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View article: Design and development of optical modules for the BUTTON-30 detector
Design and development of optical modules for the BUTTON-30 detector Open
BUTTON-30 is a neutrino detector demonstrator located in the STFC Boulby underground facility in the north-east of England. The main goal of the project is to deploy and test the performance of the gadolinium-loaded water-based liquid scin…
View article: The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby
The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby Open
The BUTTON-30 detector is a 30-tonne technology demonstrator designed to evaluate the potential of hybrid event detection, simultaneously exploiting both Cherenkov and scintillation light to detect particle produced in neutrino interaction…
View article: The LHCb VELO Upgrade module construction
The LHCb VELO Upgrade module construction Open
The LHCb detector has undergone a major upgrade for LHC Run 3. This Upgrade I detector facilitates operation at higher luminosity and utilises full-detector information at the LHC collision rate, critically including the use of vertex info…
View article: The LHCb VELO Upgrade Module Construction
The LHCb VELO Upgrade Module Construction Open
The LHCb detector has undergone a major upgrade for LHC Run 3. This Upgrade I detector facilitates operation at higher luminosity and utilises full-detector information at the LHC collision rate, critically including the use of vertex info…
View article: Cosmic muon tomography at the Wylfa reactor site utilising an anti-neutrino detector
Cosmic muon tomography at the Wylfa reactor site utilising an anti-neutrino detector Open
An anti-neutrino detector (a prototype of VIDARR) was deployed at the Wylfa Magnox nuclear power station between 2014 and 2016. It was comprised of extruded plastic scintillating bars measuring 4 cm by 1 cm by 152 cm and utilised wavelengt…
View article: VIDARR: monitoring reactor anti-neutrinos using a plastic scintillator detector in a mobile laboratory
VIDARR: monitoring reactor anti-neutrinos using a plastic scintillator detector in a mobile laboratory Open
Technology developed for the T2K electromagnetic calorimeter has been adapted to make a small footprint, reliable, segmented detector to characterise anti-neutrinos emitted by nuclear reactors. The device has been developed and demonstrate…
View article: AION: An Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network
AION: An Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network Open
We outline the experimental concept and key scientific capabilities of AION (Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network), a proposed UK-based experimental programme using cold strontium atoms to search for ultra-light dark matter, to expl…
View article: Velo Upgrade Module Nomenclature
Velo Upgrade Module Nomenclature Open
The nomenclature and geometry of the various constituents of velo upgrade hybrid sensors are defined, as well as their position within the modules. The modules nomenclature and their position along the z-axis are defined.