Speaker
Prof.
John Gregory Learned
(University of Hawaii)
Description
The miniTimeCube (mTC) is the world's smallest neutrino detector. The two liter plastic scintillator target is viewed by 24 Photonis 64 anode PMTs (1536 pixels in total), has a single pulse resolution of <100ps with waveform recording up to 12 microseconds. Analysis of data from the UH manufactured PMT mounted digitization electronics will provide critical event discrimination. Tests at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD are underway. The detector’s special characteristics include studies of neutron scatters via elastic scattering and electron anti-neutrino detection via inverse beta decay. Applications range from reactor monitoring to sterile neutrino searches. We will report the latest results and prospects for further development.
Primary author
Prof.
John Gregory Learned
(University of Hawaii)
Co-authors
Mr
Andrew Carpenter
(University of Hawaii)
Prof.
Gary Varner
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Glenn Jocher
(Integrity Applications Incorporated)
Dr
Hans-Pieter Mumm
(NIST, Gaithersburg)
Ms
Lisa Ritter
(University of Hawaii)
Dr
Luca Macchiarulo
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Marc Rosen
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Mark Duvall
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Matt Andrew
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Michinari Sakai
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Ryan Dorrill
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Serge Negrashov
(University of Hawaii)
Mr
Shawn Usman
(Johns Hopkins University)
Dr
Shigenobu Matsuno
(University of Hawaii)
Ms
Stefanie Smith
(University of Hawaii)
Prof.
Stephen Dye
(Hawaii Pacific University)
Mr
Viacheslav Li
(University of Hawaii)
Prof.
William McDonough
(University of Maryland)