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Performance of Prototypes with Different Reflector Materials for the SHiP Liquid Scintillator Surrounding Background Tagger (2503.10250v2)

Published 13 Mar 2025 in physics.ins-det and hep-ex

Abstract: The baseline technology for the Surrounding Background Tagger of the recently approved SHiP experiment relies on liquid scintillator composed of linear alkylbenzene and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as active detector material. The primary scintillation photons are collected by Wavelength-shifting Optical Modules, and the secondary photons are guided by total reflection to an array of 40 silicon photomultipliers. Here we present a direct comparison of the performance of three detector prototype cells constructed from different alternative materials known to provide good chemical compatibility with the liquid scintillator: Aluminium and stainless steel. To increase the internal reflectivity, one of the two aluminium prototypes was polished on the inside, while the inner walls of the stainless steel cell were clad with sheets of polytetrafluoroethylene. Using 5 GeV muons from the CERN PS T10 beamline, we studied detected light yield and time resolution attained by the three prototypes. For both the polished AlMg4.5 cell and the PTFE-clad stainless steel prototype, the achieved detected light yield and time resolution meet the requirements of the SHiP Surrounding Background Tagger. Concerning another crucial parameter, the uniformity of the detector response across the detector cell, the polished AlMg4.5 cell shows the best performance among the tested prototypes. These results will significantly affect the final design of the SHiP Surrounding Background Tagger.

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