DocumentCode
844050
Title
Use of a Low Energy Proton Accelerator for Calibrating a Large NaI(Tl) Array in a High Energy Physics Experiment
Author
Kirkbride, G.I. ; O´Reilly, J.G. ; Tompkins, J.C. ; Aschman, D.G. ; Beron, B.L. ; Bloom, E.D. ; Bulos, F. ; Gaiser, J.E. ; Godfrey, G.L. ; Hofstadter, R. ; Hughes, E.B. ; Kiesling, C.M. ; Kolanoski, H.F. ; Kollmann, W.K. ; Liberman, A.D. ; Oreglia, M.J. ;
Author_Institution
California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and Stanford University Crystal Ball Collaboration
Volume
26
Issue
1
fYear
1979
Firstpage
1535
Lastpage
1538
Abstract
We report the use of a 500 keV Van de Graaff proton accelerator to produce ¿-rays in the range 4 - 18 MeV via nuclear reactions for the purpose of calibrating a large NaI(Tl) crystal array. Data analysis indicates an energy calibration to ~ 1% over this range.
Keywords
Calibration; Crystals; Detectors; Electron beams; Energy resolution; Linearity; Proton accelerators; Prototypes; Solids; Storage rings;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1979.4330433
Filename
4330433
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