Performance of a real-size prototype neutron detector for the LAMPS at RAON

Kisoo Lee, Kyong Sei Lee, Byungsik Hong, Bumgon Kim, Shin Hyung Kim, Jae Beom Park, Jae Hee Yoo, Young Jin Kim, Taeksu Shin

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Abstract

A neutron detector array is one of the essential detector components for measuring the nuclear symmetry energy in the large-acceptance multipurpose spectrometer (LAMPS) to be built at the new radioactive ion-beam facility, RAON, in Korea. We have designed and built a real-size prototype neutron detector for the LAMPS and investigated its performance with radiation sources. The intrinsic time resolution of the prototype modules estimated by using 60Co is about 1 ns. The neutrons and the gammas from 252Cf are clearly separated in the time spectra. The kinetic energy spectrum of the fission neutrons from 252Cf has been reconstructed and compared to the empirical Watt function. The result demonstrates that the current prototypes can detect neutrons with kinetic energies larger than about 6 MeV.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)610-615
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume65
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2014

Keywords

  • Heavy-ion collision
  • LAMPS
  • Neutron detector
  • Nuclear symmetry energy
  • RAON

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