RESONEUT: A detector system for spectroscopy with (d,n) reactions in inverse kinematics

Baby, L. T.; Kuvin, S. A.; Wiedenhöver, I.; Anastasiou, M.; Caussyn, D.; Colbert, K.; Quails, N.; Gay, D.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.09.019

Title: RESONEUT: A detector system for spectroscopy with (d,n) reactions in inverse kinematics

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The resoneut detector setup is described, which was developed for resonance spectroscopy using (d,n) reactions with radioactive beams in inverse kinematics at energies around the Coulomb barrier. The purpose of this setup is to enable experiments on the spectroscopy of low-lying resonances with an impact on astrophysical reaction rates. The setup is optimized for l = 0 proton transfers, for which most neutrons are emitted with energies in the 80-300 keV range for beam energies of 4-5 MeV/u. The detector system is comprised of 12 p-terphenyl scintillators as neutron detectors, two annular silicon-strip detectors for light charged particles, one position-resolving gas ionization chamber for heavy ion detection, and a barrel of NaI-detectors for the detection of γ-rays. Here, the detector commissioning and performance characteristics are described with an emphasis on the neutron-detector components.

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Baby, L. T. ^[1]; Kuvin, S. A. ^[2]; Wiedenhöver, I. ^[1]; Anastasiou, M. ^[1]; Caussyn, D. ^[1]; Colbert, K. ^[3]; Quails, N. ^[3]; Gay, D. ^[3]

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (United States); University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1669893

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1549208

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-02ER41220; PHY-1126345; PHY-1401574

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: 877; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Low energy neutron detection; Charged particle detection; Silicon-strip detectors; Radioactive beams; Inverse kinematics; Neutron time of flight

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                    Baby, L. T., Kuvin, S. A., Wiedenhöver, I., Anastasiou, M., Caussyn, D., Colbert, K., Quails, N., and Gay, D. RESONEUT: A detector system for spectroscopy with (d,n) reactions in inverse kinematics.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Baby, L. T., Kuvin, S. A., Wiedenhöver, I., Anastasiou, M., Caussyn, D., Colbert, K., Quails, N., & Gay, D. RESONEUT: A detector system for spectroscopy with (d,n) reactions in inverse kinematics.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.09.019

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                    Baby, L. T., Kuvin, S. A., Wiedenhöver, I., Anastasiou, M., Caussyn, D., Colbert, K., Quails, N., and Gay, D. Mon .  
"RESONEUT: A detector system for spectroscopy with (d,n) reactions in inverse kinematics".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.09.019.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1669893.

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@article{osti_1669893,

  title        = {RESONEUT: A detector system for spectroscopy with (d,n) reactions in inverse kinematics},

  author       = {Baby, L. T. and Kuvin, S. A. and Wiedenhöver, I. and Anastasiou, M. and Caussyn, D. and Colbert, K. and Quails, N. and Gay, D.},

  abstractNote = {The resoneut detector setup is described, which was developed for resonance spectroscopy using (d,n) reactions with radioactive beams in inverse kinematics at energies around the Coulomb barrier. The purpose of this setup is to enable experiments on the spectroscopy of low-lying resonances with an impact on astrophysical reaction rates. The setup is optimized for l = 0 proton transfers, for which most neutrons are emitted with energies in the 80-300 keV range for beam energies of 4-5 MeV/u. The detector system is comprised of 12 p-terphenyl scintillators as neutron detectors, two annular silicon-strip detectors for light charged particles, one position-resolving gas ionization chamber for heavy ion detection, and a barrel of NaI-detectors for the detection of γ-rays. Here, the detector commissioning and performance characteristics are described with an emphasis on the neutron-detector components.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2017.09.019},

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

  number       = ,

  volume       = 877,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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