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An indium-loaded organic liquid scintillator for solar neutrino detection

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An organic liquid In-loaded scintillator based on a salt of carboxylic (2-methyl valeric) acid was developed. At an In loading of ∼50 g/l, the scintillator characteristics were as follows: the light yield was 9000 photons/MeV, and the attenuation length was ∼1.5 m. Operation of a 1-m-long optical module used as a detector prototype was demonstrated. The scintillator stability was tested under low-background conditions of an underground laboratory.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research (INR), Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Shestidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    I. R. Barabanov, L. B. Bezrukov, V. I. Gurentsov, G. Ya. Novikova & E. A. Yanovich

  2. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    N. A. Danilov & Yu. S. Krylov

  3. Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, Italy

    A. di Vacri & N. Ferrari

  4. Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    C. Cattadori

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Original Russian Text © I.R. Barabanov, L.B. Bezrukov, V.I. Gurentsov, N.A. Danilov, A. di Vacri, C. Cattadori, Yu.S. Krylov, G.Ya. Novikova, N. Ferrari, E.A. Yanovich, 2010, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2010, No. 4, pp. 50–56.

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Barabanov, I.R., Bezrukov, L.B., Gurentsov, V.I. et al. An indium-loaded organic liquid scintillator for solar neutrino detection. Instrum Exp Tech 53, 513–519 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002044121004007X

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