TY - CONF
T1 - OMNISita: the technology testbed for OMNIS
AU - Murphy, Alexander
AU - Boyd, Richard
N1 - American Physical Society, April Meeting, April 28 - May 1, 2001 Washington, DC Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 46, No. 2, abstract #Q14.005
PY - 2001/4/1
Y1 - 2001/4/1
N2 - The Observatory for Multiflavor NeutrInos from Supernovae (OMNIS) is
planned to be sited at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New
Mexico. It will utilize neutrons, liberated by the neutral current
interactions of all flavors of neutrinos from a Galactic supernova with
blocks of lead and iron, to provide a unique diagnostic of the core
collapse mechanism, and to explore the mass and oscillation aspects of
neutrinos. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations, together with preliminary
detector tests at the Ohio State University, suggest that a gadolinium
loaded liquid scintillator based approach offers a cost efficient method
of detecting the neutrons, while also providing features such as
excellent discrimination against background signals, fast event timing,
and longevity appropriate to the Galactic supernovae rate. To support
these findings with more significant measurements, OMNISita is now being
built and tested at the WIPP, and will consist of some 30-60 T of lead
together with scintillator, tanks, and electronics configured closely to
that anticipated for OMNIS. The current status of the OMNISita project
will be presented
AB - The Observatory for Multiflavor NeutrInos from Supernovae (OMNIS) is
planned to be sited at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New
Mexico. It will utilize neutrons, liberated by the neutral current
interactions of all flavors of neutrinos from a Galactic supernova with
blocks of lead and iron, to provide a unique diagnostic of the core
collapse mechanism, and to explore the mass and oscillation aspects of
neutrinos. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations, together with preliminary
detector tests at the Ohio State University, suggest that a gadolinium
loaded liquid scintillator based approach offers a cost efficient method
of detecting the neutrons, while also providing features such as
excellent discrimination against background signals, fast event timing,
and longevity appropriate to the Galactic supernovae rate. To support
these findings with more significant measurements, OMNISita is now being
built and tested at the WIPP, and will consist of some 30-60 T of lead
together with scintillator, tanks, and electronics configured closely to
that anticipated for OMNIS. The current status of the OMNISita project
will be presented
M3 - Abstract
SP - 14005
ER -