A boron-coated ionization chamber for ultra-cold neutron detection

D. J. Salvat; C. L. Morris; Z. Wang; E. R. Adamek; J. Bacon; K. P. Hickerson; J. Hoagland; A. T. Holley; C. Y. Liu; M. Makela; J. Ramsey; A. Reid; R. Rios; A. Saunders; S. K.L. Sjue; B. Vorndick; A. R. Young

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A boron-coated ionization chamber for ultra-cold neutron detection

D. J. Salvat, C. L. Morris, Z. Wang, E. R. Adamek, J. Bacon, K. P. Hickerson, J. Hoagland, A. T. Holley, C. Y. Liu, M. Makela, J. Ramsey, A. Reid, R. Rios, A. Saunders, S. K.L. Sjue, B. Vorndick, A. R. Young

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The design and performance of a boron-coated ionization chamber for the detection of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) are presented. We detect UCN from the solid deuterium-based UCN source at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. Our results indicate comparable efficiency to ³He ionization chambers and proportional counters currently used at the UCN source. In addition, the ion chamber is used to detect thermal neutrons; a comparison of the thermal neutron and UCN pulse-height spectra indicates that UCN mostly capture near the layer surface.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	109-112
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	691
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.06.041
State	Published - Nov 1 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

B
H replacement
Ionization chamber
Ultracold neutrons

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Instrumentation

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Salvat, D. J., Morris, C. L., Wang, Z., Adamek, E. R., Bacon, J., Hickerson, K. P., Hoagland, J., Holley, A. T., Liu, C. Y., Makela, M., Ramsey, J., Reid, A., Rios, R., Saunders, A., Sjue, S. K. L., Vorndick, B., & Young, A. R. (2012). A boron-coated ionization chamber for ultra-cold neutron detection. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 691, 109-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.06.041

Salvat, DJ, Morris, CL, Wang, Z, Adamek, ER, Bacon, J, Hickerson, KP, Hoagland, J, Holley, AT, Liu, CY, Makela, M, Ramsey, J, Reid, A, Rios, R, Saunders, A, Sjue, SKL, Vorndick, B & Young, AR 2012, 'A boron-coated ionization chamber for ultra-cold neutron detection', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 691, pp. 109-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.06.041

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