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Total neutron cross-section measurement on CH with a novel 3D-projection scintillator detector

Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 840, 137843
Publication date2023
Abstract

In order to extract neutrino oscillation parameters, long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments rely on detailed models of neutrino interactions with nuclei. These models constitute an important source of systematic uncertainty, partially because detectors to date have been blind to final state neutrons. Three-dimensional projection scintillator trackers comprise components of the near detectors of the next generation long-baseline neutrino experiments. Due to the good timing resolution and fine granularity, this technology is capable of measuring neutron kinetic energy in neutrino interactions on an event-by-event basis and will provide valuable data for refining neutrino interaction models and ways to reconstruct neutrino energy. Two prototypes have been exposed to the neutron beamline at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in both 2019 and 2020, with neutron energies between 0 and 800 MeV. In order to demonstrate the capability of neutron detection, the total neutron-scintillator cross section as a function of neutron energy is measured and compared to external measurements. The measured total neutron cross section in scintillator between 98 and 688 MeV is 0.36 ± 0.05 barn.

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Keywords
  • Neutrino: interaction
  • Neutrino: oscillation
  • Neutrino: detector
  • Interaction: model
  • Energy: kinetic
  • Scintillation counter
  • Time resolution
  • Tracking detector
  • Near detector
  • N: irradiation
  • Los Alamos Lab
  • Performance
Citation (ISO format)
AGARWAL, A. et al. Total neutron cross-section measurement on CH with a novel 3D-projection scintillator detector. In: Physics letters. B, 2023, vol. 840, p. 137843. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137843
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