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Abstract Water-based liquid scintillators (WbLS) are a new class of detector materials that provide efficient and tunable detection of both Cherenkov and scintillation light. A massive WbLS neutrino detector with suitable photosensor coverage for low intensity light detection could therefore reconstruct the momentum of an energetic charged particle and also have enhanced low-energy sensitivity. These materials are also better suited for metal doping broadening the potential scientific utility. We recently constructed and commissioned a 1-ton WbLS detector with good photosensor coverage and a capable data acquisition and calibration system. We intend to use this flexible detector system as a testbed for WbLS R&D. In this paper we give an overview of the 1-ton system and provide some early results.
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