Pushing the high count rate limits of scintillation detectors for challenging neutron-capture experiments

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F24%3A10493861" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/24:10493861 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=864ui6Qr44" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=864ui6Qr44</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169385" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nima.2024.169385</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Pushing the high count rate limits of scintillation detectors for challenging neutron-capture experiments

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

One of the critical aspects for the accurate determination of neutron capture cross sections when combining time-of-flight and total energy detector techniques is the characterization and control of systematic uncertainties associated to the measuring devices. In this work we explore the most conspicuous effects associated to harsh count rate conditions: dead-time and pile-up effects. Both effects, when not properly treated, can lead to large systematic uncertainties and bias in the determination of neutron cross sections. In the majority of neutron capture measurements carried out at the CERN n_TOF facility, the detectors of choice are the C6D6 liquid-based either in form of large-volume cells or recently commissioned sTED detector array, consisting of much smaller-volume modules. To account for the aforementioned effects, we introduce a Monte Carlo model for these detectors mimicking harsh count rate conditions similar to those happening at the CERN n_TOF 20 m flight path vertical measuring station. The model parameters are extracted by comparison with the experimental data taken at the same facility during 2022 experimental campaign. We propose a novel methodology to consider both, dead-time and pile-up effects simultaneously for these fast detectors and check the applicability to experimental data from Au-197(n, gamma), including the saturated 4.9 eV resonance which is an important component of normalization for neutron cross section measurements.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Pushing the high count rate limits of scintillation detectors for challenging neutron-capture experiments

Popis výsledku anglicky

One of the critical aspects for the accurate determination of neutron capture cross sections when combining time-of-flight and total energy detector techniques is the characterization and control of systematic uncertainties associated to the measuring devices. In this work we explore the most conspicuous effects associated to harsh count rate conditions: dead-time and pile-up effects. Both effects, when not properly treated, can lead to large systematic uncertainties and bias in the determination of neutron cross sections. In the majority of neutron capture measurements carried out at the CERN n_TOF facility, the detectors of choice are the C6D6 liquid-based either in form of large-volume cells or recently commissioned sTED detector array, consisting of much smaller-volume modules. To account for the aforementioned effects, we introduce a Monte Carlo model for these detectors mimicking harsh count rate conditions similar to those happening at the CERN n_TOF 20 m flight path vertical measuring station. The model parameters are extracted by comparison with the experimental data taken at the same facility during 2022 experimental campaign. We propose a novel methodology to consider both, dead-time and pile-up effects simultaneously for these fast detectors and check the applicability to experimental data from Au-197(n, gamma), including the saturated 4.9 eV resonance which is an important component of normalization for neutron cross section measurements.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10300 - Physical sciences

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LM2023040" target="_blank" >LM2023040: Výzkumná infrastruktura pro experimenty v CERN</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nuclear Instruments &amp; Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment

ISSN

0168-9002

e-ISSN

1872-9576

Svazek periodika

1064

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

169385

Kód UT WoS článku

001270371600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85191660097