• Title of article

    Background identification and suppression for the measurement of (n,γ) reactions with the DANCE array at LANSCE

  • Author/Authors

    Reifarth، نويسنده , , R. and Bredeweg، نويسنده , , T.A. and Alpizar-Vicente، نويسنده , , A. and Browne، نويسنده , , J.C. and Esch، نويسنده , , E.-I. and Greife، نويسنده , , U. and Haight، نويسنده , , R.C. and Hatarik، نويسنده , , R. and Kronenberg، نويسنده , , A. and OʹDonnell، نويسنده , , J.M. and Rundberg، نويسنده , , R.S. and Ullmann، نويسنده , , J.L. and Vieira، نويسنده , , D.J. and Wilhelmy، نويسنده , , J.B. and Wo، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    530
  • To page
    543
  • Abstract
    In the commissioning phase of the DANCE project (Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments) measurements have been performed with special emphasis on the identification and suppression of possible backgrounds for the planned (n,γ) experiments. This report describes several background sources, observed in the experiment or anticipated from simulations, which will need to be suppressed in this and in similar detectors that are planned at other facilities. First successes are documented in the suppression of background from scattered neutrons captured in the detector as well as from the internal radiation. Experimental results and simulations using the GEANT code are compared.
  • Keywords
    Spallation neutron source , Calorimetric measurement , keV neutron capture
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2024462