Performance of the Versatile Array of Neutron Detectors at Low Energy (VANDLE)

被引：43

作者：

Peters, W. A. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Ilyushkin, S. ^{[4
]}

Madurga, M. ^{[2
]}

Matei, C. ^{[1
]}

Paulauskas, S. V. ^{[2
]}

Grzywacz, R. K. ^{[2
]}

Bardayan, D. W. ^{[3
,6
]}

Brune, C. R. ^{[7
]}

Allen, J. ^{[5
,8
]}

Allen, J. M. ^{[2
]}

Bergstrom, Z. ^{[9
]}

Blackmon, J. ^{[10
]}

Brewer, N. T. ^{[2
]}

Cizewski, J. A. ^{[5
]}

Copp, P. ^{[5
,11
]}

Howard, M. E. ^{[5
]}

Ikeyama, R. ^{[5
,11
]}

Kozub, R. L. ^{[9
]}

Manning, B. ^{[5
]}

Massey, T. N. ^{[7
]}

Matos, M. ^{[10
]}

Merino, E. ^{[5
]}

O'Malley, P. D. e ^{[5
,6
]}

Raiola, F. ^{[4
]}

Reingold, C. S. ^{[5
]}

Sarazin, F. ^{[4
]}

Spassova, I. ^{[1
,5
]}

Taylor, S. ^{[2
]}

Walter, D. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Oak Ridge Associated Univ, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA

[2] Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA

[3] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Phys, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

[4] Colorado Sch Mines, Dept Phys & Astron, Golden, CO 80401 USA

[5] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 USA

[6] Univ Notre Dame, Dept Phys, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA

[7] Ohio Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Athens, OH 45701 USA

[8] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[9] Tennessee Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Cookeville, TN 38505 USA

[10] Louisiana State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA

[11] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys & Astron, La Crosse, WI 54601 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2016年 / 836卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Neutron detection; Plastic scintillator array; Carbon-nuclei light response; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; RADIOACTIVE BEAMS; LENDA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2016.08.054

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The Versatile Array of Neutron Detectors at Low Energy (VANDLE) is a new, highly efficient plastic-scintillator array constructed for decay and transfer reaction experimental setups that require neutron detection. The versatile and modular design allows for customizable experimental setups including beta delayed neutron spectroscopy and (d,n) transfer reactions in normal and inverse kinematics. The neutron energy and prompt-photon discrimination is determined through the time of flight technique. Fully digital data acquisition electronics and integrated triggering logic enables some VANDLE modules to achieve an intrinsic efficiency over 70% for 300-keV neutrons, measured through two different methods. A custom GEANT4 simulation models aspects of the detector array and the experimental setups to determine efficiency and detector response. A low detection threshold, due to the trigger logic and digitizing data acquisition, allowed us to measure the light-yield response curve from elastically scattered carbon nuclei inside the scintillating plastic from incident neutrons with kinetic energies below 2 MeV. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：122 / 133

页数：12

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