Neutron detection efficiency of a large scintillation calorimeter
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 35 (1) , 360-364
- https://doi.org/10.1109/23.12743
Abstract
The efficiency of a mineral-oil-based scintillation detector, with 0.1% by weight of Gd within the walls of a modular substructure, was measured and calculated. From these measurements a detection efficiency of 28.6% can be deduced, for neutrons produced by a neutrino-proton reaction in the 56-t neutrino detector KARMEN, that neutrons from the inverse beta -decay reaction in KARMEN can be detected with high probability via the Gd(n, gamma ) reactions. A neutron efficiency of about 30% is thus possible, which means that high-efficiency neutrino detection is possible in KARMEN.Keywords
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