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Measurement and simulation of the neutron response of the Nordball liquid scintillator array

Reiter, A. ; Adler, Jan-Olof LU ; Akkurt, I. ; Annand, J. R. M. ; Fasolo, F. ; Fissum, Kevin LU orcid ; Hansen, Kurt LU ; Isaksson, Lennart LU ; Karlsson, M and Lundin, Magnus LU , et al. (2006) In Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment 565(2). p.753-762
Abstract
The response of the liquid scintillator array Nordball to neutrons in the energy range 1.5 < T-n < 10 MeV has been measured by time of flight using a Cf-252 fission source. Fission fragments were detected by means of a thin-film plastic scintillator. The measured differential and integral neutron detection efficiencies agree well with predictions of a Monte Carlo simulation of the detector which models geometry accurately and incorporates the measured, non-linear proton light output as a function of energy. The ability of the model to provide systematic corrections to photoneutron cross-sections, measured by Nordball at low energy, is tested in a measurement of the two-body deuteron photodisintegration cross-section in the range... (More)
The response of the liquid scintillator array Nordball to neutrons in the energy range 1.5 < T-n < 10 MeV has been measured by time of flight using a Cf-252 fission source. Fission fragments were detected by means of a thin-film plastic scintillator. The measured differential and integral neutron detection efficiencies agree well with predictions of a Monte Carlo simulation of the detector which models geometry accurately and incorporates the measured, non-linear proton light output as a function of energy. The ability of the model to provide systematic corrections to photoneutron cross-sections, measured by Nordball at low energy, is tested in a measurement of the two-body deuteron photodisintegration cross-section in the range E-gamma = 14-18 MeV. After correction the present H-2 (gamma, n)p measurements agree well with a published evaluation of the large body of H-2(gamma, p)n data. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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liquid scintillator neutron detector, Monte Carlo simulation of neutron, photoproduction
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
volume
565
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2
pages
753 - 762
publisher
Elsevier
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  • scopus:33748440805
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0167-5087
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048
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Charge-Symmetry Breaking in the Giant Dipole Resonance Region
Development of Radiation Detectors and Radiation-Detection Techniques
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English
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  abstract     = {{The response of the liquid scintillator array Nordball to neutrons in the energy range 1.5 &lt; T-n &lt; 10 MeV has been measured by time of flight using a Cf-252 fission source. Fission fragments were detected by means of a thin-film plastic scintillator. The measured differential and integral neutron detection efficiencies agree well with predictions of a Monte Carlo simulation of the detector which models geometry accurately and incorporates the measured, non-linear proton light output as a function of energy. The ability of the model to provide systematic corrections to photoneutron cross-sections, measured by Nordball at low energy, is tested in a measurement of the two-body deuteron photodisintegration cross-section in the range E-gamma = 14-18 MeV. After correction the present H-2 (gamma, n)p measurements agree well with a published evaluation of the large body of H-2(gamma, p)n data. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Reiter, A. and Adler, Jan-Olof and Akkurt, I. and Annand, J. R. M. and Fasolo, F. and Fissum, Kevin and Hansen, Kurt and Isaksson, Lennart and Karlsson, M and Lundin, Magnus and McGeorge, J. C. and Nilsson, Björn and Rosner, G. and Schröder, Bent and Zanini, A.}},
  issn         = {{0167-5087}},
  keywords     = {{liquid scintillator neutron detector; Monte Carlo simulation of neutron; photoproduction}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{753--762}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment}},
  title        = {{Measurement and simulation of the neutron response of the Nordball liquid scintillator array}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048}},
  volume       = {{565}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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