Light Yield Quenching and Quenching Remediation in Liquid Scintillator Detectors

Autor: Hans, S., Cumming, J. B., Rosero, R., Perez, R. Diaz, Reyes, C. Camilo, Gokhale, S. S., Yeh, M.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: JINST 2020
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/12/P12020
Popis: Quenching of light emission from an LAB based scintillator by the addition of organic amines and carboxylic acids is examined. Chemical functional groups of the quenching agents play an important role in this reduction. It is shown that "salt" formation at a 1:1 mole ratio in a mixed amine-acid system, reduces quenching by a factor of 2. Supporting NMR spectra are presented. This "quenching neutralization" has the potential to reduce the light loss incurred when metals complexed with quenching agents are loaded into organic scintillators.
Databáze: arXiv