Title of article
Development of a tagged neutron facility at intermediate energies
Author/Authors
Peterson، نويسنده , , T and Vigdor، نويسنده , , S.E and Allgower، نويسنده , , C and Bergenwall، نويسنده , , B and Bland، نويسنده , , L.C and Blomgren، نويسنده , , J and Doskow، نويسنده , , J and Hossbach، نويسنده , , T and Jacobs، نويسنده , , W.W and Johansson، نويسنده , , C and Kinashi، نويسنده , , T and Klug، نويسنده , , J and Klyachko، نويسنده , , A.V and Nadel-Turonski، نويسنده , , P and Nilsson، نويسنده , , L and Olsson، نويسنده , , N and، نويسنده ,
Pages
30
From page
432
To page
461
Abstract
A unique experimental facility has been developed to measure absolute neutron scattering cross-sections through the use of tagged intermediate-energy neutrons. The neutrons are produced via the reaction p+d→n+2p with an electron-cooled circulating proton beam of 200 MeV bombarding energy incident on a deuterium gas jet target. The “tagging” of the neutrons is accomplished by detection of the associated recoil protons in an array of silicon microstrip detectors located in vacuum. The detection of two protons in coincidence signals the production of a neutron, while energy and position measurements on the recoil protons allow for reconstruction of the four-momentum of the neutron, and its impact position on a secondary target, on an event-by-event basis. Performance characteristics of this facility are presented, and its future application to an absolute measurement of the np elastic scattering cross-section is described.
Keywords
Double-sided silicon strip detectors , neutron scattering , Tagged neutron source
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2023829
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