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SUMMARY:The SoLid experiment  - Nick Ryder\, Oxford
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CONTACT:Nick Barlow
DESCRIPTION:The SoLid collaboration have developed a highly segmented\, co
 mposite\nscintillator neutrino detector to measure the anti-neutrino energ
 y spectrum\nless than 10 m from a nuclear reactor core. The collaboration 
 has built and\ndeployed an 8 kg prototype and a 288 kg detector module at 
 the BR2 nuclear\nreactor. We are currently working towards deploying a ton
 ne scale detector\nin 2016. In this seminar I will summarise the experimen
 t's motivations from\nanomalies in previous neutrino experiments\, an unex
 pected bump in the\nreactor anti-neutrino energy spectrum and the monitori
 ng of reactors for\nsafeguards purposes. I will explain the novel detector
  concepts that allow\nthe measurement of the anti-neutrino energy spectrum
  in a challenging\nenvironment. I will then cover our recent progress with
  the two detectors we\nhave deployed at BR2 before finishing with details 
 of the challenges and\nplanned improvements for deploying a tonne scale de
 tector.\n
LOCATION:Rutherford Seminar Room B
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