Speaker
Mr
Ramon Salazar
(University of Texas at Austin)
Description
SuperNEMO is the successor of the NEMO-3 experiment and will search for the hypothetical
process of 0νββ by combining tracking and calorimetric measurements. The SuperNEMO
calorimeter consists of 712 optical modules made of scintillator blocks directly coupled to
photomultiplier tubes. Radioactive $^{207}$Bi sources will be used to calibrate the energy scale of the
calorimeter in dedicated calibration runs separated by a few weeks. In between these runs, a
Light Injection (LI) system will monitor the stability of the calorimetric response to 1%. The LI
system injects pulsed LED light into each scintillator block via optical fibers. A reference optical
module is used to monitor the light level against a
$^{241}$Am source. The details of the calibration
and monitoring systems are presented.
| Authorship annotation | On behalf of the SuperNEMO collaboration |
|---|---|
| Session and Location | Monday Session, Poster Wall #50 (Auditorium Gallery Right) |
| Poster included in proceedings: | yes |
Primary author
Mr
Ramon Salazar
(University of Texas at Austin)
