Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy

Wei, Wanchun; Broussard, Leah J.; Hoffbauer, Mark Arles; Makela, Mark F.; Morris, Christopher L.; Tang, Zhaowen; Adamek, Evan Robert; Callahan, Nathen Brannan; Clayton, Steven M.; Cude-Woods, Chris B.; Currie, Scott Allister; Dees, E. B.; Ding, Xinjian; Geltenbort, Peter W.; Hickerson, Kevin Peter; Holley, Adam Tarte; Ito, Takeyasu M.; Leung, Kent Kwan Ho; Liu, Chen -Yu; Morley, Deborah Jean; Ortiz, Jose D.; Pattie, Jr., Robert Wayne; Ramsey, John Clinton; Saunders, Alexander; Seestrom, Susan Joyce; Sharapov, E. I.; Sjue, Sky K.; Wexler, Jonathan William; Womack, Todd Lane; Young, Albert Raymond; Zeck, Bryan Alexander; Wang, Zhehui

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.058

Title: Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy

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Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) is demonstrated using an imaging charge-coupled device (CCD) camera. A spatial resolution less than 15μm has been achieved, which is equivalent to a UCN energy resolution below 2 pico-electron-volts through the relation δE=m₀gδx. Here, the symbols δE, δx, m₀ and g are the energy resolution, the spatial resolution, the neutron rest mass and the gravitational acceleration, respectively. A multilayer surface convertor described previously is used to capture UCNs and then emits visible light for CCD imaging. Particle identification and noise rejection are discussed through the use of light intensity profile analysis. As a result, this method allows different types of UCN spectroscopy and other applications.

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Wei, Wanchun ^[1]; Broussard, Leah J. ^[1]; Hoffbauer, Mark Arles ^[1]; Makela, Mark F. ^[1];

^[1]; Tang, Zhaowen ^[1]; Adamek, Evan Robert ^[2]; Callahan, Nathen Brannan ^[2]; Clayton, Steven M. ^[1]; Cude-Woods, Chris B. ^[3]; Currie, Scott Allister ^[1]; Dees, E. B. ^[3]; Ding, Xinjian ^[4]; Geltenbort, Peter W. ^[5]; Hickerson, Kevin Peter ^[6]; Holley, Adam Tarte ^[7]; Ito, Takeyasu M. ^[1]; Leung, Kent Kwan Ho ^[3]; Liu, Chen -Yu ^[2]; Morley, Deborah Jean ^[1] more »

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble (France)
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville, TN (United States)
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia)

Publication Date:: Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

OSTI Identifier:: 1340965

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1425698

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-22875
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

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: 830; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; atomic and nuclear physics; multilayer 10B surface detector; imaging detector; UCN spectroscopy

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                    Wei, Wanchun, Broussard, Leah J., Hoffbauer, Mark Arles, Makela, Mark F., Morris, Christopher L., Tang, Zhaowen, Adamek, Evan Robert, Callahan, Nathen Brannan, Clayton, Steven M., Cude-Woods, Chris B., Currie, Scott Allister, Dees, E. B., Ding, Xinjian, Geltenbort, Peter W., Hickerson, Kevin Peter, Holley, Adam Tarte, Ito, Takeyasu M., Leung, Kent Kwan Ho, Liu, Chen -Yu, Morley, Deborah Jean, Ortiz, Jose D., Pattie, Jr., Robert Wayne, Ramsey, John Clinton, Saunders, Alexander, Seestrom, Susan Joyce, Sharapov, E. I., Sjue, Sky K., Wexler, Jonathan William, Womack, Todd Lane, Young, Albert Raymond, Zeck, Bryan Alexander, and Wang, Zhehui. Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Wei, Wanchun, Broussard, Leah J., Hoffbauer, Mark Arles, Makela, Mark F., Morris, Christopher L., Tang, Zhaowen, Adamek, Evan Robert, Callahan, Nathen Brannan, Clayton, Steven M., Cude-Woods, Chris B., Currie, Scott Allister, Dees, E. B., Ding, Xinjian, Geltenbort, Peter W., Hickerson, Kevin Peter, Holley, Adam Tarte, Ito, Takeyasu M., Leung, Kent Kwan Ho, Liu, Chen -Yu, Morley, Deborah Jean, Ortiz, Jose D., Pattie, Jr., Robert Wayne, Ramsey, John Clinton, Saunders, Alexander, Seestrom, Susan Joyce, Sharapov, E. I., Sjue, Sky K., Wexler, Jonathan William, Womack, Todd Lane, Young, Albert Raymond, Zeck, Bryan Alexander, & Wang, Zhehui. Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.058

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                    Wei, Wanchun, Broussard, Leah J., Hoffbauer, Mark Arles, Makela, Mark F., Morris, Christopher L., Tang, Zhaowen, Adamek, Evan Robert, Callahan, Nathen Brannan, Clayton, Steven M., Cude-Woods, Chris B., Currie, Scott Allister, Dees, E. B., Ding, Xinjian, Geltenbort, Peter W., Hickerson, Kevin Peter, Holley, Adam Tarte, Ito, Takeyasu M., Leung, Kent Kwan Ho, Liu, Chen -Yu, Morley, Deborah Jean, Ortiz, Jose D., Pattie, Jr., Robert Wayne, Ramsey, John Clinton, Saunders, Alexander, Seestrom, Susan Joyce, Sharapov, E. I., Sjue, Sky K., Wexler, Jonathan William, Womack, Todd Lane, Young, Albert Raymond, Zeck, Bryan Alexander, and Wang, Zhehui. Mon .  
"Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.058.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1340965.

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@article{osti_1340965,

  title        = {Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy},

  author       = {Wei, Wanchun and Broussard, Leah J. and Hoffbauer, Mark Arles and Makela, Mark F. and Morris, Christopher L. and Tang, Zhaowen and Adamek, Evan Robert and Callahan, Nathen Brannan and Clayton, Steven M. and Cude-Woods, Chris B. and Currie, Scott Allister and Dees, E. B. and Ding, Xinjian and Geltenbort, Peter W. and Hickerson, Kevin Peter and Holley, Adam Tarte and Ito, Takeyasu M. and Leung, Kent Kwan Ho and Liu, Chen -Yu and Morley, Deborah Jean and Ortiz, Jose D. and Pattie, Jr., Robert Wayne and Ramsey, John Clinton and Saunders, Alexander and Seestrom, Susan Joyce and Sharapov, E. I. and Sjue, Sky K. and Wexler, Jonathan William and Womack, Todd Lane and Young, Albert Raymond and Zeck, Bryan Alexander and Wang, Zhehui},

  abstractNote = {Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) is demonstrated using an imaging charge-coupled device (CCD) camera. A spatial resolution less than 15μm has been achieved, which is equivalent to a UCN energy resolution below 2 pico-electron-volts through the relation δE=m0gδx. Here, the symbols δE, δx, m0 and g are the energy resolution, the spatial resolution, the neutron rest mass and the gravitational acceleration, respectively. A multilayer surface convertor described previously is used to capture UCNs and then emits visible light for CCD imaging. Particle identification and noise rejection are discussed through the use of light intensity profile analysis. As a result, this method allows different types of UCN spectroscopy and other applications.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.058},

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

  number       = C,

  volume       = 830,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Mon May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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