Transparency of 0.2% GdCl3 Doped Water in a Stainless Steel Test Environment

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2008-05-10

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1499v2

Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A595:339-345,2008

Physics

Instrumentation and Detectors

17 pages, 11 figures, corrects typos, changes formatting, adds error bars to figure 7

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nima.2008.06.049

The possibility of neutron and neutrino detection using water Cerenkov detectors doped with gadolinium holds the promise of constructing very large high-efficiency detectors with wide-ranging application in basic science and national security. This study addressed a major concern regarding the feasibility of such detectors: the transparency of the doped water to the ultraviolet Cerenkov light. We report on experiments conducted using a 19-meter water transparency measuring instrument and associated materials test tank. Sensitive measurements of the transparency of water doped with 0.2% GdCl3 at 337nm, 400nm and 420nm were made using this instrument. These measurements indicate that GdCl3 is not an appropriate dopant in stainless steel constructed water Cerenkov detectors.

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