The SPIDER fission fragment spectrometer for fission product yield measurements

Meierbachtol, K.; Tovesson, F.; Shields, D.; Arnold, C.; Blakeley, R.; Bredeweg, T.; Devlin, M.; Hecht, A. A.; Heffern, L. E.; Jorgenson, J.; Laptev, A.; Mader, D.; O׳Donnell, J. M.; Sierk, A.; White, M.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.032

The SPIDER fission fragment spectrometer for fission product yield measurements

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.032· OSTI ID:1291214

Meierbachtol, K. ^[1]; Tovesson, F. ^[1]; Shields, D. ^[2]; Arnold, C. ^[1]; Blakeley, R. ^[3]; Bredeweg, T. ^[1]; Devlin, M. ^[1]; Hecht, A. A. ^[3]; Heffern, L. E. ^[3]; Jorgenson, J. ^[1]; Laptev, A. ^[1]; Mader, D. ^[3]; O׳Donnell, J. M. ^[1]; Sierk, A. ^[1]; White, M. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

We developed the SPectrometer for Ion DEtermination in fission Research (SPIDER) for measuring mass yield distributions of fission products from spontaneous and neutron-induced fission. The 2E–2v method of measuring the kinetic energy (E) and velocity (v) of both outgoing fission products has been utilized, with the goal of measuring the mass of the fission products with an average resolution of 1 atomic mass unit (amu). Moreover, the SPIDER instrument, consisting of detector components for time-of-flight, trajectory, and energy measurements, has been assembled and tested using ²²⁹Th and ²⁵²Cf radioactive decay sources. For commissioning, the fully assembled system measured fission products from spontaneous fission of ²⁵²Cf. Individual measurement resolutions were met for time-of-flight (250 ps FWHM), spacial resolution (2 mm FHWM), and energy (92 keV FWHM for 8.376 MeV). Finally, these mass yield results measured from ²⁵²Cf spontaneous fission products are reported from an E–v measurement.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1291214

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22460941
OSTI ID: 1247383

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--15-20101

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Issue: C Vol. 788; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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