{"id":4892,"date":"2011-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/2011\/01\/01\/design-of-a-hybrid-antineutrino-detector-using-scintillation-and-wavelength-shifting-materials\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T08:00:00","slug":"design-of-a-hybrid-antineutrino-detector-using-scintillation-and-wavelength-shifting-materials","status":"publish","type":"physics_clinic","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/clinic\/projects\/design-of-a-hybrid-antineutrino-detector-using-scintillation-and-wavelength-shifting-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Design of a Hybrid Antineutrino Detector Using Scintillation and Wavelength-Shifting Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"clinic-sponsor\">Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"clinic-year\">2011\u201312<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sensitive monitoring of antineutrino flux from nuclear power plants documents the consumption of fissile materials, thereby enhancing nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation.\u00ac\u2020 In the team\u2018s newly designed hybrid scintillation detector, energy depositions from prompt gamma rays and delayed neutron capture events provide an unambiguous signal for antineutrino detection.\u00ac\u2020 Dual scintillation materials are used with wavelength-shifting plastics to direct light to photomultiplier tubes most efficiently.\u00ac\u2020 Material characterization tests and Monte Carlo simulations were used to optimize the design of the detector.<\/p>\n<p id=\"clinic-advisor\"><strong>Advisor(s):<\/strong> James C. Eckert, Richard Campbell Haskell, and Adrian Hightower.<\/p>\n<p id=\"clinic-team\"><strong>Team:<\/strong> Christopher (Chris) D. Cotner &#8217;13, Rebecca Nicole Streitz &#8217;13, Carlo Vaccari &#8217;13, Brianna R. Blanchard &#8217;12, Karen Naja Heinselman &#8217;12, Wylie N. Rosenthal &#8217;12, and Ethan Michael Susca &#8217;12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4892","physics_clinic","type-physics_clinic","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_clinic\/4892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_clinic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/physics_clinic"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}