Large scale Gd-beta-diketonate based organic liquid scintillator production for antineutrino detection

Understand

Over the course of several decades, organic liquid scintillators have formed the basis for successful neutrino detectors.

• Gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillators provide efficient background suppression for electron antineutrino detection at nuclear reactor plants.
• In the Double Chooz reactor antineutrino experiment, a newly developed beta-diketonate gadolinium-loaded scintillator is utilized for the first time.
• Its large scale production and characterization are described.