# Optimization of the JUNO liquid scintillator composition using a Daya Bay antineutrino detector

@article{Bay2021OptimizationOT,
title={Optimization of the JUNO liquid scintillator composition using a Daya Bay antineutrino detector},
author={Daya Bay and Juno collaborations A. Abusleme and Thomas Adam and S. Ahmad and Sebastiano Aiello and Muhammad Akram and Nawab Ali and Fengpeng An and Guang-peng An and Qi An and Giuseppe Andronico and Nikolay Anfimov and Vito Antonelli and Tatiana Antoshkina and Burin Asavapibhop and J.P.A.M. de Andr'e and Andr{\'e}j Babi{\vc} and A. Baha Balantekin and Wander Baldini and Marica Baldoncini and H. R. Band and A. Barresi and Eric Baussan and M. Bellato and Enrico Bernieri and David Biare and Thilo Birkenfeld and M. R. Bishai and Sylvie Blin and David Blum and S Blyth and Cl'ement Bordereau and A. Brigatti and R. Brugnera and Antonio Budano and P. Burgbacher and Mario Buscemi and S. Bussino and Jos{\'e} Busto and Ilya Butorov and Andr{\'e}s Cabrera and Hao Cai and Xiaodong Cai and Y. Cai and Zhiyan Cai and Antonio Cammi and Agustin Campeny and Chuanya Cao and G. F. Cao and J. Cao and Rossella Caruso and C'edric Cerna and Irakli Chakaberia and J. F. Chang and Y. J. Chang and H. S. Chen and P. Chen and P. P. Chen and S. M. Chen and S. J. Chen and X. R. Chen and Y. W. Chen and Y. Chen and Y. Chen and Z. Chen and J. Cheng and Y. P. Cheng and Z. K. Cheng and Alexander Chepurnov and J. J. Cherwinka and Fabio Chiarello and D. Chiesa and Pietro Chimenti and Ming-chung Chu and Artem Chukanov and Anna D. Chuvashova and . Clementi and Barbara Clerbaux and Selma Conforti Di Lorenzo and Daniele Corti and Salvatore Costa and Flavio Dal Corso and John P. Cummings and Olivia Dalager and Christophe de La Taille and F. S. Deng and J Deng and Z. Y. Deng and Ziyan Deng and Wilfried Depnering and M. Fernandez Diaz and X. F. Ding and Y. Y. Ding and Bayu Dirgantara and Sergey Dmitrievsky and Milind Diwan and Tade{\'a}{\vs} Dohnal and Georgy Donchenko and J. Dong and Damien Dornic and Evgeny Doroshkevich and J. Dove and Marcos Dracos and F. Druillole and Shu-xian Du and Stefano Dusini and Martin Dvoř{\'a}k and Daniel A. 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journal={Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
year={2021}
}`
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