闪烁光纤特性测试

介绍了一套进行单根塑料闪烁光纤测量的实验装置,给出由这套装置获得闪烁光纤的光产额、衰减长度、时间分辨和位置分辨的实验方法和测量结果,并对两种不同厂家的光纤进行了比较.     

新型太阳中微子闪烁探测器的研制

概述了一种新型太阳中微子闪烁探测器的研制,其中载钆(Gd)液体闪烁体的Gd浓度达到5%、光的衰减长度≥150cm、对60keV的Gamma-ray之能量分辨率为21%(σ);直径1cm、厚3cm的GSO:Ce晶体,其发光产额约为NaI(Tl)晶体的20%、光的衰减时间为60ns、对662keVGamma-ray之能量分辨率为9.2%(σ).文章讨论了由这两种闪烁体构成的复合探测器的特点及作为太阳中微子探测器其本底的降低措施.对直径10cm、厚50cm的这种复合探测器的模拟计算表明其光的收集效率可达20%.     

TEXONO反应堆中微子能谱的计算

在低能反应堆中微子物理实验中,无论是研究中微子振荡、中微子反应还是测量中微子反常磁矩,都必须准确地知道反应堆中微子的通量和能谱.本文详细讨论了反应堆中微子能谱的计算方法,依据TEXONO实验所用的NP2反应堆的实际情况及探测器的安排,计算并得到中微子的通量和能谱.     

中微子非标准相互作用对大亚湾实验的影响

大亚湾中微子实验的目标是测量中微子混合矩阵中的最小混合角θ13.如果考虑中微子的非标准相互作用(NSIs),中微子的振荡概率公式要做相应的改写,其效应将和θ13纠缠在一起,从而降低了实验对θ13的敏感度(sensitivity).讨论了在NSIs存在的情况下大亚湾实验对θ13的敏感度,发现这个实验不可能同时测量出NSIs和θ13的值.由于当θ13=0时反应堆产生的反中微子将没有振荡现象(NSIs的效应也将消失),如果大亚湾实验测量到了中微子振荡效应,那将表明θ13≠0;但是,由于非零的θ13的效应和NSIs的效应有可能抵消而导致中微子没有振荡.如果大亚湾实验没有测量到中微子振荡,不能排除非零的θ13.     

水基契伦可夫量能器模型的研究

为了研究极长基线中微子振荡,构造了一个大小为,1m×1m×13m,水基切伦科夫量能器模型.测量得到的水箱的有效衰减长度为(5.74±0.29)m,并且研究了光的收集能力随入射粒子角度变化的关系.同时发展了基于,GEANT4,软件包,包含有详细的光学过程的模拟程序, 所得到的模拟结果与实验测量有很好的一致性. 说明水箱可以作为水基切伦科夫量能器的可行性的方案.     

中微子质量和中微子振荡实验

本文介绍中微子质量测量的历史和现状。介绍太阳中微子丢失实验的结果和大气 μ中微子丢失实验结果。这些结果表明存在中微子振荡 ,即中微子具有质量。它是超出标准模型的信号。本文还介绍了 2 1世纪初研究中微子振荡的若干重要实验 ,例如长基线中微子振荡实验以及建造 μ子贮存环来产生高能电子中微子束进行中微子振荡的实验以及测量中微子振荡时的CP破坏的设想。     

中微子质量和中微子振荡实验

本介绍中微子质量测量的历史和现状。介绍太阳中微子丢失实验的结果和大气μ中微子丢失实验结果。这些结果表明存在中微子振荡,即中微子具有质量。它是超出标准模型的信号。本还介绍了21世纪初研究中微子振荡的若干重要实验,例如长基线中微子振荡实验以及建造μ子 贮存环来产生高能电子中微子束进行中微子振荡的实验以及测量中微子振荡时的CP破坏的设想。     

闪烁光纤光传输特性的研究

给出了闪烁光纤光产额的测量结果, 研究了其传输衰减和时间特性, 并对几种不同型号的光纤进行了比较.     

快中子引起的背向溅射

描述了用实验方法测量快中子引起的背向溅射,测量了Mg、Al、Sc、V、Fe、CO、Cu、Zr、Au和316型不锈钢等10种材料的背向溅射产额,并与正向产额进行了比较,发现背向和正向溅射产额的比值与核反应的类型有关.本实验的结果同其它小组的结果进行了比较,并用溅射理论对实验结果进行了解释.     

中微子振荡实验——超出标准模型的实验检验（Ⅰ）

文章总结了中微子振荡实验在历史和现状,介绍了几个太阳中微子丢失实验的结果和几个大气μ中微子丢失实验结果,这些结果表明存在中微子振荡,即中微子具有质量,它是超出标准模型的信号,文章还介绍了21世纪初研究中微子振荡和若干重要实验,噬基线中微子振荡实验以及建造μ子贮存环来产生高能电子中微子束进行中微子振荡的实验以及测量中微子振荡时的CP破坏的设想。     

Study of absorption and re-emission processes in a ternary liquid scintillation system

Liquid scintillators are widely used as the neutrino target in neutrino experiments.The absorption and emission of different components of a ternary liquid scintillator(Linear Alkyl Benzene(LAB)as the solvent,2,5-diphenyloxazole(PPO)as the fluor and p-bis-(o-methylstyryl)-benzene(bis-MSB)as wavelength shifter)are studied.It is shown that the absorption of this liquid scintillator is dominant by LAB and PPO at wavelengths less than 349 nm,and the absorption by bis-MSB becomes prevalent at the wavelength larger than 349 nm.The fluorescence quantum yields,which are the key parameters to model the absorption and re-emission processes in large liquid scintillation detectors,are measured.     

Proposed search for a fourth neutrino with a PBq antineutrino source

Several observed anomalies in neutrino oscillation data can be explained by a hypothetical fourth neutrino separated from the three standard neutrinos by a squared mass difference of a few eV(2). We show that this hypothesis can be tested with a PBq (ten kilocurie scale) (144)Ce or (106)Ru antineutrino beta source deployed at the center of a large low background liquid scintillator detector. In particular, the compact size of such a source could yield an energy-dependent oscillating pattern in event spatial distribution that would unambiguously determine neutrino mass differences and mixing angles.     

Luminescent properties of a new In-based organic liquid scintillation system

A novel liquid scintillator system using metal β-diketonate chemistry based on loadings of indium, a target of current interest in low energy solar neutrino detection, is developed. The optical absorption, fluorescence and scintillation properties for this new system are described. The scintillation light output as found from the irradiation by low energy gamma-rays is presented. Notable light yields are found.     

Physics prospects of the Jinping neutrino experiment

The China Jinping Underground Laboratory(CJPL), which has the lowest cosmic-ray muon flux and the lowest reactor neutrino flux of any laboratory, is ideal to carry out low-energy neutrino experiments. With two detectors and a total fiducial mass of 2000 tons for solar neutrino physics(equivalently, 3000 tons for geo-neutrino and supernova neutrino physics), the Jinping neutrino experiment will have the potential to identify the neutrinos from the CNO fusion cycles of the Sun, to cover the transition phase for the solar neutrino oscillation from vacuum to matter mixing, and to measure the geo-neutrino flux, including the Th/U ratio. These goals can be fulfilled with mature existing techniques. Efforts on increasing the target mass with multi-modular neutrino detectors and on developing the slow liquid scintillator will increase the Jinping discovery potential in the study of solar neutrinos,geo-neutrinos, supernova neutrinos, and dark matter.     

Some new progress on the light absorption properties of linear alkyl benzene solvent

Linear alkyl benzene(LAB) will be used as the solvent in a liquid scintillator mixture for the JUNO antineutrino experiment. Its light absorption properties should therefore be understood prior to its effective use in the experiment. Attenuation length measurements at a light wavelength of 430 nm have been performed on samples of LAB prepared for the JUNO experiment. Inorganic impurities in LAB have also been studied for their possibilities of light absorption in our wavelength of interest. In view of a tentative plan by the JUNO collaboration to utilize neutron capture with hydrogen in the detector, we also present in this work a preliminary study on the carbon–hydrogen ratio and the attenuation length of the samples.     

Preliminary study of light yield dependence on LAB liquid scintillator composition

Liquid scintillator(LS) will be adopted as the detector material in JUNO(Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory). The energy resolution requirement of JUNO is 3%, which has never previously been reached.To achieve this energy resolution, the light yield of liquid scintillator is an important factor. PPO(the fluor) and bis-MSB(the wavelength shifter) are the two main materials dissolved in LAB. To study the influence of these two materials on the transmission of scintillation photons in LS, 25 and 12 cm-long quartz vessels were used in a light yield experiment. LS samples with different concentration of PPO and bis-MSB were tested. At these lengths, the light yield growth is not obvious when the concentration of PPO is higher than 4 g/L. The influence from bis-MSB becomes insignificant when its concentration is higher than 8 mg/L. This result could provide some useful suggestions for the JUNO LS.     

Timing properties and pulse shape discrimination of LAB-based liquid scintillator

Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) is a promising liquid scintillator solvent in neutrino experiments because it has many appealing properties. The timing properties of LAB-based liquid scintillator have been studied through ultraviolet and ionization excitation in this study. The decay time of LAB, PPO and bis-MSB is found to be 48.6 ns, 1.55 ns and 1.5 ns, respectively. A model can describe the absorption and re-emission process between PPO and bis-MSB perfectly. The energy transfer time between LAB and PPO with different concentrations can be obtained via another model. We also show that the LAB-based liquid scintillator has good (n, γ) and (α, γ) discrimination power.     

Systematic studies of small scintillators for new sampling calorimeter

A new sampling calorimeter using very thin scintillators and the multi-pixel photon counter (MPPC) has been proposed to produce better position resolution for the international linear collider (ILC) experiment. As part of this R&D study, small plastic scintillators of different sizes, thickness and wrapping reflectors are systematically studied. The scintillation light due to beta rays from a collimated ⁹⁰Sr source are collected from the scintillator by wavelength-shifting (WLS) fiber and converted into electrical signals at the PMT. The wrapped scintillator that gives the best light yield is determined by comparing the measured pulse height of each 10 × 40 × 2 mm strip scintillator covered with 3M reflective mirror film, teflon, white paint, black tape, gold, aluminum and white paint+teflon. The pulse height dependence on position, length and thickness of the 3M reflective mirror film and teflon wrapped scintillators are measured. Results show that the 3M radiant mirror film-wrapped scintillator has the greatest light yield with an average of 9.2 photoelectrons. It is observed that light yield slightly increases with scintillator length, but increases to about 100% when WLS fiber diameter is increased from 1.0 mm to 1.6 mm. The position dependence measurement along the strip scintillator showed the uniformity of light transmission from the sensor to the PMT. A dip across the strip is observed which is 40% of the maximum pulse height. The block type scintillator pulse height, on the other hand, is found to be almost proportional to scintillator thickness.      

Oxygen quenching in a LAB based liquid scintillator and the nitrogen bubbling model

The oxygen quenching effect in a Linear Alkl Benzene(LAB) based liquid scintillator(LAB as the solvent,3 g/L 2,5 diphe-nyloxazole(PPO) as the fluor and 15 mg/L p-bis-(o-methylstyryl)-benzene(bis-MSB) as the λ-shifter) is studied by measuring the light yield as a function of the nitrogen bubbling time.It is shown that the light yield of the fully purged liquid scintillator is increased by 11% at room temperature and the room atmospheric pressure.A simple nitrogen bubbling model is proposed to describe the relationship between the relative light yield(oxygen quenching factor) and the bubbling time.     

低本底液闪中子探测器的材料测试研究

为测量中国锦屏地下实验室（China JinPing underground Laboratory,CJPL）极低通量的中子本底,需要建造大型快中子液体闪烁体探测器。建造探测器需要选用低放射性本底材料,并且化学性质稳定,不与液体闪烁体发生反应而影响液体闪烁体（EJ-335）的性能。为此,建造了小型液闪探测器,在其中分别放入聚四氟乙烯、无氧铜、氟橡胶、全氟醚橡胶这4种材料进行长期浸泡,并分别进行了如下测试:液闪长时间浸泡各种材料前后液闪的吸收光谱测试;用60Co γ源检测小型液闪探测器光产额随时间的变化情况;用Am-Be中子源检验探测器在浸泡前后的n-γ甄别性能。最终实验结果表明,聚四氟乙烯和全氟醚这2种材料与液闪有很好的兼容性,可作为大型快中子液闪探测器的容器和密封圈的备选材料。In order to measure the flux and spectrum of neutron background which is extremely low in China JinPing underground Laboratory (CJPL), liquid scintillator detector with large scale used to detect fast neutron need to be fabricated. Surrounding materials used in detector require the excellent performance, such as low radioactivity as well as stable chemical properties, which do not react with liquid scintillator, so as to avoid affecting the performance of detector. Polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE), highly purified no-oxygen copper, fluororubber and perfluoroelastomer had been put in a small detector and soaked for a long time. The change of absorption spectrum and light yield along with time as well as the performance of n-γ discrimination after soaked were tested. The results show that PTFE and Perfluoroelastomer are compatible with liquid scintillator, which offers a reference for the selection of material used in container and seal of liquid scintillator detector used to detect fast neutron.