Abstract
A cosmic-ray veto shield for the University of Notre Dame neutron wall has been constructed in order to carry out low-rate neutron time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. The veto detector employs plastic scintillator embedded with wavelength-shifting fibers and is read out by a versatile coupling to standard photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). This veto shield is effective at reducing the muon background by about one order of magnitude and therefore increases the sensitivity for experiments with low neutron yields. The 26Mg(3He,n)28Si reaction was used as a testbed for the veto.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 57515 |
Pages (from-to) | 28-34 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 783 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 21 2015 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Muon veto
- Scintillator
- Scintillator efficiency
- Wavelength shifting fiber