Title of article
A 13C16O calibration source for KamLAND
Author/Authors
McKee، نويسنده , , David W. and Busenitz، نويسنده , , Jerome K. and Ostrovskiy، نويسنده , , Igor، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
5
From page
272
To page
276
Abstract
We report on the construction and performance of a calibration source for KamLAND using the reaction C 13 ( α , n ) O 16 with 210Po as the alpha progenitor. The source provides a direct measurement of this background reaction in our detector, high energy calibration points for the detector energy scale, and data on quenching of the neutron visible energy in KamLAND scintillator. We also discuss the possibility of using the C 13 ( α , n ) O 16 reaction as a source of tagged slow neutrons.
Keywords
source , KamLAND , carbon-13 , alpha , Calibration
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
2209232
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