Measuring the attenuation length of water in the CHIPS-M water Cherenkov detector

F. Amat; P. Bizouard; J. Bryant; T. J. Carroll; S. De Rijck; S. Germani; T. Joyce; B. Kriesten; M. Marshak; J. Meier; J. K. Nelson; A. J. Perch; M. M. Pfützner; R. Salazar; J. Thomas; J. Trokan-Tenorio; P. Vahle; R. Wade; C. Wendt; L. H. Whitehead; M. Whitney

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.11.032

Measuring the attenuation length of water in the CHIPS-M water Cherenkov detector

F. Amat, P. Bizouard, J. Bryant, T. J. Carroll, S. De Rijck, S. Germani, T. Joyce, B. Kriesten, M. Marshak, J. Meier, J. K. Nelson, A. J. Perch, M. M. Pfützner, R. Salazar, J. Thomas, J. Trokan-Tenorio, P. Vahle, R. Wade, C. Wendt, L. H. WhiteheadM. Whitney

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The water at the proposed site of the CHIPS water Cherenkov detector has been studied to measure its attenuation length for Cherenkov light as a function of filtering time. A scaled model of the CHIPS detector filled with water from the Wentworth 2W pit, proposed site of the CHIPS deployment, in conjunction with a 3.2 m vertical column filled with this water, was used to study the transmission of 405 nm laser light. Results consistent with attenuation lengths of up to 100 m were observed for this wavelength with filtration and UV sterilization alone.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	108-115
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	844
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.11.032
State	Published - Feb 1 2017

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Keywords

Absorption
Attenuation
Cherenkov
Detector
Filtration
Neutrino
Water

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Amat, F., Bizouard, P., Bryant, J., Carroll, T. J., Rijck, S. D., Germani, S., Joyce, T., Kriesten, B., Marshak, M., Meier, J., Nelson, J. K., Perch, A. J., Pfützner, M. M., Salazar, R., Thomas, J., Trokan-Tenorio, J., Vahle, P., Wade, R., Wendt, C., ... Whitney, M. (2017). Measuring the attenuation length of water in the CHIPS-M water Cherenkov detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 844, 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.11.032

Amat, F, Bizouard, P, Bryant, J, Carroll, TJ, Rijck, SD, Germani, S, Joyce, T, Kriesten, B, Marshak, M, Meier, J, Nelson, JK, Perch, AJ, Pfützner, MM, Salazar, R, Thomas, J, Trokan-Tenorio, J, Vahle, P, Wade, R, Wendt, C, Whitehead, LH & Whitney, M 2017, 'Measuring the attenuation length of water in the CHIPS-M water Cherenkov detector', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 844, pp. 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.11.032

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