The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby

J. Bae; M. Bergevin; E. P. Bernard; D. S. Bhattacharya; J. Boissevain; S. Boyd; K. Bridges; L. Capponi; J. Coleman; D. Costanzo; T. Cunniffe; S. A. Dazeley; M. V. Diwan; S. R. Durham; E. Ellingwood; A. Enqvist; T. Gamble; S. Gokhale; J. Gooding; C. Graham; E. Gunger; J. J. Hecla; W. Hopkins; I. Jovanovic; T. Kaptanoglu; E. Kneale; L. Lebanowski; K. Lester; V. A. Li; M. Malek; C. Mauger; N. McCauley; C. Metelko; R. Mills; A. Morgan; F. Muheim; A. Murphy; M. Needham; K. Ogren; G. D. Orebi Gann; S. M. Paling; A. F. Papatyi; A. Petts; G. Pinkney; J. Puputti; S. Quillin; B. Richards; R. Rosero; A. Scarff; Y. Schnellbach; P. R. Scovell; B. Seitz; L. Sexton; O. Shea; G. D. Smith; R. Svoboda; D. Swinnock; A. Tarrant; F. Thomson; J. N. Tinsley; C. Toth; M. Vagins; G. Yang; M. Yeh; E. Zhemchugov

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The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby

J. Bae, M. Bergevin, E. P. Bernard, D. S. Bhattacharya, J. Boissevain, S. Boyd, K. Bridges, L. Capponi, J. Coleman, D. Costanzo, T. Cunniffe, S. A. Dazeley, M. V. Diwan, S. R. Durham, E. Ellingwood, A. Enqvist, T. Gamble, S. Gokhale, J. Gooding, C. GrahamE. Gunger, J. J. Hecla, W. Hopkins, I. Jovanovic, T. Kaptanoglu, E. Kneale, L. Lebanowski, K. Lester, V. A. Li, M. Malek, C. Mauger, N. McCauley, C. Metelko, R. Mills, A. Morgan, F. Muheim, A. Murphy, M. Needham^*, K. Ogren, G. D. Orebi Gann, S. M. Paling, A. F. Papatyi, A. Petts, G. Pinkney, J. Puputti, S. Quillin, B. Richards, R. Rosero, A. Scarff, Y. Schnellbach, P. R. Scovell, B. Seitz, L. Sexton, O. Shea, G. D. Smith, R. Svoboda, D. Swinnock, A. Tarrant, F. Thomson, J. N. Tinsley, C. Toth, M. Vagins, G. Yang, M. Yeh, E. Zhemchugov

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The BUTTON-30 detector is a 30-tonne technology demonstrator designed to evaluate the potential of hybrid event detection, simultaneously exploiting both Cherenkov and scintillation light to detect particles produced in neutrino interactions. The detector is installed at a depth of 1.1 km in the Boulby Underground Laboratory allowing to test the performance of this new technology underground in a low background environment. This paper describes the design and construction of the experiment.

Original language	English
Article number	P03008
Pages (from-to)	1-16
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/21/03/P03008
Publication status	Published - 5 Mar 2026

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detector design and construction technologies and materials
liquid detectors
neutrino detectors

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BUTTON-30
Needham, M. (Principal Investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/07/23 → 31/03/26
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Bae, J., Bergevin, M., Bernard, E. P., Bhattacharya, D. S., Boissevain, J., Boyd, S., Bridges, K., Capponi, L., Coleman, J., Costanzo, D., Cunniffe, T., Dazeley, S. A., Diwan, M. V., Durham, S. R., Ellingwood, E., Enqvist, A., Gamble, T., Gokhale, S., Gooding, J., ... Zhemchugov, E. (2026). The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby. Journal of Instrumentation, 21, 1-16. Article P03008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/21/03/P03008

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