1. Optimization of the JUNO liquid scintillator composition using a Daya Bay antineutrino detector
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Abusleme, A, Adam, T, Ahmad, S, Aiello, S, Akram, M, Ali, N, An, FP, An, GP, An, Q, Andronico, G, Anfimov, N, Antonelli, V, Antoshkina, T, Asavapibhop, B, de André, JPAM, Babic, A, Balantekin, AB, Baldini, W, Baldoncini, M, Band, HR, Barresi, A, Baussan, E, Bellato, M, Bernieri, E, Biare, D, Birkenfeld, T, Bishai, M, Blin, S, Blum, D, Blyth, S, Bordereau, C, Brigatti, A, Brugnera, R, Budano, A, Burgbacher, P, Buscemi, M, Bussino, S, Busto, J, Butorov, I, Cabrera, A, Cai, H, Cai, X, Cai, YK, Cai, ZY, Cammi, A, Campeny, A, Cao, CY, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Caruso, R, Cerna, C, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, PA, Chen, PP, Chen, SM, Chen, SJ, Chen, XR, Chen, YW, Chen, YX, Chen, Y, Chen, Z, Cheng, J, Cheng, YP, Cheng, ZK, Chepurnov, A, Cherwinka, JJ, Chiarello, F, Chiesa, D, Chimenti, P, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Chuvashova, A, Clementi, C, Clerbaux, B, Di Lorenzo, S Conforti, Corti, D, Costa, S, Dal Corso, F, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, De La Taille, C, Deng, FS, Deng, JW, Deng, Z, Deng, ZY, Depnering, W, Diaz, M, Ding, XF, Ding, YY, Dirgantara, B, Dmitrievsky, S, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Donchenko, G, Dong, JM, Dornic, D, Doroshkevich, E, and Dove, J
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics ,Physical Sciences ,Neutrino ,Liquid scintillator ,Light yield ,physics.ins-det ,hep-ex ,Astronomical and Space Sciences ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics ,Other Physical Sciences ,Nuclear & Particles Physics ,Nuclear and plasma physics - Abstract
To maximize the light yield of the liquid scintillator (LS) for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a 20 t LS sample was produced in a pilot plant at Daya Bay. The optical properties of the new LS in various compositions were studied by replacing the gadolinium-loaded LS in one antineutrino detector. The concentrations of the fluor, PPO, and the wavelength shifter, bis-MSB, were increased in 12 steps from 0.5 g/L and
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- 2021