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arXiv:1504.04035 (physics)
[Submitted on 15 Apr 2015 (v1), last revised 30 Jun 2015 (this version, v2)]

Title:Liquid scintillator production for the NOvA experiment

Authors:S. Mufson, B. Baugh, C. Bower, T.E. Coan, J. Cooper, L. Corwin, J.A. Karty, P. Mason, M.D. Messier, A. Pla-Dalmau, M. Proudfoot
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Abstract:The NOvA collaboration blended and delivered 8.8 kt (2.72M gal) of liquid scintillator as the active detector medium to its near and far detectors. The composition of this scintillator was specifically developed to satisfy NOvA's performance requirements. A rigorous set of quality control procedures was put in place to verify that the incoming components and the blended scintillator met these requirements. The scintillator was blended commercially in Hammond, IN. The scintillator was shipped to the NOvA detectors using dedicated stainless steel tanker trailers cleaned to food grade.
Subjects: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
Report number: FERMILAB-PUB-15-048-ND-PPD
Cite as: arXiv:1504.04035 [physics.ins-det]
  (or arXiv:1504.04035v2 [physics.ins-det] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1504.04035
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.026

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From: Stuart Mufson [view email]
[v1] Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:10:37 UTC (109 KB)
[v2] Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:18:59 UTC (212 KB)
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