Deuterated liquid scintillators: A new tool for neutron measurements

M. Ojaruega; F. D. Becchetti; A. N. Villano; R. Torres-Isea; A. Roberts; J. J. Kolata; C. C. Lawrence; S. A. Pozzi; Marek Flaska; S. D. Clarke

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Deuterated liquid scintillators: A new tool for neutron measurements

M. Ojaruega, F. D. Becchetti, A. N. Villano, R. Torres-Isea, A. Roberts, J. J. Kolata, C. C. Lawrence, S. A. Pozzi, Marek Flaska, S. D. Clarke

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The response of large (4×6) deuterated liquid scintillators (up to 10 cm diameter by 15 cm) to neutrons in the energy range from 0.5 MeV to 20 MeV has been studied using several nuclear reactions, including d(d,n), and ¹²C(d,n)¹³N, at the University of Notre Dame FN tandem accelerator. The latter two reactions utilized 9 MeV and 16 MeV deuteron beams, including a pulsed beam that also permitted time-of-flight (ToF) measurements. Combining pulse-shape discrimination and (ToF) allows gating on specific neutron energy groups to determine the detector response to specific neutron energies. Newly-obtained and optimized pulse shape discrimination using digitized pulse analysis from these detectors will be presented in this paper. These measurements confirmed the ability of these detectors to provide useful neutron spectra without ToF.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Applications of Nuclear Techniques - Eleventh International Conference
Pages	249-253
Number of pages	5
Volume	1412
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3665321
State	Published - Dec 28 2011
Event	11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques - Crete, Greece Duration: Jun 12 2011 → Jun 18 2011

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Other	11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Crete
Period	6/12/11 → 6/18/11

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Ojaruega, M, Becchetti, FD, Villano, AN, Torres-Isea, R, Roberts, A, Kolata, JJ, Lawrence, CC, Pozzi, SA, Flaska, M & Clarke, SD 2011, Deuterated liquid scintillators: A new tool for neutron measurements. in Applications of Nuclear Techniques - Eleventh International Conference. vol. 1412, pp. 249-253, 11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques, Crete, Greece, 6/12/11. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3665321

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