Measurement of the monitored drift tubes response to energetic neutrons

Author

Alexopoulos, T. ; Avramidou, R. ; Bratzler, U. ; Dris, M. ; Fassouliotis, D. ; Filippas, T.A. ; Gazis, E.N. ; Katsoufis, E.C. ; Kokkoris, M.. ; Kossionidis, E. ; Maltezos, S. ; Perdikakis, G. ; Polychronakos, V. ; Savva, P.S. ; Stavropoulos, G. ; Tsipolit

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

51

Issue

5

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2448

Lastpage

2452

Abstract

We have measured the response of an array of ATLAS muon spectrometer drift tubes to fast neutrons, produced by a t(d,n)⁴He reaction at the 5.5-MV TANDEM Van de Graaff accelerator of the National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos." The setup consisted of 24 drift tubes in a 6×4 arrangement. The neutron energy was 18.3 MeV. The anode wire voltage varied from 2200 to 2800 V. For a neutron flux of about 2.75 kHz/cm², the drift tube sensitivity to 18.3-MeV neutrons ranged from 0.031% to 0.606% for anode voltages between 2200 and 2800 V, respectively.

Keywords

drift chambers; muon detection; neutron detection; neutron flux; particle spectrometers; position sensitive particle detectors; 2200 to 2800 V; 6×4 arrangement; ⁵H(d,n)⁴He reaction; ATLAS muon spectrometer drift tubes; Demokritos facility; National Centre of Scientific Research; TANDEM Van de Graaff accelerator; anode voltage; anode wire voltage; drift tube sensitivity; energetic neutrons; fast neutrons; monitored drift tube chambers; neutron energy; neutron flux; Anodes; Detectors; Energy measurement; Large Hadron Collider; Mesons; Monitoring; Neutrons; Physics; Spectroscopy; Voltage; Gas detectors; muon spectrometer; neutron beams; neutron response; particle detector;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2004.836055

Filename

1344352