miniBELEN: a modular neutron counter for (alpha,n) reactions
| Title: | miniBELEN: a modular neutron counter for (alpha,n) reactions |
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| Authors: | Mont-Geli, N, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A, Fraile, L M, Viñals, S, Perea, A, Pallàs, M, Cortés, G, Nácher, E, Tain, J L, Alcayne, V, Algora, A, Balibrea-Correa, J, Benito, J, Borge, M J G, Briz, J A, Calviño, F, Cano-Ott, D, De Blas, A, Domingo-Pardo, C, Fernández, B, Garcia, R, García, G, Gómez-Camacho, J, González-Romero, E M, Guerrero, C, Lerendegui-Marco, J, Llanos, M, Martínez, T, Mendoza, E, Murias, J R, Orrigo, S E A, de Rada, A Pérez, Pesudo, V, Plaza, J, Quesada, J M, Sánchez, A, Sánchez-Tembleque, V, Santorelli, R, Tengblad, O, Udías, J M, Villamarín, D |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | Nuclear Experiment Physics (Other) |
| Subject Terms: | Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment |
| More Details: | miniBELEN is a modular and transportable neutron moderated counter with a nearly flat neutron detection efficiency up to 10 MeV. Modularity implies that the moderator can be reassembled in different ways in order to obtain different types of response. The detector has been developed in the context of the Measurement of Alpha Neutron Yields (MANY) collaboration, which is a scientific effort aiming to carry out measurements of (alpha,n) production yields, reaction cross-sections and neutron energy spectra. In this work we present and discuss several configurations of the miniBELEN detector. The experimental validation of the efficiency calculations using 252Cf sources and the measurement of the 27Al(alpha,n)30P reaction is also presented. Comment: 15th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (ND2022) |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1051/epjconf/202328406004 |
| Access URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.07308 |
| Accession Number: | edsarx.2304.07308 |
| Database: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1051/epjconf/202328406004 |
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