22.05.2014 Views

CORMORAD COre Reactor MOnitoRing by an Antineutrino Detector

CORMORAD COre Reactor MOnitoRing by an Antineutrino Detector

CORMORAD COre Reactor MOnitoRing by an Antineutrino Detector

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Detailed simulations (GEANT4) with ~1 m 3<br />

Best detector confguration<br />

Active volume: ~1.25m 3<br />

784 scintillator bars wrapped in 12.5µm<br />

Mylar-Gd foils<br />

Bar sizes: 3.5x3.5x130cm 3<br />

196x2 = 392 3”PMT<br />

Loose cuts<br />

Of-line <strong>an</strong>alysis<br />

Tight cuts<br />

efciency<br />

bg rejection<br />

... a passive shield does a better job!<br />

B-loaded paraffin<br />

34 cm<br />

44 cm<br />

20 cm<br />

Loose cuts set<br />

98 cm<br />

0.008%<br />

33 cm60 cm<br />

130 cm<br />

98 cm<br />

4%<br />

24) <strong>CORMORAD</strong> - <strong>COre</strong> <strong>Reactor</strong> <strong>MOnitoRing</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>an</strong> <strong>Antineutrino</strong> <strong>Detector</strong> M.Battaglieri - INFN Genova

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!