An NaI(Tl) spectrometer system for keV neutron radiative-capture reactions

Authors
Ohsaki, T Nagai, Y Igashira, M Shima, T Suzuki, TS Kikuchi, T Kobayashi, T Takaoka, T Kinoshita, M Nobuhara, Y
Citation
T. Ohsaki et al., An NaI(Tl) spectrometer system for keV neutron radiative-capture reactions, NUCL INST A, 425(1-2), 1999, pp. 302-319
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
425
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
302 - 319
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990401)425:1-2<302:ANSSFK>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
An NaI(Tl) spectrometer system has been installed to measure the cross sect ion of a radiative neutron-capture reaction of a nucleus at an astrophysica lly relevant energy of between 10 and 500 keV. The system consists of two l arge anti-Compton NaI(Tl) spectrometers and a new data-taking system. The s pectrometer can detect a discrete gamma-ray emitted promptly from a neutron -capture state to its low-lying slate, and the data-taking system can trans fer events with much higher rates, about 30-times higher, compared to the e xisting system. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V, All rights reserved.