Measurement of the light yield response of the Gd-compatible water-based liquid scintillator with the Brookhaven one-ton testbed

S. Gwon; M. Askins; D. M. Asner; A. Baldoni; D. F. Cowen; R. Diaz Prerez; M. V. Diwan; S. Gokhale; S. Hans; P. Kumar; G. Lawley; S. Linden; G. D. Orebi Gann; J. Park; C. Reyes; R. Rosero; K. Siyeon; M. Smiley; J. J. Wang; M. Wilking; G. Yang; M. Yeh

doi:10.1103/m1qd-yg4r

Measurement of the light yield response of the Gd-compatible water-based liquid scintillator with the Brookhaven one-ton testbed

S. Gwon ¹, M. Askins^2,3, D. M. Asner⁴, A. Baldoni ⁵, D. F. Cowen ⁵, R. Diaz Prerez⁴, M. V. Diwan ⁴, S. Gokhale ⁴, S. Hans^4,6 et al.

P. Kumar⁷, G. Lawley ⁸, S. Linden⁴, G. D. Orebi Gann^2,3, J. Park ¹, C. Reyes⁴, R. Rosero⁴, K. Siyeon ¹, M. Smiley^2,3, J. J. Wang⁷, M. Wilking ⁹, G. Yang ^4,*, and M. Yeh⁴

¹Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
²Physics Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
³Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
⁴Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
⁵Physics Department, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania 16801, USA
⁶Bronx Community College, Bronx, New York 10453, USA
⁷Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
⁸Physics Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
⁹School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

^*Contact author: gyang1@bnl.gov

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Phys. Rev. D 113, 092015 – Published 26 May, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/m1qd-yg4r

Abstract

The water-based liquid scintillator (WbLS) enables hybrid detection by combining scintillation and Cherenkov signals, providing superior event reconstruction capabilities compared to conventional neutrino detectors. We measured the light yield of Gd-compatible WbLS at varying concentrations from 0.35% to 1% by mass, using cosmic-ray muons in a 1-ton scale detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The light yield is measured as $(69.2 \pm 6.9) ph / MeV$ at 0.35% concentration, which increased to $(87.3 \pm 8.7) ph / MeV$ at 1%. These results establish a quantitative basis for optimizing future WbLS-based detectors in neutrino physics.

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