Properties of LEDs for the Calibration of PMTs for the Daya Bay Project

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dc.contributor.authorJusic, Draganaen
dc.contributor.committeechairLink, Jonathan M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPitt, Mark L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiilonen, Leo E.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:39Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:39Zen
dc.date.issued2008-12-08en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-16en
dc.date.sdate2008-12-22en
dc.description.abstractThe flavor oscillations of neutrinos due to the mixing of mass eigenstates have been thoroughly studied in several experiments. One missing piece of the puzzle is the mixing angle θ13, which is being searched for by the Daya Bay experiment. Currently, the experiment is still in construction mode. Part of the experiment involves building effective detectors for atmospheric muons, resulting in accurate detection of antineutrinos from the source. To ensure accurate detection, we must effectively calibrate the PMTs with the use of carefully chosen and calibrated LEDs. This thesis details the study of several LEDs measured in an attempt to determine the properties of the most likely source for our calibration efforts. I measured the spectra of the LEDs meant for use in calibration, along with several others for the purpose of comparison of spectrum width and to find the evidence of fluorescence in the LEDs.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12222008-191557en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12222008-191557/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36400en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCalibrationen
dc.subjectLEDen
dc.subjectSpectrumen
dc.subjectFluorescenceen
dc.titleProperties of LEDs for the Calibration of PMTs for the Daya Bay Projecten
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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