A compact fission detector for fission-tagging neutron capture experiments with radioactive fissile isotopes

Praena Rodríguez, Antonio Javier

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163981

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/62667

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2020.163981

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Fission detector

n_TOF

Time-of-flight

Date

2020-04

Referencia bibliográfica

Bacak, M., Aïche, M., Bélier, G., Berthoumieux, E., Diakaki, M., Dupont, E., ... & Leeb, H. (2020). A compact fission detector for fission-tagging neutron capture experiments with radioactive fissile isotopes. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 969, 163981. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163981]

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This work was partially supported by the French NEEDS/NACRE Project and by the European Commission within HORIZON2020 via the EURATOM Project EUFRAT.

Abstract

In the measurement of neutron capture cross-sections of fissile isotopes, the fission channel is a source of background which can be removed efficiently using the so-called fission-tagging or fission-veto technique. For this purpose a new compact and fast fission chamber has been developed. The design criteria and technical description of the chamber are given within the context of a measurement of the 233U(n, ��) cross-section at the n_TOF facility at CERN, where it was coupled to the n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter. For this measurement the fission detector was optimized for time resolution, minimization of material in the neutron beam and for alpha-fission discrimination. The performance of the fission chamber and its application as a fission tagging detector are discussed.

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