Daya Bay Antineutrino Detector
Neutrinos come in three fundamental flavors: electron, muon, and tau. The particles oscillate between these three forms in a shape-shifting process that only becomes apparent when a given flavor seems to suddenly vanish. The most elusive of these flavor transformations—also called mixing angles—describes the way electron neutrinos transform, and it is essential to understanding the cosmos. The Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment exists to pin that parameter down.
This is a partially assembled antineutrino detector used in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. Photomultiplier tubes can be seen along the inside of the outer cylindrical casing.
Brookhaven National Laboratory plays multiple roles in this international project, ranging from project management to data analysis. In addition to coordinating detector engineering efforts and developing essential software and analysis techniques, Brookhaven scientists perfected the “recipe” for the chemically stable liquid scintillator that fills parts of Daya Bay’s detectors and interacts with antineutrinos.
More information about the Daya Bay experiment.
Photo credit: Berkeley Lab.
Daya Bay Antineutrino Detector
Neutrinos come in three fundamental flavors: electron, muon, and tau. The particles oscillate between these three forms in a shape-shifting process that only becomes apparent when a given flavor seems to suddenly vanish. The most elusive of these flavor transformations—also called mixing angles—describes the way electron neutrinos transform, and it is essential to understanding the cosmos. The Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment exists to pin that parameter down.
This is a partially assembled antineutrino detector used in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. Photomultiplier tubes can be seen along the inside of the outer cylindrical casing.
Brookhaven National Laboratory plays multiple roles in this international project, ranging from project management to data analysis. In addition to coordinating detector engineering efforts and developing essential software and analysis techniques, Brookhaven scientists perfected the “recipe” for the chemically stable liquid scintillator that fills parts of Daya Bay’s detectors and interacts with antineutrinos.
More information about the Daya Bay experiment.
Photo credit: Berkeley Lab.