John Learned at Gatlinburg 4/05 Tracking in KamLAND? Tracking in KamLAND? CAN WE USE OPTICS TO IMAGE TRACKS AND WHAT WOULD IT GET US? John Learned University of Hawaii At KamLAND Collaboration meeting Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 4/05 Byron Dieterle has done optical studies, thought about problem, and been a great help in developing this idea.
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Tracking in KamLAND?Tracking in KamLAND?
CAN WE USE OPTICS TO IMAGE TRACKS AND WHAT WOULD IT GET US?
John LearnedUniversity of Hawaii
At KamLAND Collaboration meeting
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 4/05
Byron Dieterle has done optical studies, thought about problem,and been a great help in developing this idea.
John
Lea
rned
at
Gat
linbu
rg 4
/05
Basic Idea: a Scintillator “Bubble Chamber”
• If we can design the optics with enough
light collection
adequate depth of field• and not much rescattering of light
• Reconstruct tracks and precise vertices.Reconstruct tracks and precise vertices.
• Accelerator neutrinos: superior recognition of electron events and rejection of πos.
• PDK: excellent K mode resolution.• SN: resolution of direction.• Reactors: better e+-n direction resolution.• Solar Nu’s: Some directionality.• Muons: very accurate track reconstruction,
increased rejection of backgrounds.• Nuclearites, Q-Balls, etc. : not presently