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New Scintillation Water for Large Physics Experiments
Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics and Office of High Energy Physics,under contract with Brookhaven National Laboratory – Brookhaven Science Associates.
Minfang YehBrookhaven National Laboratory
Neutrino & Nuclear Chemistry
B-555, Upton, NY11973
BNL Particle-physics Seminar
New Metallic Loading
Other Applications
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Physics for WbLS
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BNL Neutrino and Nuclear Chemistry
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Gallex
HOMESTAKE
LBNE
30-t 71Ga + e 71Ge + e-
615-t 37Cl + e 37Ar + e-
SNO
Daya Bay
SNO+
LENS
-application
200-kt H2O or 37-kt LAr
1-kt D2O CC/NC
200-t 0.1% Gd-LS
1-kt 0.1% Nd-LS
120-t 8% In-LS
Nonproliferation & Reactor Monitoring by Li-, B- or Gd- LS
(metallic-loaded) multi-physics detection medium
Neutrino
Chemistry
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Cerenkov
Water-based LS
ScintillatorHybrid
Radiochemical
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What is water-based LS?
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Previous WbLS trials are either gel-like or not stable over time.
A scintillation water serves as energy spectrometer that probes physics below Cerenkov threshold. bridged by non-ionic syurfactant, i.e. LAB derivatives, sulfonate, sulfonic amine, etc.
X. Dai et al., NIM-A 589 (2008) 290.
WbLS is not a mix of water and fluor or shifter.A net light gain of 4.4±0.5
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Scintillation Matrix
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scintillator
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shifter250-267 (260)272-296 (283)
280-328 (305) 336-389 (339, 357, 371)
313-376 (343)385-452
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M. Yeh, Review of Metal-loaded Liquid Scintillator for Neutrino Physics, IJMPB (in preparation).
• ability to catch ionization radiation• photon-transferring mechanisms once
excited (S/F/S)
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Non-radiative fluorescence energy transfer (PPO/MSB)
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LS AD1 100 Di l 267:280-525 [COR]
LS AF AD1 Neat Sample 260:265-550 [COR]
diluted by x100
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A Multi-Physics Water-based Scintillation Detector
• Proton decay
• Double-beta decay
• Supernovae neutrino
• Low-energy neutrino
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See-Saw of organic% in the water-based medium
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Typical Cerenkov & Scintillation Detectors
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Cerenkov & Scintillation (WbLS)
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~100% LS~20% LS~<kt Detector
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Proton decay – physics below Cerenkov
• Scintillation catches the K+ and its decay daughters.
• Cerenkov identifies the signatures of prompt and delay; and further suppress the atmospheric background.
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H2O
WbLS
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SUSY-favored Mode
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Super-K proton decay
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yrs102.3 33 )( vkpThe SUSY SU(5) model predicts the K-decay mode to be dominant with a partial lifetime varying from 1029y to 1035 yrs !
Super-K
• 22.5-kT (7.5 x 1033 protons & 6.0 x 1033 neutrons) at 40% coverage
• TK+ ~105 MeV: below Cerenkov threshold
• 16O (p3/2) → 15N* + 6.3 MeV
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WbLS Characterizations
• Timing structure (10-MeV electron-beam by LEAF; time-resolved fluorescence)
• Mean attenuation length (UV normalized to Super-K absorption curve; followed by simulation) and Emission Spectra (fluorescence)
• Light-yield (Cs-137) and (1-GeV p-beam)
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For proton decay, a pulse that is• <12ns• long attenuation length• with Cerenkov or Scintillation capabilities• deep UG
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WbLS(PPO) between 2 – 4 ns
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10-MeV e- beam at LEAF
Time-resolved fluorescence system
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Absorption Length Calculation
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Gd-LS LS LAB
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Water has long attenuation lengths (136 – 200m) observed by Super-K, SNO, etc.; dominated by scattering <350nm
~10m at 0.004
UV + 1/e LBNE simulation match with the 2-m measurement very well!
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Mean-Free Attenuation Length close to pure water after 400nm- improvement of optical transmission over the past 6 months
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• UVs of 18-MΩ water and WbLS normalized to Super-K abs. curve.
• Mean-free absorption length calculated by LBNE water attenuation simulation (developed for Compatibility test).
• Need large-scale verification
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Emission at the PMT sensible region is almost clean
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WbLS-2012 emission at 265nm
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R7081 PMT QE
• The fluor/shifter transmission needs to be optimized.
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Little LS gives away lots of light
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Pseudocumene Linear Alkylbenzene
photon-yield function of liquid scintillator % in the cocktail is not linear!
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WbLS Scintillation vs. Cerenkov (Cs-137)
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• Cerenkov increases by ~4x using Carbostyril-124 (SNO)
• A ratio of 5:1 for scintillation vs. Cerenkov
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WbLS at NSRL high-energy particle-beam in 2011
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• 1-GeV proton beam• Daya Bay sees ~32:1 of Scintillation vs.
Cerenkov in pure LS.• WbLS obtains ~1/3 of LS light (10:1
compared to water-filled)• Reinvestigate with 100 – 300 MeV p-beam
this fall (LDRD funded, Hide et. al.).
Figure 2: The instantaneous intensity in Hz as a function of time in spill in ms.
preliminary
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WbLS has a fast, long attenuation-length pulse with Cerenkov + Scintillation
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How much Scintillation can be added to keep the Cerenkov valid?
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Simulation Parameters (tunable)
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Based on the WCSim software (used for LBNE detector simulation) changed the material to match WbLS Added the Scintillation process for WbLS Temporary code repository: https://github.com/czczc/WbLS Xin Qian (Caltech)
LBNE baseline
Chao Zhang (BNL) Super-K geometry
X% -WbLS (d = 0.9945 g/cm3) + PPO
Element Composition (%)H O S N C
65.9 30.9 0.09 0.0058 3.1
Timing () 1.23 ns (26%) + 9.26ns (74%)
Refractive Index1.3492 (580-nm) (need wavelength-dependent measurement)
Rayleigh scattering same as water (need measurement)
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• 200-kt
• 10% coverage
• 12-inch HQE PMT(~30%)
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WbLS at LBNE Geometry
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248 NPEs
WbLS
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H2O
105-MeV k+ µ+µ (br. 63%) at 1800 s/MeV
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Adjust the scintillation light to 180 s/MeV
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one event and No Cut
next to select the μ+ by 20-40ns timing-cut
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select the µ+ window (20 40 ns)
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can ID the rings by either eye- or software-view!
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reduce the light further to 90 s/MeV
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• one event No Cut
• select different timing windows for k+ and μ+
events
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select the k+ Window (0 13ns)
scintillation light only
no Cerenkov ring
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select the µ+ window (13 22ns)
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clean µ-rings can be identified among scintillation
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• Very clear Cerenkov ring even without cut
A quick look of
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WbLS at Super-K Geometry
• 50 kton
• 40% coverage
• 20-inch PMT (~20%)
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Atmospheric Neutrino Background
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Atmospheric neutrino interaction is a complicated process.
generated from and interaction.
IMB, Super-K, Soudan-2, and other experiments study the bests of it.
>100 publications/talks address this studies. A proposal submitted to study this
background. Most atmospheric background events
associated with multi Michel electrons, while either or from PDK+ mode only gives one electron.
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Super-K
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Sensitivity with Scintillation + Cerenkov- how much can we improve on a Super-K type detector?
BNL Particle Physics 2012 M. Yeh34 P.N.P. Chow, VOLUME I. PHYSICAL ASPECTS, (1970).
Cerenkov gain~4
• Compare to SK (170event/1489days), the 3-fold coincidence cuts down to ~5/y; PSD can further suppress the bkg. event to 0.25/y.
• 10-yr run could reach a sensitivity of 1034 for the PDK+
mode).
• WbLS signal-like: Prompt• K+ scintillationDelay• + and + scintillation• scintillation• Cerenkov rings from , , ,
Michel electron, etc. Event Selection Rules • 12.8 ns between prompt and delay.• No ring in Prompt. • Energy Cut on prompt event.• Rings in delay• Energy cuts in delay with rings• etc…Will extra Cerenkov help?
(LENA Monte Carlo, F. Von Feilitzsch, L. Oberauer, W. Potzel)
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Other Physics
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SRN DSNB Important for low-energy
electron neutrino and proton decay
SN at 10kpc
Solar-neutrino
Geo-neutrino
Reactor-neutrino
etc.
J. Beacom, M Vagins. Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 17110 arXiv:hep-ph/0309300v1J. Beacom. Ann.Rev.Nucl.Part.Sci.60:439-462,2010 arXiv:1004.3311v1
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Gd-water
Why not Gd-scintillating water?
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50-kt LENA WbLS Super-K
Protons (free) 3.70 1033 3.32 1033 3.35 1033
Protons (bound) 1.29 1033 1.34 1034 1.34 1034
Scintillationp K+ capture
Cerenkov ring ID
Cerenkov yield
Cerenkov & Scintillation for WbLS
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Fermi motion and secondary particle collisions are important for → .39% with 180o for 16O (Gabriel, T.A. and Goodman, M.S. Physical Review D, 25, 9 (1982) 2463-2465.
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Proton-decay in US
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IntensityFrontier
Charged Leptons
Heavy QuarksProton Decay
Neutrinos
Hidden Sector Photons, Axions & WISPs
Nucleons, Nuclei & Atoms
Proton-decay is one of Intensity-Frontier research topics.
LBNE is asked to revise the scope to reduce the cost; and even so-be-approved after revision, it’s >10-yr from now.
A megaton water Cerenkov detector is unlikely to be happening in 10-yrs.
It might not be so crazy to propose a mid-range, 50-kt WbLS detector for proton-decay and other physics (at DUSEL? SNOLAB?).
need MC simulations to guide the design and understand the performances.
J. Hewett & H.Weerts
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A new way of loading Hydrophilic Isotopes in 80+% LS
• Double-beta decay
• Reactor neutrino
• Geo neutrino
• Supernovae alarm
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BNL Metal-loaded LS for Physics
Reactor
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Others39M. Yeh, Review of Metal-loaded Liquid Scintillator for Neutrino Physics, IJMPB (in preparation).
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Inverse Beta Decay Detection
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Ethreshold = 1.8 MeV
‘Large’ cross section σ~10-42 cm2
Distinctive coincidence signature in a large liquid scintillator detector
Cowan & Reines, Savannah River 1956
Ev - 0.8 MeV
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Double-beta Decay
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Searching for 0ββ-decay could answer:• whether neutrinos are Dirac or Majorana particles• probe neutrino masses at the level of tens of meV; A
mbb limit of ~20 meV would exclude Majorananeutrinos in an inverted hierarchy.
SNO+
• SNO+ is the only metal-loaded liquid scintillation detector.
• Flexible and easy scale-up • Any hydrophilic DDB isotopes that cannot
be done in pure LS; NOW is possible.
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First DBD isotope in WbLS
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• Quick and straight in preparation of X-WbLS(=100%)
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~kt Detector~>50kt Detector
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Scintillator (Daya Bay)
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Scintillator (Daya Bay)Organometallic-ion WbLS
SuperWbLS
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Other Applications
• Biodegradable liquid scintillator cocktail
• Veto system
• Short half-life calibration source
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Biodegradable Water-based Scintillation Cocktail
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Take more % aqueous sample than commercial product
No permeation of scintillation vials (long-stable counting)
Environmentally friendly (easy disposed)
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Veto film for cryogenic or solid-state detector
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current experience with LS veto-film (a project in collaboration with LNGS) to produce -thin, Teflon-based films targeting surface /β for background reduction.
Related applications to LAr light collection. Current PVT (polyvinyl toluene) –
based polymer deteriorates under UV-light; questionable to be used under cryogenic condition.
Current toluene-TPB (tetraphenylbutadiene) combination is not the best match for LAr emission at 128nm.
μm-thin veto filmUnder UV
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LAr light collection
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Toluene QY is only 0.17 or ~½ of liquid scintillators (PC, LAB, PXE, etc.).
TPB absorption at 350nm doesn’t match with toluene emission at 300nm well and emission at 460nm is not the most sensible zone of PMT
A (LAB or PC)-PPO/MSB-mixed, Teflon-based film could improve the light collection efficiency significantly (cost-saving).
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WbLS veto system
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Scintillation water could serve as a large and economic Cerenkov/Scintillator veto system. LBNE (LAr) proposing large
20%PC+80%DD LS; if not at 4850.
LUX and other dark matter researches are looking for veto system (Gd-water, LS, Gd-LS, etc.).
Long-range reactor monitoring. etc.
WbLS can be molded as a surrounding shielding or multiple NoVA-type segmentations• Cost-saving than pure LS• Nonflammable & ESSH (95%+
water)• Scintillator & Cerenkov & can be
Gd-loaded….
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Short Half-live Calibration Sources
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Conventional method of loading metallic-ion into pure LS takes ~1-day.
WbLS opens a quick and easy way to add metallic isotopes into liquids (~a hour) that can be blended into either organic or aqueous solvents (detectors). Positron isotopes mostly have short half-life (<1 day); A
calibration source for IBD event, such as reactor-experiments.
Short half-life naturally-occurring isotopes: Pb-212 (10.6-h),Bi-212 (60.6m), or Tl-208(3.1-m) calibration sources for low-energy neutrino experiments.
etc…
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1-ton WbLS demonstrator at neutrino-beam or reactor-site
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Water-based LS
what ifbuild the demonstrator with few generic detector R&D pieces together?
Light-collector, U. of Hawaii
WbLS, BNL
LAPPD, ANL
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Summary
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A multi-physics, new detection medium with long attenuation length and Scintillation & Cerenkov features to explore the physics below Cerenkov (nucleon decay).
A tunable detector that can adjust photon production vs. attenuation length for different physics.
A new metallic loading technology that opens the doors for some double-beta decay, reactor and other physics that cannot be done before.
A long-term stable and ease-mixed scintillation cocktail for aqueous (environmental) samples.
A new matrix detector that is environmentally friendly, low-cost and easy to dispose; compare to pure scintillation solvent.
Futures:
(1) long-pathlength measurements, (2) confirmation of light-propagation (scintillation/Cerenkov), (3) fluor/shifter optimization, (4) simulations, (5) ton-scale demonstrator, (6) super-WbLS R&D
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Acknowledgement
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Physics
Chemistry
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Minfang Yeh (group leader) Sunej Hans J. Preses, A. Cook, J. Wishart (LEAF) J. Cumming (Consultant; retired) Postdoc: Liangming Hu, Chem. Assoc. & Students: Wanda Beriguete,
Richard Rosero, Wai Ting Chan, Si-Hui Guan, Tom Nyreen
Visiting Scientist: Maria Laura Di Vacri
Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics and Office of High Energy Physics, under contract with Brookhaven NationalLaboratory – Brookhaven Science Associates.
• Milind Diwan, David Jaffe, Brett Viren, Hide Tanaka, Dana Beavis, Jiajie Ling, Chao Zhang, Lisa Whitehead
• Xin Qing (Caltech)
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