Automated calibration system for a high-precision measurement of neutrino mixing angle θ13 with the Daya Bay antineutrino detectors

We describe the automated calibration system for the antineutrino detectors in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. This system consists of 24 identical units instrumented on 8 identical 20-ton liquid scintillator detectors. Each unit is a fully automated robotic system capable of deploying an LED and...

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Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 750; pp. 19 - 37
Main Authors Liu, J., Cai, B., Carr, R., Dwyer, D.A., Gu, W.Q., Li, G.S., Qian, X., McKeown, R.D., Tsang, R.H.M., Wang, W., Wu, F.F., Zhang, C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 21.06.2014
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Automated calibration system
Daya Bay
Reactor neutri
θ13
Reactor neutri
Daya Bay
Automated calibration system
θ13
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Summary:We describe the automated calibration system for the antineutrino detectors in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. This system consists of 24 identical units instrumented on 8 identical 20-ton liquid scintillator detectors. Each unit is a fully automated robotic system capable of deploying an LED and various radioactive sources into the detector along given vertical axes. Selected results from performance studies of the calibration system are reported.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2014.02.049