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TY - JOUR
T1 - Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator
AU - SNO+ Collaboration
AU - Arushanova, E.
AU - Asahi, S.
AU - Askins, M.
AU - Auty, D. J.
AU - Back, A. R.
AU - Barnard, Z.
AU - Barros, N.
AU - Bartlett, D.
AU - Barão, F.
AU - Bayes, R.
AU - Beier, E. W.
AU - Bialek, A.
AU - Biller, S. D.
AU - Blucher, E.
AU - Bonventre, R.
AU - Boulay, M.
AU - Braid, D.
AU - Caden, E.
AU - Callaghan, E. J.
AU - Caravaca, J.
AU - Carvalho, J.
AU - Cavalli, L.
AU - Chauhan, D.
AU - Chkvorets, O.
AU - Clark, K. J.
AU - Cleveland, B.
AU - Cookman, D.
AU - Connors, C.
AU - Coulter, I. T.
AU - Cressy, D.
AU - Dai, X.
AU - Darrach, C.
AU - Davis-Purcell, B.
AU - Deluce, C.
AU - Depatie, M. M.
AU - Descamps, F.
AU - Dittmer, J.
AU - Lodovico, F. Di
AU - Duhaime, N.
AU - Duncan, F.
AU - Dunger, J.
AU - Earle, A. D.
AU - Fabris, D.
AU - Kormos, L. L.
AU - O'Keeffe, H. M.
AU - Parnell, M. J.
N1 - This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication/published in Journal of Instrumentation. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/05/P05009
PY - 2021/5/10
Y1 - 2021/5/10
N2 - A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is compatible with acrylic and has a competitive light yield to pre-existing liquid scintillators while conferring other advantages including longer attenuation lengths, superior safety characteristics, chemical simplicity, ease of handling, and logistical availability. Its properties have been extensively characterized and are presented here. This liquid scintillator is now used in several neutrino physics experiments in addition to SNO+.
AB - A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is compatible with acrylic and has a competitive light yield to pre-existing liquid scintillators while conferring other advantages including longer attenuation lengths, superior safety characteristics, chemical simplicity, ease of handling, and logistical availability. Its properties have been extensively characterized and are presented here. This liquid scintillator is now used in several neutrino physics experiments in addition to SNO+.
KW - physics.ins-det
KW - hep-ex
U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/16/05/P05009
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/16/05/P05009
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
SN - 1748-0221
M1 - P05009
ER -