Publications
Publication Information
| Title | The BDX-MINI detector for Light Dark Matter search at JLab |
| Authors | Marco Battaglieri, P. Bisio, Mariangela Bondi, Andrea Celentano, Philip Cole, Marzio De Napoli, Raffaella De Vita, Luca Marsicano, Giacomo Ottonello, Franco Parodi, Nunzio Randazzo, Elton Smith, Timothy Whitlatch |
| JLAB number | JLAB-PHY-20-3288 |
| LANL number | (None) |
| Other number | DOE/OR/23177-5081 |
| Document Type(s) | (Journal Article) |
| Associated with EIC: | No |
| Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding: | No |
| Funding Source: | Nuclear Physics (NP) |
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Journal Compiled for European Physical Journal C Volume 81 Page(s) 164 Refereed | |
| Publication 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. |
| Experiment Numbers: | E95-001, other |
| Group: | Hall B |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08957-5 |
| Accepted Manuscript: | Battaglieri2021_Article_TheBDX-MINIDetectorForLightDar.pdf |
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