Acquisition-analysis system for the DANCE (detector for advanced neutron capture experiment) BaF/sub 2/ gamma-ray calorimeter

Author

Wouters, J.M. ; Bredeweg, T.A. ; Esch, E. ; Haight, R.C. ; O´Donnell, J.M. ; Reifarth, R. ; Rundberg, R.S. ; Schwantes, J.M. ; Ullmann, J.L. ; Vieira, D.J. ; Wilhelmy, J.B. ; Alpizar-Vicente, A. ; Hatarik, R. ; Sheets, S.A.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM

fYear

2005

fDate

10-10 June 2005

Abstract

The DANCE detector is a segmented 4pi gamma-ray calorimeter for measuring (n, gamma) and (n, fission) cross-sections of stable and long-lived radioactive isotopes. DANCE uses waveform digitization to acquire the basic gamma-ray data, which maximizes the information available for event reconstruction, but has necessitated the development of several techniques for handling the resulting high data rates. This paper describes the basic experimental requirements for acquisition and analysis and how we have satisfied these requirements primarily by extending existing acquisition and analysis frameworks

Keywords

data acquisition; data analysis; high energy physics instrumentation computing; particle calorimetry; particle detectors; BaF₂; acquisition-analysis system; advanced neutron capture experiment detector; gamma-ray calorimeter; waveform digitization; Crystals; Energy measurement; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Hardware; Isotopes; Laboratories; Neutrons; Nuclear measurements; Pollution measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference, 2005. 14th IEEE-NPSS

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9183-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTC.2005.1547501

Filename

1547501