Measurement and simulation of the neutron response of the Nordball liquid scintillator array

A. Reiter; Jan-Olof Adler; I. Akkurt; J. R. M. Annand; F. Fasolo; Kevin Fissum; Kurt Hansen; Lennart Isaksson; M Karlsson; Magnus Lundin; J. C. McGeorge; Björn Nilsson; G. Rosner; Bent Schröder; A. Zanini

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048

Measurement and simulation of the neutron response of the Nordball liquid scintillator array

A. Reiter, Jan-Olof Adler, I. Akkurt, J. R. M. Annand, F. Fasolo, Kevin Fissum, Kurt Hansen, Lennart Isaksson, M Karlsson, Magnus Lundin, J. C. McGeorge, Björn Nilsson, G. Rosner, Bent Schröder, A. Zanini

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The response of the liquid scintillator array Nordball to neutrons in the energy range 1.5 < T-n < 10 MeV has been measured by time of flight using a Cf-252 fission source. Fission fragments were detected by means of a thin-film plastic scintillator. The measured differential and integral neutron detection efficiencies agree well with predictions of a Monte Carlo simulation of the detector which models geometry accurately and incorporates the measured, non-linear proton light output as a function of energy. The ability of the model to provide systematic corrections to photoneutron cross-sections, measured by Nordball at low energy, is tested in a measurement of the two-body deuteron photodisintegration cross-section in the range E-gamma = 14-18 MeV. After correction the present H-2 (gamma, n)p measurements agree well with a published evaluation of the large body of H-2(gamma, p)n data. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	753-762
Journal	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
Volume	565
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048
Publication status	Published - 2006

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liquid scintillator neutron detector
Monte Carlo simulation of neutron
photoproduction

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Reiter, A., Adler, J.-O., Akkurt, I., Annand, J. R. M., Fasolo, F., Fissum, K., Hansen, K., Isaksson, L., Karlsson, M., Lundin, M., McGeorge, J. C., Nilsson, B., Rosner, G., Schröder, B., & Zanini, A. (2006). Measurement and simulation of the neutron response of the Nordball liquid scintillator array. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 565(2), 753-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048

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Reiter, A, Adler, J-O, Akkurt, I, Annand, JRM, Fasolo, F, Fissum, K, Hansen, K, Isaksson, L, Karlsson, M, Lundin, M, McGeorge, JC, Nilsson, B, Rosner, G, Schröder, B & Zanini, A 2006, 'Measurement and simulation of the neutron response of the Nordball liquid scintillator array', Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, vol. 565, no. 2, pp. 753-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048

Measurement and simulation of the neutron response of the Nordball liquid scintillator array. / Reiter, A.; Adler, Jan-Olof; Akkurt, I. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, Vol. 565, No. 2, 2006, p. 753-762.

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