17:30
2O
Near Aula Magna (U6 building) (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Near Aula Magna (U6 building)

University of Milano-Bicocca

Poster New technologies for neutrino physics Poster session and reception 2

Relatori

Amala Augusthy (JGU Mainz) Noah Goehlke (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz)

Descrizione

The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) is a neutrino detector at the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. It is a gadolinium-doped water Cherenkov detector designed for measuring the neutron multiplicity in neutrino-nucleus interactions, as well as measuring the charged-current cross section of muon neutrinos. In addition, ANNIE has a strong focus on testing new detector technologies, amongst which is Water-based Liquid Scintillators (WbLS). It is a novel detection medium that allows the simultaneous detection of scintillation and Cherenkov light. To test the detection capabilities of WbLS, a 366 L cylindrical vessel filled with WbLS was deployed in ANNIE. The successful observation of both scintillation and Cherenkov light in ANNIE corresponds to a proof-of-concept for the hybrid event detection concept. This allows for the future development of dedicated algorithm for vertex reconstruction and particle identification algorithms. Additionally, a number of dedicated analyses are planned in ANNIE, that will make use of both the Cherenkov and scintillation component. This poster presents an overview of the WbLS activity in ANNIE.

Poster prize Yes
Given name Noah
Surname Goehlke
First affiliation Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Institutional email ngoehlke@uni-mainz.de
Gender Male

Autori principali

Amala Augusthy (JGU Mainz) Noah Goehlke (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz)

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