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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 64: Neutrinos, Dunkle Materie und Luftschauer
T 64.4: Talk
Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 17:40–17:55, VMP9 SR 30
Calibration and neutron detection efficiency in Double Chooz — •Helena Almazan, Christian Buck, Julia Haser, and Manfred Lindner for the Double Chooz collaboration — MPIK, Heidelberg
As an intense and pure source of low energy electron antineutrinos, nuclear reactors are one of the most powerful tools to analyse the neutrino oscillations. The Double Chooz experiment aims for a precise determination of the neutrino mixing angle θ13 with the new data from the near detector. In order to reach this precision, a high and accurately known detection efficiency of the inverse beta decay (IBD) signal – the antineutrino interaction – is required.
Several methods are available for detector calibration. Cosmic muons and spallation neutron captures are some examples of natural sources that are used. Furthermore, signals created by artificial sources contribute to the calibration with well defined classes of events. LED Light Injection systems in the Inner Detector and the Inner Veto are used to measure PMT gains and time responses. Radioactive sources deployed inside the detector are used to determine the energy scale and the detector stability. The 252Cf source plays an important role in the detector calibration. In the spontaneous fissions of this isotope neutrons are produced with high multiplicity. An analysis of the neutron interactions in the scintillator can be used to estimate the detection efficiency of the delayed coincidence signal of the IBD reaction. New results from recent calibration campaigns will be presented, providing a crucial input for reactor antineutrino analysis with two detectors.