Ultracold neutron properties of the Eljen-299-02D deuterated scintillator

Z. Tang, E. B. Watkins, S. M. Clayton, S. A. Currie, D. E. Fellers, Md T. Hassan, D. E. Hooks, T. M. Ito, S. K. Lawrence, S. W.T. MacDonald, M. Makela, C. L. Morris, L. P. Neukirch, A. Saunders, C. M. O'Shaughnessy, C. Cude-Woods, J. H. Choi, A. R. Young, B. A. Zeck, F. GonzalezC. Y. Liu, N. C. Floyd, K. P. Hickerson, A. T. Holley, B. A. Johnson, J. C. Lambert, R. W. Pattie

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Abstract

In this paper, we report studies of the Fermi potential and loss per bounce of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) on a deuterated scintillator (Eljen-299-02D). These UCN properties of the scintillator enable its use in a wide variety of applications in fundamental neutron research.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023305
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume92
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2021
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the Los Alamos National Laboratory LDRD Program (Project No. 20190048 ER), National Science Foundation (Grant No. PHY1914133), and U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics (Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER41042). This work was performed, in part, at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. The authors acknowledge the support provided by the LANL Physics, AOT, MPA, and Sigma divisions. They would like to thank Eljen Technology and Charles Hurlbut for their technical support and useful discussions.

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