21–26 Jun 2026
University of California, Irvine
US/Pacific timezone

Cosmogenic Neutron Studies in JUNO

Not scheduled
20m
Conference Center (University of California, Irvine)

Conference Center

University of California, Irvine

Poster Reactor Neutrinos Poster session

Speakers

Ping Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) marta colomer (ULB (IIHE))

Description

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) aims to determine the neutrino mass ordering and perform precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters. Its central detector consists of a 35.4-m-diameter acrylic sphere holding 20 kton of liquid scintillator, immersed in a 44-m-deep water pool for radioactive shielding and a water Cherenkov muon veto. Cosmogenic neutrons, generated by muons traversing the detector, are a valuable source for detector calibration. However, their selection is complicated by contamination from after-pulses induced by preceding high-energy muons. This poster presents the strategy for selecting cosmogenic neutrons for calibration, including the identification and removal of fake events caused by after-pulses, online event classification, offline event selection, and calibration of detector light yield evolution over time.

Author

Ping Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Presentation materials