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Lithium-loaded Liquid Scintillator Production for the PROSPECT experiment
Published
Author(s)
Hans Pieter Mumm, Denis E. Bergeron, Mark Tyra, Svetlana Nour, Jerome LaRosa
Abstract
This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillators (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). Fifty-nine 90 L batches of LiLS (6Li mass fraction 0.082%0.001%) were produced and samples from all batches were characterized by measuring their optical absorbance relative to air, light yield relative to a pure liquid scintillator reference, and pulse shape discrimination capability. Fifty-seven batches passed the quality assurance criteria and were used for detector filling.
, H.
, , D.
, Tyra, M.
, Nour, S.
and LaRosa, J.
(2019),
Lithium-loaded Liquid Scintillator Production for the PROSPECT experiment, Journal of Instrumentation, [online], https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/P03026, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=927275
(Accessed October 15, 2025)