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APPARATUS AND ANALYSIS FOR SUM-COINCIDENCE (n,$gamma$) SPECTROMETER

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instr. & Methods
Apparatus is described for analyzing two-step cascades of neutron capture gamma rays by the sum-coincidence method and consideration is given to the types of results which can be obtained. A detalled analysis is given of detection efficiency and peak shapes and their dependence on the characteristics of the sum discriminator. Several background effects are analyzed quantitatively such as back-scattering between scintlllators, annihilation photon transfer between scintillators, cascades which terminate only near to the ground state, three-photon cascades. and uncertainties caused by unknown angular correlations. (auth)
Research Organization:
Yale Univ., New Haven
NSA Number:
NSA-15-006153
OSTI ID:
4076871
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instr. & Methods, Journal Name: Nuclear Instr. & Methods Vol. Vol: 9
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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