Bob Svoboda has been selected to receive the 2024 APS DPF Instrumentation Award for his work on developing neutrons as a precision calibration source for Super-Kamiokande and for DUNE. He worked to develop a submersible neutron generator for Super-K that took the absolute energy calibration from 4% to 0.7%, allowing precision measurements of the solar neutrino spectrum. For DUNE, he also discovered that it was possible to shoot neutrons deep into liquid argon for calibrations due to a weird interference feature in the cross section at 57 keV. This feature was confirmed in an experiment done at LANL by Bob, Emilija, and Mike Mulhearn.

Published: November 13, 2024, 9:59 am