NuLat is short for neutrino lattice. This experiment is a collaboration between the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Virginia Tech, and many Universities that intends to measure antineutrino (anti-νe) flux in close proximity (3-10m) to a nuclear reactor, in search of anomalous neutrino oscillations. Measurement of anomalous oscillations may help to illucidate the reactor anti-neutrino anomaly, and/or theories of sterile neutrinos. The NuLat detector is an array of Li6 doped scintillator cells that channel the light to photomultipliers (PMTs) via total internal reflection. The cells are scintillated by the inverse beta decay (IBD) of anti-νe.
Currently, the group I work in are callibrating and characterizing PMTs and measuring scintillator cells (also called light guides). The PDF below is a 1-minute presentation on NuLat, and also there is a more detailed presentation given by Dr.Maricic.
PDF : 1-minute presentation on NuLat for Physics Colloquium
You can view Dr.Maricic’s presentation to learn more about NuLat here.