Eos: conceptual design for a demonstrator of hybrid optical detector technology

• Published in: Journal of instrumentation Vol. 18; no. 2; p. P02009
• Main Authors: Anderson, T., Anderssen, E., Askins, M., Bacon, A.J., Bagdasarian, Z., Baldoni, A., Barros, N., Bartoszek, L., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Blucher, E., Boissevain, J., Bonventre, R., Brown, D., Callaghan, E.J., Cowen, D.F., Dazeley, S., Diwan, M., Duce, M., Fleming, D., Frankiewicz, K., Gooding, D.M., Grant, C., Juechter, J., Kaptanoglu, T., Kim, T., Klein, J.R., Kraus, C., Kroupová, T., Land, B., Lebanowski, L., Lozza, V., Marino, A., Mastbaum, A., Mauger, C., Mayers, G., Minock, J., Naugle, S., Newcomer, M., Nikolica, A., Orebi Gann, G.D., Pickard, L., Ren, L., Rincon, A., Rowe, N., Saba, J., Schoppmann, S., Sensenig, J., Smiley, M., Song, H., Steiger, H., Svoboda, R., Tiras, E., To, W.H., Trzaska, W.H., Van Berg, R., Veeraraghavan, V., Wallig, J., Wendel, G., Wetstein, M., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yeh, M., Zimmerman, E.D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.02.2023; Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Subjects: Cherenkov detectors; Conceptual design; double-beta decay detectors; neutrino detectors; Neutrinos; particle identification methods; PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Technology demonstrator
• ISSN: 1748-0221; 1748-0221
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/02/P02009

Abstract Eos is a technology demonstrator, designed to explore the capabilities of hybrid event detection technology, leveraging both Cherenkov and scintillation light simultaneously. With a fiducial mass of four tons, Eos is designed to operate in a high-precision regime, with sufficient size to utilize time-of-flight information for full event reconstruction, flexibility to demonstrate a range of cutting edge technologies, and simplicity of design to facilitate potential future deployment at alternative sites. Results from Eos can inform the design of future neutrino detectors for both fundamental physics and nonproliferation applications. This paper describes the conceptual design and potential applications of the Eos detector.