Title: Prototype of detector for detection of reactor's antineutrinos Author: Lukáš Fajt Department: Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics Supervisor: Doc. Ing. Ivan Štekl, CSc., IEAP, CTU in Prague Abstract: This master thesis is related to the development of the complex detector of reac- tor's antineutrinos, so called S3 , which is based on the polystyrene scintillation detectors. The detector S3 (dimensions 40 x 40 x 40 cm3 ) will be located in the close vicinity of a nuclear reactor (5-12 m) and its purpose will be to measure reactor's power, isotopic composition of the nuclear fuel and moreover verification of the sterile neutrino hypothesis by detecting reactor's antineutrinos via the Inverse Beta Decay (IBD) interaction. Within the thesis, the first prototype of the antineutrino detector was constructed. It is composed of 18 scintillation plates (40 x 20 x 1 cm3 ) and corresponding electronics. With this prototype the first test with cosmic muons were performed. Within the thesis, the energy reso- lution of the scintillation plates was significantly improved by the optimization of their chemical composition and selection of the optimal refractive material. The proper energy resolution is very important for the detector functionality. In addition, a new methods for the production of coating layer...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:350816 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Fajt, Lukáš |
| Contributors | Štekl, Ivan, Dragoun, Otokar |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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