Design and first tests of the S3 detector of reactor antineutrinos

The new experiment S3 devoted to the study of reactor antineutrinos was designed and constructed as a common activity of IEAP CTU in Prague and JINR (Dubna). The S3 detector is a compact, highly segmented polystyrene-based scintillating detector composed of 80 detector elements with a gadolinium neu...

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Autores principales: Slavíčková Mária, Belov Vyacheslav, Broulím Jan, Brudanin Victor, Egorov Viatcheslav, Fajt Lukáš, Fomina Maria, Hodák Rastislav, Kazartsev Sergei, Kruliš Zdeněk, Macko Miroslav, Mašek Petr, Michálková Danuše, Petro Maroš, Přidal Petr, Rukhadze Ekaterina, Shevchik Egor, Smolek Karel, Slavíček Tomáš, Štekl Ivan, Zhitnikov Igor
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Publicado: EDP Sciences 2021
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Sumario:The new experiment S3 devoted to the study of reactor antineutrinos was designed and constructed as a common activity of IEAP CTU in Prague and JINR (Dubna). The S3 detector is a compact, highly segmented polystyrene-based scintillating detector composed of 80 detector elements with a gadolinium neutron converter between elements layers. A positron and a neutron are produced in an inverse beta decay initiated with an electron antineutrino in the detector. A modular multi-channel fast ADC was developed for the data acquisition for the whole 80-channel S3 detector and the 4-channel cosmic veto system. The detector meets very strict safety rules of nuclear power plants and can be installed in a chamber located immediately under the reactor. The close vicinity from the reactor enables to study neutrino properties with a higher efficiency, to investigate neutrino oscillations at short baselines and try to verify the hypothesis of a sterile neutrino. The details of the design and construction of the S3 detector, as well as properties of the modular multi-channel fast ADC system, and first tests of the device are presented.