First results of the deployment of a SoLid detector module at the SCK-CEN BR2 reactor

Understand

The SoLid experiment aims to resolve the reactor neutrino anomaly by searching for electron-to-sterile anti-neutrino oscillations.

• The search will be performed between 5.5 and 10 m from the highly enriched uranium core of the BR2 reactor at SCK-CEN.
• The experiment utilises a novel approach to anti-neutrino detection based on a highly segmented, composite scintillator detector design.
• High experimental sensitivity can be achieved using a combination of high neutron-gamma discrimination using 6 LiF:ZnS(Ag) and precise localisation of the inverse beta decay products.