Title of article :
Investigation of large LGB detectors for antineutrino detection
Author/Authors :
Nelson، نويسنده , , P. E. Bowden، نويسنده , , N.S.، نويسنده ,
Pages :
6
From page :
77
To page :
82
Abstract :
A detector material or configuration that can provide an unambiguous indication of neutron capture can substantially reduce random coincidence backgrounds in antineutrino detection and capture-gated neutron spectrometry applications. Here we investigate the performance of such a material, a composite of plastic scintillator and Li 6 nat 6 Gd ( BO 3 10 ) 3 : Ce (LGB) crystal shards of ≈ 1 mm dimension and comprising 1% of the detector by mass. While it is found that the optical propagation properties of this material as currently fabricated are only marginally acceptable for antineutrino detection, its neutron capture identification ability is encouraging.
Keywords :
Capture-gated neutron spectrometry , Thermal neutron detection
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
Record number :
2018693
Link To Document :
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