Detection system for neutron β decay correlations in the UCNB and Nab experiments

L. J. Broussard; B. A. Zeck; E. R. Adamek; S. Baeßler; N. Birge; M. Blatnik; J. D. Bowman; A. E. Brandt; M. Brown; J. Burkhart; N. B. Callahan; S. M. Clayton; C. Crawford; C. Cude-Woods; S. Currie; E. B. Dees; X. Ding; N. Fomin; E. Frlez; J. Fry; F. E. Gray; S. Hasan; K. P. Hickerson; J. Hoagland; A. T. Holley; T. M. Ito; A. Klein; H. Li; C. Y. Liu; M. F. Makela; P. L. McGaughey; J. Mirabal-Martinez; C. L. Morris; J. D. Ortiz; R. W. Pattie; S. I. Penttilä; B. Plaster; D. Počanić; J. C. Ramsey; A. Salas-Bacci; D. J. Salvat; A. Saunders; S. J. Seestrom; S. K.L. Sjue; A. P. Sprow; Z. Tang; R. B. Vogelaar; B. Vorndick; Z. Wang; W. Wei; J. Wexler; W. S. Wilburn; T. L. Womack; A. R. Young

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Detection system for neutron β decay correlations in the UCNB and Nab experiments

L. J. Broussard, B. A. Zeck, E. R. Adamek, S. Baeßler, N. Birge, M. Blatnik, J. D. Bowman, A. E. Brandt, M. Brown, J. Burkhart, N. B. Callahan, S. M. Clayton, C. Crawford, C. Cude-Woods, S. Currie, E. B. Dees, X. Ding, N. Fomin, E. Frlez, J. FryF. E. Gray, S. Hasan, K. P. Hickerson, J. Hoagland, A. T. Holley, T. M. Ito, A. Klein, H. Li, C. Y. Liu, M. F. Makela, P. L. McGaughey, J. Mirabal-Martinez, C. L. Morris, J. D. Ortiz, R. W. Pattie, S. I. Penttilä, B. Plaster, D. Počanić, J. C. Ramsey, A. Salas-Bacci, D. J. Salvat, A. Saunders, S. J. Seestrom, S. K.L. Sjue, A. P. Sprow, Z. Tang, R. B. Vogelaar, B. Vorndick, Z. Wang, W. Wei, J. Wexler, W. S. Wilburn, T. L. Womack, A. R. Young

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We describe a detection system designed for precise measurements of angular correlations in neutron β decay. The system is based on thick, large area, highly segmented silicon detectors developed in collaboration with Micron Semiconductor, Ltd. The prototype system meets specifications for β electron detection with energy thresholds below 10 keV, energy resolution of ∼3 keV FWHM, and rise time of ∼50 ns with 19 of the 127 detector pixels instrumented. Using ultracold neutrons at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, we have demonstrated the coincident detection of β particles and recoil protons from neutron β decay. The fully instrumented detection system will be implemented in the UCNB and Nab experiments to determine the neutron β decay parameters B, a, and b.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-93
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.030
State	Published - Mar 21 2017

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Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation	1506459, 1614839, 1126683, 1506320, 1306997
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences	1205833, 1307426

Keywords

Neutron beta decay
Silicon detector
Ultracold neutrons

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Broussard, L. J., Zeck, B. A., Adamek, E. R., Baeßler, S., Birge, N., Blatnik, M., Bowman, J. D., Brandt, A. E., Brown, M., Burkhart, J., Callahan, N. B., Clayton, S. M., Crawford, C., Cude-Woods, C., Currie, S., Dees, E. B., Ding, X., Fomin, N., Frlez, E., ... Young, A. R. (2017). Detection system for neutron β decay correlations in the UCNB and Nab experiments. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 849, 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.030

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Detection system for neutron β decay correlations in the UCNB and Nab experiments. / Broussard, L. J.; Zeck, B. A.; Adamek, E. R. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 849, 21.03.2017, p. 83-93.

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