A β-delayed neutron detection system working with the continuous beam mode

Chunguang Wang; Xiangqing Li; Rui Han; Zhihuan Li; Hui Hua; Shuangquan Zhang; Dongxing Jiang; Yanlin Ye; Jing Li; Zonghao Li; Jiansong Wang; Chuan Xu; Yelei Sun; Hongyi Wu; Chenyang Niu; Chenguang Li; Zhiqiang Chen; Diwen Luo; Chao He; Wei Jiang; Pengjie Li; Hongliang Zang; Jun Feng; Sidong Chen; Qiang Liu; Xiaochi Chen; Hushan Xu; Zhengguo Hu; Yanyun Yang; Peng Ma; Junbing Ma; Shilun Jin; Zhen Bai; Meirong Huang; Yuanjie Zhou; Weihu Ma; Yong Li; Xiaohong Zhou; Yuhu Zhang; Guoqing Xiao; Wenlong Zhan

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.06.008

A β-delayed neutron detection system working with the continuous beam mode

Chunguang Wang
, Xiangqing Li
, Rui Han
, Zhihuan Li^*
, Hui Hua
, Shuangquan Zhang
, Dongxing Jiang
, Yanlin Ye
, Jing Li
, Zonghao Li
, Jiansong Wang
, Chuan Xu
, Yelei Sun
, Hongyi Wu
, Chenyang Niu
, Chenguang Li
, Zhiqiang Chen
, Diwen Luo
, Chao He
, Wei Jiang

Pengjie Li, Hongliang Zang, Jun Feng, Sidong Chen, Qiang Liu, Xiaochi Chen, Hushan Xu, Zhengguo Hu, Yanyun Yang, Peng Ma, Junbing Ma, Shilun Jin, Zhen Bai, Meirong Huang, Yuanjie Zhou, Weihu Ma, Yong Li, Xiaohong Zhou, Yuhu Zhang, Guoqing Xiao, Wenlong Zhan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Peking University
CAS - Institute of Modern Physics

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Abstract

To study the β-delayed neutron decay of nuclei far from β stability line, a new β-delayed neutron detection system working with the continuous beam mode has been built at Peking University and tested with radioactive ion beams. To get fast timing signal for neutron Time-of-Flight (ToF) measurement and good spatial correlation between the implanted particles and the subsequent β particles, a double-sided silicon detector is sandwiched between two thin plastic scintillators, which constitute the implantation and β detection array. According to the test measurements with radioactive ion beams, this detection system has a high β coincident detection efficiency of 30.7(5)% with much less disturbance from other unstable nuclei and the random background. After the time-walk correction and the flight path calibration, good energy resolution based on neutron ToF measurement can be obtained. The properties of this detection system make the study of β-delayed neutron decay of nuclei with very low beam intensity feasible.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-87
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	940
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.06.008
State	Published - 1 Oct 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Detection efficiency
Fast timing
Radioactive ion beams
Spatial correlation
β-delayed neutron detection system

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Wang, C., Li, X., Han, R., Li, Z., Hua, H., Zhang, S., Jiang, D., Ye, Y., Li, J., Li, Z., Wang, J., Xu, C., Sun, Y., Wu, H., Niu, C., Li, C., Chen, Z., Luo, D., He, C., ... Zhan, W. (2019). A β-delayed neutron detection system working with the continuous beam mode. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 940, 83-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.06.008

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