Published September 21, 2009 | Version v1
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The nTOF Total Absorption Calorimeter for neutron capture measurements at CERN

Creators

  • 1. Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, Madrid (Spain)
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trieste (Italy)
  • 3. CEA/Saclay - DSM/DAPNIA, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 4. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • 5. University of Lodz, Lodz (Poland)
  • 6. University of Ioannina (Greece)
  • 7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/IN2P3-IReS, Strasbourg (France)
  • 8. Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaeten, Technische Universitaet Wien (Austria)
  • 9. Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 10. Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain)
  • 11. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Italy)
  • 12. Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
  • 13. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Nuclear Data Section, Vienna (Austria)
  • 14. Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear(ITN), Lisbon (Portugal)
  • 15. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 16. LIP - Coimbra and Departamento de Fisica da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)

Description

The nTOF Collaboration has built and commissioned a high-performance detector for (n,γ) measurements called the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The TAC was especially designed for measuring neutron capture cross-sections of low-mass and/or radioactive samples with the accuracy required for nuclear technology and stellar nucleosynthesis. We present a detailed description of the TAC and discuss its overall performance in terms of energy and time resolution, background discrimination, detection efficiency and neutron sensitivity.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.025

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.025;
PII
S0168-9002(09)01465-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
608
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 424-433
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41045135
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; CALORIMETERS; CAPTURE; CERN; CROSS SECTIONS; DETECTION; EFFICIENCY; NEUTRON REACTIONS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY; TANTALUM CARBIDES; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
Descriptors DEC
BARYON REACTIONS; BARYONS; CARBIDES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRON REACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEON REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; RESOLUTION; SORPTION; SYNTHESIS; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TIMING PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS

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