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

Summary, in English

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.

• Author: 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
• Department/s: MAX IV Laboratory; Nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2006
• Language: English
• Pages: 753-762
• Publication/Series: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
• Volume: 565
• Issue: 2
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.048
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
• Keywords: liquid scintillator neutron detector; Monte Carlo simulation of neutron; photoproduction
• Status: Published
• Project: Charge-Symmetry Breaking in the Giant Dipole Resonance Region; Development of Radiation Detectors and Radiation-Detection Techniques
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0167-5087