Segmented detector for recoil neutrons in the p(gamma, n)pi(+) reaction

Authors
Korkmaz, E O'Rielly, GV Hutcheon, DA Feldman, G Jordan, D Kolb, NR Pywell, RE Retzlaff, GA Sawatzky, BD Skopik, DM Vogt, JM Cairns, E Giesen, U Holm, L Opper, AK Rozon, FM Soukup, J
Citation
E. Korkmaz et al., Segmented detector for recoil neutrons in the p(gamma, n)pi(+) reaction, NUCL INST A, 431(3), 1999, pp. 446-454
Citations number
21
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
431
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
446 - 454
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990721)431:3<446:SDFRNI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A segmented neutron detector has been constructed and used for recoil neutr on (6-13 MeV) measurements of the reaction gamma p --> n pi(+) very close t o threshold. BC-505 liquid scintillator was used to allow pulse shape discr imination between neutrons and photons. A measurement of the absolute effic iency of the detector was performed using stopped pions in the reaction pi( -)p --> n gamma. Results of the efficiency calibration are compared to a Mo nte Carlo simulation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.