Neutron calibration sources in the Daya Bay experiment

Liu, J.; Carr, R.; Dwyer, D. A.; Gu, W. Q.; Li, G. S.; McKeown, R. D.; Qian, X.; Tsang, R. H. M.; Wu, F. F.; Zhang, C.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.003

Title: Neutron calibration sources in the Daya Bay experiment

Abstract

We describe the design and construction of the low rate neutron calibration sources used in the Daya Bay Reactor Anti-neutrino Experiment. Such sources are free of correlated gamma-neutron emission, which is essential in minimizing induced background in the anti-neutrino detector. Thus, the design characteristics have been validated in the Daya Bay anti-neutrino detector.

Authors:

Liu, J. ^[1]; Carr, R. ^[2]; Dwyer, D. A. ^[3]; Gu, W. Q. ^[4];

^[4]; McKeown, R. D. ^[5]; Qian, X. ^[6]; Tsang, R. H. M. ^[7]; Wu, F. F. ^[2]; Zhang, C. ^[6]

Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China); California Insitute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States)
California Insitute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States)
California Insitute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., Berkeley, CA (United States)
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China)
California Insitute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States); College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States)
California Insitute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
California Insitute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States); Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1224782

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1247388

Report Number(s):: BNL-108517-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; R&D Project: PO-022; KA2201020; TRN: US1600722

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 797; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; neutron sources; ²⁴¹Am-¹³C; reactor neutrinos; calibration; θ₁₃; Daya Bay

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                    Liu, J., Carr, R., Dwyer, D. A., Gu, W. Q., Li, G. S., McKeown, R. D., Qian, X., Tsang, R. H. M., Wu, F. F., and Zhang, C. Neutron calibration sources in the Daya Bay experiment.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Liu, J., Carr, R., Dwyer, D. A., Gu, W. Q., Li, G. S., McKeown, R. D., Qian, X., Tsang, R. H. M., Wu, F. F., & Zhang, C. Neutron calibration sources in the Daya Bay experiment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.003

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                    Liu, J., Carr, R., Dwyer, D. A., Gu, W. Q., Li, G. S., McKeown, R. D., Qian, X., Tsang, R. H. M., Wu, F. F., and Zhang, C. Thu .  
"Neutron calibration sources in the Daya Bay experiment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.003.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1224782.

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@article{osti_1224782,

  title        = {Neutron calibration sources in the Daya Bay experiment},

  author       = {Liu, J. and Carr, R. and Dwyer, D. A. and Gu, W. Q. and Li, G. S. and McKeown, R. D. and Qian, X. and Tsang, R. H. M. and Wu, F. F. and Zhang, C.},

  abstractNote = {We describe the design and construction of the low rate neutron calibration sources used in the Daya Bay Reactor Anti-neutrino Experiment. Such sources are free of correlated gamma-neutron emission, which is essential in minimizing induced background in the anti-neutrino detector. Thus, the design characteristics have been validated in the Daya Bay anti-neutrino detector.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2015.07.003},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 797,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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