Enhancing the detector for advanced neutron capture experiments

Couture, A.; Mosby, S.; Baramsai, B.; Bredeweg, T. A.; Jandel, M.; Macon, K.; O’Donnell, J. M.; Rusev, G.; Taddeucci, T. N; Ullmann, J. L.; Walker, C. L.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20159307003

Title: Enhancing the detector for advanced neutron capture experiments

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The Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments (DANCE) has been used for extensive studies of neutron capture, gamma decay, photon strength functions, and prompt and delayed fission-gamma emission. Despite these successes, the potential measurements have been limited by the data acquisition hardware. We, thus, report on a major upgrade of the DANCE data acquisition that simultaneously enables strait-forward coupling to auxiliary detectors, including high-resolution high-purity germanium detectors and neutron tagging array. Furthermore, the upgrade will enhance the time domain accessible for time-of-flight neutron measurements as well as improve the resolution in the DANCE barium fluoride crystals for photons.

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Couture, A. ^[1]; Mosby, S. ^[1]; Baramsai, B. ^[1]; Bredeweg, T. A. ^[1]; Jandel, M. ^[1]; Macon, K. ^[2]; O’Donnell, J. M. ^[1]; Rusev, G. ^[1]; Taddeucci, T. N ^[1]; Ullmann, J. L. ^[1]; Walker, C. L. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1208915

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1234820

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-28418
Journal ID: ISSN 2100-014X; PII: epjconf_cgs2015_07003; TRN: US1500594

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: EPJ Web of Conferences

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 93; Journal ID: ISSN 2100-014X

Publisher:: EDP Sciences

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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                    Couture, A., Mosby, S., Baramsai, B., Bredeweg, T. A., Jandel, M., Macon, K., O’Donnell, J. M., Rusev, G., Taddeucci, T. N, Ullmann, J. L., and Walker, C. L. Enhancing the detector for advanced neutron capture experiments.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Couture, A., Mosby, S., Baramsai, B., Bredeweg, T. A., Jandel, M., Macon, K., O’Donnell, J. M., Rusev, G., Taddeucci, T. N, Ullmann, J. L., & Walker, C. L. Enhancing the detector for advanced neutron capture experiments.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159307003

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                    Couture, A., Mosby, S., Baramsai, B., Bredeweg, T. A., Jandel, M., Macon, K., O’Donnell, J. M., Rusev, G., Taddeucci, T. N, Ullmann, J. L., and Walker, C. L. Thu .  
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@article{osti_1208915,

  title        = {Enhancing the detector for advanced neutron capture experiments},

  author       = {Couture, A. and Mosby, S. and Baramsai, B. and Bredeweg, T. A. and Jandel, M. and Macon, K. and O’Donnell, J. M. and Rusev, G. and Taddeucci, T. N and Ullmann, J. L. and Walker, C. L.},

  abstractNote = {The Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments (DANCE) has been used for extensive studies of neutron capture, gamma decay, photon strength functions, and prompt and delayed fission-gamma emission. Despite these successes, the potential measurements have been limited by the data acquisition hardware. We, thus, report on a major upgrade of the DANCE data acquisition that simultaneously enables strait-forward coupling to auxiliary detectors, including high-resolution high-purity germanium detectors and neutron tagging array. Furthermore, the upgrade will enhance the time domain accessible for time-of-flight neutron measurements as well as improve the resolution in the DANCE barium fluoride crystals for photons.},

  doi          = {10.1051/epjconf/20159307003},

  journal      = {EPJ Web of Conferences},

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  volume       = 93,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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