Published December 1, 2012
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Journal article
A compact gas-filled avalanche counter for DANCE
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551 (United States)
- 2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
Description
A compact gas-filled avalanche counter for the detection of fission fragments was developed for a highly segmented 4π γ-ray calorimeter, namely the Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments located at the Lujan Center of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. It has been used successfully for experiments with 235U, 238Pu, 239Pu, and 241Pu isotopes to provide a unique signature to differentiate the fission from the competing neutron-capture reaction channel. It was also used to study the spontaneous fission in 252Cf. The design and performance of this avalanche counter for targets with extreme α-decay rate up to ∼2.4×108/s are described.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.07.056Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2012.07.056;
- PII
- S0168-9002(12)00848-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 694
- Journal Page Range
- p. 78-81
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45023115
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALIFORNIUM 252; CALORIMETERS; CAPTURE; COMPACTS; FISSION FRAGMENTS; GAMMA DETECTION; LOS ALAMOS; NEUTRON REACTIONS; NEUTRONS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 241; SPONTANEOUS FISSION; URANIUM; URANIUM 235
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BARYON REACTIONS; BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; DECAY; DETECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; FISSION; HADRON REACTIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; URBAN AREAS; USA; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.