EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS OF LARGE VOLUME ORGANIC SCINTILLATOR COUNTERS TO NEUTRONS OF ENERGY FROM 54 TO 360 MEV

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PATICCHIO, V
DERASMO, G
FIORE, EM
FIORE, L
GRION, N
GUARINO, G
PANTALEO, A
RUI, R
机构
[1] UNIV BARI,DIPARTMENTO FIS,I-70126 BARI,ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
[3] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTMENTO FIS,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 1991年 / 305卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0168-9002(91)90528-X
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A prototype unit consisting of two organic scintillator detectors (NE102A and NE213) used to detect neutrons up to 400 MeV is described. Each element has a volume of 100 X 10 X 10 cm3 with the major side transverse to the incident neutron beam. The detectors were calibrated in the energy range 54-360 MeV with neutrons from the np --> np reaction. The measured detection efficiencies (4-10%) are compared with the predictions of a Monte Carlo code for three neutron detection thresholds: 2, 6 and 16 MeVee. The timing performances of the neutron unit are: 740 and 850 ps for the NE102A and NE213, respectively.
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页数:8
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