Published March 10, 2009 | Version v1
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Efficiency of the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA)

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, ML 48824 (United States)
  • 2. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, ML 48824 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Hope College, Holland, ML 49423 (Netherlands)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 (United States)
  • 6. Physics Department, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, LL 61701 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Physics, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, LN 46634 (United States)
  • 8. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 (United States)

Description

The efficiency of the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA), located at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University, was measured and compared to simulations. The Coulomb dissociation of a 90 MeV/u beam of 11Be in a gold target was used to produce neutrons. The expected neutron production rate was calculated using the virtual photon method. The measured efficiency agrees with the efficiency calculated with GEANT simulations. The current configuration of MoNA has a 73% intrinsic detection efficiency for 90 MeV neutrons.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.3120162;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1099
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 807-811
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
12. international conference on application of accelerators in research and industry
Acronym
CAARI 2008
Dates
10-15 Aug 2008
Place
Fort Worth, TX (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41037024
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BERYLLIUM 11 REACTIONS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COULOMB EXCITATION; DISSOCIATION; EFFICIENCY; G CODES; GOLD 197 TARGET; MEV RANGE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MSU CYCLOTRONS; NEUTRON DETECTION; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; SUPERCONDUCTING CYCLOTRONS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYONS; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; CYCLOTRONS; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EVALUATION; EXCITATION; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; ISOCHRONOUS CYCLOTRONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIMULATION; TARGETS

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