Real-time monitoring method for gadolinium concentration in a water Cherenkov detector: Real-time monitoring method for gadolinium concentration in a water Cherenkov detector: Y. Iwata et al.
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| Title: | Real-time monitoring method for gadolinium concentration in a water Cherenkov detector: Real-time monitoring method for gadolinium concentration in a water Cherenkov detector: Y. Iwata et al. |
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| Authors: | Iwata, Yoshihiro1 (AUTHOR) iwata.yoshihiro@jaea.go.jp, Sekiya, Hiroyuki2,3 (AUTHOR), Ito, Chikara4 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing. Mar2025, Vol. 131 Issue 3, p1-8. 8p. |
| Subjects: | Physical sciences, Cherenkov counters, Photomultipliers, Luminescence spectroscopy, Ion emission, Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy |
| Abstract: | Time-resolved laser-induced luminescence spectroscopy is useful for real-time measurement of lanthanide ion concentrations in aqueous solution. Gadolinium ions (Gd 3 + ), in particular, have a long (∼ ms) emission lifetime, so that the ion emission can be easily distinguished from scattering of the excitation pulsed laser without the need for a monochromator. In this work, we have developed a real-time monitoring method for Gd concentration in water, aiming at application to the Super-Kamiokande (SK) water Cherenkov detector in which 0.03% Gd is currently dissolved in the form of sulfate for the observation of supernova relic neutrino events. The basic concept is to install a tube to run a portion of the water sample through a quartz cell (2 cm on each side), where a ns-pulsed laser at 266 nm is irradiated to excite Gd 3 + ions. The generated Gd 3 + ion emission at 312 nm is collimated by a lens, transmitted through a bandpass filter, and then detected by a photomultiplier tube placed about 10 cm away from the quartz cell. While lower Gd concentration and higher pulsed laser energy resulted in shorter Gd 3 + emission lifetime, good linearity was confirmed between Gd concentration and normalized peak emission voltage in the wide range of 1–1000 ppm (0.1%) Gd in ultrapure water. The detection limit, defined as three times the standard deviation of the background level, was determined to be ∼ 60 ppb for Gd sulfate in ultrapure water. This value is about two orders of magnitude better than the reported value using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, and is close to that using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry which requires sample introduction into the spectrometer. Sulfate ions in aqueous solution appear to have a smaller quenching effect than O–H vibrations of water molecules coordinated to the cation. By confirming a detection sensitivity below the ppm-level, this method could be effective for monitoring of drainage water from the SK detector tank as well. Our real-time monitoring method is expected to support the long-term operation of the SK-Gd project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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