Speaker
Prof.
Rex Tayloe
(Dept of Physics, Indiana University)
Description
The SciBath prototype detector consists of 90 liters of liquid scintillator
containing 768 wavelength-shifting fibers aligned in a three dimensional grid.
This unique design allows reconstruction of charged particle tracks
in arbitrary directions. While constructed as a prototype
neutrino detector it is also able to detect neutrons in the 1-100MeV range with
O(30%) efficiency and energy resolution. The device is currently being commissioned
and will be deployed in the fall of 2011 to measure neutrinos and neutrons 100m underground
in the Fermilab MINOS near-detector area. The latest results will
be presented along with plans to deploy at other locations to measure
fast-neutron backgrounds for underground experiments.
Primary author
Prof.
Rex Tayloe
(Dept of Physics, Indiana University)
