"Neutron Shell": A high efficiency array of neutron detectors for γ-ray spectroscopic studies with Gammasphere

D. G. Sarantites; W. Reviol; C. J. Chiara; R. J. Charity; L. G. Sobotka; M. Devlin; M. Furlotti; O. L. Pechenaya; J. Elson; P. Hausladen; S. Fischer; D. Balamuth; R. M. Clark

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"Neutron Shell": A high efficiency array of neutron detectors for γ-ray spectroscopic studies with Gammasphere

D. G. Sarantites, W. Reviol, C. J. Chiara, R. J. Charity, L. G. Sobotka, M. Devlin, M. Furlotti, O. L. Pechenaya, J. Elson, P. Hausladen, S. Fischer, D. Balamuth, R. M. Clark

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A shell of neutron detectors was designed, constructed, and employed in γ-ray spectroscopy with Gammasphere. It consists of up to 35 tapered regular hexagons that replace the same number of forward Ge-detector modules in Gammasphere. The shell was designed for high detection efficiency and very good neutron-γ discrimination. The simultaneous use of time-of-flight, and two methods of pulse shape discrimination between neutrons and γ rays is described. Techniques for spectroscopy with efficient detection of two neutrons are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	473-492
Number of pages	20
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	530
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.04.243
State	Published - Sep 11 2004

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The excellent craftsmanship of the staff of the Department of Chemistry Machine Shop at Washington University during the construction of the Neutron Shell is greatly appreciated. The interest and support of this project by Dr. L. Schroeder of LBNL is greatly appreciated. Useful discussions with C.J. (Kim) Lister are appreciated. This work was supported in part by the US Department of Energy, Division of Nuclear Physics under Grant no. DE-FG02-88ER-40406 (Wash. U.) and Contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 (LBNL), and the US National Science Foundation under Grant no. PHY95-14597 (U. Penn).

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Division of Nuclear Physics	DE-FG02-88ER-40406, DE-AC03-76SF00098
National Science Foundation	PHY95-14597
U.S. Department of Energy

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Sarantites, D. G., Reviol, W., Chiara, C. J., Charity, R. J., Sobotka, L. G., Devlin, M., Furlotti, M., Pechenaya, O. L., Elson, J., Hausladen, P., Fischer, S., Balamuth, D., & Clark, R. M. (2004). "Neutron Shell": A high efficiency array of neutron detectors for γ-ray spectroscopic studies with Gammasphere. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 530(3), 473-492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.04.243

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