Author/Authors :
Reifarth، نويسنده , , R. and Bredeweg، نويسنده , , T.A. and Alpizar-Vicente، نويسنده , , A. and Browne، نويسنده , , J.C. and Esch، نويسنده , , E.-I. and Greife، نويسنده , , U. and Haight، نويسنده , , R.C. and Hatarik، نويسنده , , R. and Kronenberg، نويسنده , , A. and OʹDonnell، نويسنده , , J.M. and Rundberg، نويسنده , , R.S. and Ullmann، نويسنده , , J.L. and Vieira، نويسنده , , D.J. and Wilhelmy، نويسنده , , J.B. and Wo، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
In the commissioning phase of the DANCE project (Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments) measurements have been performed with special emphasis on the identification and suppression of possible backgrounds for the planned (n,γ) experiments. This report describes several background sources, observed in the experiment or anticipated from simulations, which will need to be suppressed in this and in similar detectors that are planned at other facilities. First successes are documented in the suppression of background from scattered neutrons captured in the detector as well as from the internal radiation. Experimental results and simulations using the GEANT code are compared.
