Eos is a technology demonstrator, designed to
explore the capabilities of hybrid event detection technology,
leveraging both Cherenkov and scintillation light simultaneously.
With a fiducial mass of four tons, Eos is designed to
operate in a high-precision regime, with sufficient size to utilize
time-of-flight information for full event reconstruction,
flexibility to demonstrate a range of cutting edge technologies, and
simplicity of design to facilitate potential future deployment at
alternative sites. Results from Eos can inform the design
of future neutrino detectors for both fundamental physics and
nonproliferation applications. This paper describes the conceptual
design and potential applications of the Eos detector.
Organic liquid scintillators have been used for decades in many neutrino physics experiments. They are particularly suited for the detection of low-energy neutrinos where energy and timing information is required. Organic liquid scintillators exhibit advantages such as high light yield, cost effectiveness, radio purity, and more. However, they also entail disadvantages, most prominently a lack of vertex resolution and particle identification. In recent years, various novel ideas have emerged to improve the performance of organic liquid scintillators. In this review, novel approaches to organic liquid scintillators in neutrino experiments as of 2022 are reviewed and their prospects and applications compared.
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