# Novel Opaque Scintillator for Neutrino Detection

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel gel-like organic scintillator based on paraffin wax and linear alkyl benzene, with tunable transparency and viscosity, aimed at improving neutrino detection capabilities.

## Contribution

It presents a new scintillator system with adjustable optical properties, expanding options for future neutrino detectors.

## Key findings

- The scintillator's transparency and viscosity can be tuned by temperature.
- It can switch from transparent liquid to milky wax structure.
- Advantages over traditional transparent liquids are discussed.

## Abstract

There is rising interest in organic scintillators with low scattering length for future neutrino detectors. Therefore, a new scintillator system was developed based on admixtures of paraffin wax in linear alkyl benzene. The transparency and viscosity of this gel-like material can be tuned by temperature adjustment. Whereas it is a colorless transparent liquid at temperatures around 40C it has a milky wax structure below 20C. The production and properties of such a scintillator as well as its advantages compared to transparent liquids are described.