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Title The BDX-MINI detector for Light Dark Matter search at JLab
Abstract This paper describes the design and performance of a compact detector, BDX-MINI, that incorporates all features of a concept that optimized the detection of light dark matter produced by electrons in a beam dump. It represents a reduce version of the future BDX experiment expected to run at JLAB. BDX-MINI was exposed to penetrating particles produced by a 2.176-GeV electron beam incident on the beam dump of Hall A at Jefferson Lab. The detector consists of 30.5 kg of PbWO4 crystals with sufficient material following the beam dump to eliminate all known particles except neutrinos. The crystals are read out using silicon photomultipliers. Completely surrounding the detector are a passive layer of tungsten and two active scintillator veto systems, which are also read out using silicon photomultipliers. The design was validated and the performance of the robust detector was shown to be stable during a six month period during which the detector was operated with minimal access.
Author(s) Marco Battaglieri, P. Bisio, Mariangela Bondi, Andrea Celentano, Phil Cole, Marzio De Napoli, Raffaella De Vita, Luca Marsicano, Giacomo Ottonello, Franco Parodi, Nunzio Randazzo, Elton Smith, Timothy Whitlatch
Publication Date February 2021
Document Type Journal Article
Primary Institution Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News
Affiliation Exp Nuclear Physics / Experimental Halls / Hall B
Funding Source Nuclear Physics (NP)
Proprietary? No
This publication conveys Technical Science Results
Document Numbers
JLAB Number: JLAB-PHY-20-3288 OSTI Number: 1774772
LANL Number: Other Number: DOE/OR/23177-5081
Associated with an experiment Yes
Experiment Number(s)
E95-001
Associated with EIC No
Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding No
Journal Article
Journal Name European Physical Journal C
Refereed Yes
Volume 81
Issue
Page(s) 164
Attachments/Datasets/DOI Link
Document(s)
BDX_MINI_NIM_draft.pdf (STI Document)
DOI Link
Dataset(s) (none)
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