Liquid Scintillators for Neutrino Detection in Large Scale Detectors

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a rare nuclear process that could be used to determine if the neutrino is a Majorana or Dirac particle. The next generation of experiments will need to instrument more than 1 ton of isotope. Liquid scintillator detectors are a good choice for obtaining this large mass. In this presentation, we compare liquid scintillators for use in these detectors and concentrate on their light yield. This is part of a larger project developing novel scintillators based on quantum dots.