Monitoring the SNS basement neutron background with the MARS detector

Akimov, D.; An, P.; Awe, C.; Barbeau, P. S.; Becker, B.; Belov, V.; Bernardi, I.; Blackston, M. A.; Bock, C.; Bolozdynya, A.; Browning, J.; Cabrera-Palmer, B.; Chernyak, D.; Conley, E.; Daughhetee, Jake; Detwiler, Jason; Ding, K.; Durand, Madison R.; Efremenko, Yuri; Elliott, S. R.; Fabris, Lorenzo; Febbraro, Michael T.; Gallo Rosso, A.; Galindo-Uribarri, Alfredo; Green, Matthew P.; Heath, Matthew R.; Hedges, S.; Hoang, D.; Hughes, M.; Johnson, T.; Khromov, A.; Konovalov, A.; Kozlova, E.; Kumpan, A.; Li, L.; Link, J. M.; Liu, J.; Mann, K.; Markoff, Diane M.; Mastroberti, John; Mueller, Paul E.; Newby, Jason; Parno, Diana S.; Penttila, S. I.; Pershey, D.; Rapp, Rebecca; Ray, H.; Raybern, J.; Razuvaeva, O.; Reyna, D.; Rich, G. C.; Ross, J.; Rudik, D.; Runge, James; Salvat, Daniel J.; Salyapongse, A. M.; Scholberg, Kate; Shakirov, A.; Simakov, G.; Sinev, G.; Snow, W. M.; Sosnovstsev, V.; Suh, Benjamin; Tayloe, Rex L.; Tellez-Giron-Flores, Karla; Tolstukhin, I.; Ujah, E.; Vanderwerp, J.; Varner, Jr., Robert L.; Virtue, C. J.; Visser, G.; Wongjirad, T.; Yen, Y.-R.; Yoo, J.; Yu, Chang-Hong; Zettlemoyer, J.; Johnson, B. A.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/03/p03021

Monitoring the SNS basement neutron background with the MARS detector

Journal Article · Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/03/p03021· OSTI ID:1865845

Akimov, D. ^[1]; An, P.; Awe, C.; Barbeau, P. S.; Becker, B.; Belov, V.; Bernardi, I.; Blackston, M. A.; Bock, C.; Bolozdynya, A.; Browning, J.; Cabrera-Palmer, B.; Chernyak, D.; Conley, E.; Daughhetee, Jake; Detwiler, Jason; Ding, K.; Durand, Madison R.; Efremenko, Yuri; Elliott, S. R. more »

Carnegie Mellon University

Here, we present the analysis and results of the first dataset collected with the MARS neutron detector deployed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) for the purpose of monitoring and characterizing the beam-related neutron (BRN) background for the COHERENT collaboration. MARS was positioned next to the COH-CsI coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering detector in the SNS basement corridor. This is the basement location of closest proximity to the SNS target and thus, of highest neutrino flux, but it is also well shielded from the BRN flux by infill concrete and gravel. Furthermore, these data show the detector registered roughly one BRN per day. Using MARS' measured detection efficiency, the incoming BRN flux is estimated to be 1.20 ± 0.56 neutrons/m²/MWh for neutron energies above ~3.5 MeV and up to a few tens of MeV. We compare our results with previous BRN measurements in the SNS basement corridor reported by other neutron detectors.

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Research Organization:: Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Contributing Organization:: COHERENT Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0022125

OSTI ID:: 1865845

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1872024
OSTI ID: 1883732
OSTI ID: 1907427
OSTI ID: 1962974

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 03 Vol. 17; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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