SPALLATION NEUTRON-SPECTRA MEASUREMENTS .2. PROTON RECOIL SPECTROMETER

Authors
MARTINEZ E THUN J PATIN Y LERAY S BEAU M BOUDARD A BOUE F BOUYER P BOYARD JL BROCHARD F CRESPIN S DRAKE D DUCHAZEAUBENEIX JC DURAND JM FREHAUT J KOWALSKI L LEGRAIN R LOCHARD JP MENARD S MILLERET G PETIBON E PLOUIN F TERRIEN Y UEMATSU M VUILLIER S WHITTAL DM
Citation
E. Martinez et al., SPALLATION NEUTRON-SPECTRA MEASUREMENTS .2. PROTON RECOIL SPECTROMETER, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 385(2), 1997, pp. 345-353
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
385
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
345 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)385:2<345:SNM.PR>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We present the experimental method conceived to measure high energy ne utrons in the range (200 less than or equal to E less than or equal to 1600 MeV). The neutrons produce recoil protons in a liquid hydrogen c onverter. Momentum evaluation and identification of these protons are made by using a magnetic spectrometer equipped with plastic scintillat ors and three double-plane (X-Y) wire chambers. The response functions of the apparatus are determined using quasi-monoenergetic neutron bea ms produced by the break-up of deuterons or He-3 on a Be target. The p erformance of the apparatus is illustrated in the form of a preliminar y neutron spectrum.