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SUMMARY:LiquidO opaque scintillator detectors and their physics opportunit
 ies
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Jeffrey John Hartnell (University of Sussex (GB))\n\
 nRadiation detectors enable many aspects of our modern lives\, from the li
 ght sensors in our smartphone cameras to PET scanners that inform treatmen
 t of cancer. Particle physicists have often led the development and exploi
 tation of cutting edge radiation detectors to identify particles while mea
 suring their energies\, positions and directions. Many radiation detectors
  use scintillators\, which traditionally have nearly always been transpare
 nt to allow detection of the light. Our new counter-intuitive approach cal
 led “LiquidO” is to use highly scattering opaque scintillator. The opa
 city causes the light to bounce around close to where it is produced and t
 hen optical fibres extract the light. By looking at which fibres are hit a
 nd how much light each one sees\, precise particle position and directiona
 l information can be obtained. We've demonstrated that our approach outper
 forms existing scintillator technology by a factor of two. With further R&
 D the resolution is expected to improve by 5-10x\, for a similar cost to e
 xisting technology. Or\, importantly for some applications\, reduce the de
 tector cost by 5-10x while maintaining the resolution. There are multiple 
 applications for high-resolution and cost-effective radiation imaging\, fr
 om Compton cameras for gamma ray imaging to precision muon tomography. In 
 particle physics\, the CLOUD neutrino experiment will pioneer new physics 
 measurements using the novel LiquidO opaque scintillator technology.\n\nht
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LOCATION:Bohr Conference Room
URL:https://indico.global/event/17862/
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