Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment

Xiang-Li Qian; Hui-Ying Sun; Cheng Liu; Xu Wang; Olivier Martineau-Huynh

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Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment

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- Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment
- Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment
- Nuclear Science and Techniques 2021年32卷第5期文章编号：51
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  1.School of Intelligent Engineering, Shandong Management University, Jinan 250357, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  3.Sorbonne Universite, Universite Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite, CNRS/IN2P3, LPNHE, Paris
- Author bio：
  
  qianxl@sdmu.edu.cn
  sunhy@sdmu.edu.cn
  liuc@ihep.ac.cn
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Xiang-Li Qian, Hui-Ying Sun, Cheng Liu, 等. Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment[J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2021,32(5):51

Xiang-Li Qian, Hui-Ying Sun, Cheng Liu, et al. Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment[J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2021,32(5):51
Xiang-Li Qian, Hui-Ying Sun, Cheng Liu, 等. Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment[J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2021,32(5):51 DOI： 10.1007/s41365-021-00882-2.

Xiang-Li Qian, Hui-Ying Sun, Cheng Liu, et al. Simulation study on performance optimization of a prototype scintillation detector for the GRANDProto35 experiment[J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2021,32(5):51 DOI： 10.1007/s41365-021-00882-2.

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Abstract

As a proposed detector, the giant radio array for neutrino detection (GRAND) is primarily designed to discover and study the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, with ultra-high-energy neutrinos presenting the main method for detecting ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and their sources. The main principle is to detect radio emissions generated by ultra-high-energy neutrinos interacting with the atmosphere as they travel. GRAND is the largest neutrino detection array to be built in China. GRANDProto35, as the first stage of the GRAND experiment, is a coincidence array composed of radio antennas and a scintillation detector, the latter of which, as a traditional detector, is used to perform cross-validation with radio detection, thus verifying the radio detection efficiency and enabling study of the background exclusion method. This study focused on the implementation of the optimization simulation and experimental testing of the performance of the prototype scintillation detector used in GRANDProto35. A package based on GEANT4 was used to simulate the details of the scintillation detector, including the optical properties of its materials, the height of the light guide box, and position inhomogeneity. The surface of the scintillator and the reflective materials used in the detector were optimized, and the influence of light guide heights and position inhomogeneity on the energy and time resolutions of the detector were studied. According to the simulation study, the number of scintillator photoelectrons increased when changing from the polished surface to the ground surface, with the appropriate design height for the light guide box being 50 cm and the appropriate design area for the scintillator being 0.5 m,2,. The performance of the detector was tested in detail through a coincidence experiment, and the test results showed that the number of photoelectrons collected in the detector was ,∼,84 with a time resolution of ,∼,1 ns, indicating good performance. The simulation results were consistent with those obtained from the tests, which also verified the reliability of the simulation software. These studies provided a full understanding of the performance of the scintillation detector and guidance for the subsequent operation and analysis of the GRANDProto35 experimental array.

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GRANDProto35GEANT4Scintillation detectorLight guide heightPhotoelectrons

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