by J. Ashenfelter,Akif B Balantekin,Henry Band,C. D. Bass,N.s. Bowden,Christopher D Bryan,Jeffrey Cherwinka,Timothy Classen,Geoffrey G Deichert,M. V. Diwan,M.j. Dolinski,Benjamin T Foust,Michael T Febbraro,Alfredo Galindo-uribarri,Corey E Gilbert,Brennan T Hackett,Karsten Heeger,Jonathan T Insler,David Jaffe,Olga V Kyzylova,Jerome Larosa,B. R. Littlejohn,Xiaobin Lu,James T Matta,Paul E Mueller,Hans P. Mumm,James Napolitano,Danielle Norcini,Svetlana Nour,D. Pushin,E. Romero-romero,R. Rosero,Robert L Varner Jr,B. Viren,James Wilhelmi,Yung-ruey Yen,A Zhang
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum (PROSPECT) Experiment is a reactor neutrino experiment designed to search for sterile neutrinos with a mass on the order of 1 eV/c2 and to measure the spectrum of electron antineutrinos from a highly-enriched 235U nuclear reactor. The PROSPECT detector consists of an 11 by 14 array of optical segments in 6Li-loaded liquid scintillator at the High Flux Isotope Reactor in Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Antineutrino events are identified via inverse beta decay and read out by photomultiplier tubes located at the ends of each segment. The detector response is characterized using a radioactive source calibration system. This paper describes the design, operation, and performance of the PROSPECT source calibration system.
