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Testing the DESCANT prototype with monoenergetic neutrons

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Abstract

The DESCANT array at TRIUMF is designed to detect neutrons from RIB experiments. DESCANT is composed of 70 close-packed deuterated organic liquid scintillators coupled to digital fast read-out ADC modules. This configuration permits online pulse-shape discrimination between neutron and $gamma$-ray events. A prototype detector was tested with monoenergetic neutrons at the University of Kentucky Accelerator Laboratory. The data from these tests was compared to Geant4 simulations. The results of the tests will be presented.

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Presenters

  • Vinzenz Bildstein

    Univ of Guelph, University of Guelph

Authors

  • Vinzenz Bildstein

    Univ of Guelph, University of Guelph

  • Paul E Garrett

    Univ of Guelph

  • Baharak Hadinia

    University of Guelph

  • Steven W Yates

    University of Kentucky

  • Erin E Peters

    U of Kentucky

  • Jeffrey R Vanhoy

    US Naval Academy

  • Kyle G Leach

    Colorado School of Mines, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA

  • Benjamin P Crider

    University of Kentucky, Mississippi State University

  • Stephen F Ashley

    University of Cambridge

  • Marcus T McEllistrem

    University of Kentucky

  • Baharak Hadinia

    University of Guelph

  • Jack Bangay

    University of Guelph

  • Laura Bianco

    University of Guelph

  • Greg A Demand

    University of Guelph

  • Chandana S Sumithrarachchi

    Michigan State University, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, MSU, FRIB/NSCL

  • Greg A Demand

    University of Guelph

  • James Wong

    University of Guelph

  • Francisco M Prados Estevez

    University of Kentucky