Deuterated liquid scintillators: A new tool for neutron measurements

M. Ojaruega, F. D. Becchetti, A. N. Villano, R. Torres-Isea, A. Roberts, J. J. Kolata, C. C. Lawrence, S. A. Pozzi, M. Flaska, S. D. Clarke

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Abstract

The response of large (4×6) deuterated liquid scintillators (up to 10 cm diameter by 15 cm) to neutrons in the energy range from 0.5 MeV to 20 MeV has been studied using several nuclear reactions, including d(d,n), and 12C(d,n)13N, at the University of Notre Dame FN tandem accelerator. The latter two reactions utilized 9 MeV and 16 MeV deuteron beams, including a pulsed beam that also permitted time-of-flight (ToF) measurements. Combining pulse-shape discrimination and (ToF) allows gating on specific neutron energy groups to determine the detector response to specific neutron energies. Newly-obtained and optimized pulse shape discrimination using digitized pulse analysis from these detectors will be presented in this paper. These measurements confirmed the ability of these detectors to provide useful neutron spectra without ToF.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationApplications of Nuclear Techniques - Eleventh International Conference
Pages249-253
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 28 2011
Event11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques - Crete, Greece
Duration: Jun 12 2011Jun 18 2011

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1412
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

Other11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityCrete
Period6/12/116/18/11

Keywords

  • Neutron detection
  • deuterated liquidcintillators
  • radioactive nuclear beams

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