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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 51: Invited Topical Talks I-B

T 51.4: Eingeladener Vortrag

Mittwoch, 22. März 2023, 12:00–12:20, HSZ/0003

Recent Liquid Scintillator Developments for Astroparticle Physics — •Stefan Schoppmann — Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Exzellenzcluster PRISMA+, PRISMA Detektorlabor, Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany

Liquid scintillators have been used for decades in many experiments. They are particularly suited for the detection of low-energy particles where energy and timing information is required. Liquid scintillators exhibit advantages such as high light yield, cost effectiveness, radiopurity, and more.

In recent years, various developments aim for improving the vertex and directional resolution as well as particle identification of liquid scintillators. These ideas include advanced detector instrumentations, fine-grained vertex reconstruction, hybrid scintillators, and more. These novel approaches open a rich physics programme reaching from reactor neutrinos and searches for Majorana particles to solar and astrophysical neutrinos and beyond.

In this presentation, the status of novel approaches to liquid scintillators is reviewed and their prospects and applications compared.