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Description
Optical liquid detectors have been the workhorse of neutrino physics for decades and continue to play a leading role. Despite the relative simplicity of their detector technologies, they have significant room to improve or expand their capabilities, from making simultaneous use of Cherenkov and scintillation light to the loading of various isotopes that enable studies of rare decays or interactions, or that enhance signal discrimination. A fundamental factor in achieving these capabilities is the choice of target liquid. We have modeled and simulated both historically successful and novel target options (water, organic scintillator, water-based scintillator, and noble elements argon and xenon) in a multi-ktonne detector to compare their basic performance characteristics. Without restricting the performance to specific photosensors, we present a number of quantities related to event reconstruction resolutions.