D.F. Anderson,
I. Ambats,
B. Baller,
P.M. Border,
B.C. Choudhary,
J.J. Grudzinski,
R. Heinz,
N. Hill,
Y. Huang,
M. Ignatenko, [......],
K. Mellott,
D.G. Michael,
L. Miller,
W.P. Oliver,
A. Para,
A. Pla-Dalmau,
K. Ruddick,
R.L. Talaga,
J. Trevor,
J.C. Yun
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ABSTRACT: The MINOS experiment is a long-baseline, neutrino-oscillation
experiment. In total, 28000 m<sup>2</sup> of scintillator is needed for
the experiment. This is almost 300 tons of finished scintillator. The
solution has been the development of an extruded scintillator with a 2
mm deep grove in the upper surface for a wavelength-shifting fiber and a
co-extruded TiO<sub>2</sub> coating as a reflector. The TiO<sub>2</sub>
coating also allows the scintillator to be directly epoxied into panels.
Production and quality control techniques are presented
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2000 IEEE; 02/2000