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Antineutrino Detector Task Force


Steve Kettell , BNL June 9th, 2006 Daya Bay
Collaboration Meeting
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Activities

• Some discussion of short-fat detector as
  default version
• Some investigation of PMT specifications and
  pricing
• Talking to Hamamatsu and Electron Tubes
• Some investigation of acrylic vessels
• making conceptual design drawings for talking to
  vendors
• talking to Reynold in U.S., and Nakano Acrylic
  (??) in Taiwan
• Mechanical engineering at IHEP

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Activities

• Task force has not had regular meetings
• need to start
• Had previously identified interface issues as
  high priority
• water buffer
• calibration
• transport/lifting
• Possible that new groups may come in with new
  ideas
• different geometry? size? PMT coverage?
• Several areas of further study needed
• reflectivity, transparency
• thickness of acrylic
• support of acrylic vessels
• mounting PMTs inside or outside stainless steel
  tank