Design and Characterization of an Optically Segmented Single Volume Scatter Camera Module

Keefe, Kevin; Alhajaji, Hassam; Brubaker, Erik; Druetzler, Andrew; Galindo-Tellez, Aline; Learned, John; Maggi, Paul; Manfredi, Juan J.; Nishimura, Kurtis; Souza, Bejamin Pinto; Steele, John; Sweany, Melinda; Takahashi, Eric

doi:10.1109/tns.2022.3172002

Title: Design and Characterization of an Optically Segmented Single Volume Scatter Camera Module

Journal Article · Tue May 10 00:00:00 UTC 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2022.3172002 · OSTI ID:1872032

^[1]; Alhajaji, Hassam ^[1];

^[2]; Druetzler, Andrew ^[2];

^[3]; Learned, John ^[2];

^[2]; Manfredi, Juan J. ^[4];

^[1]; Souza, Bejamin Pinto ^[1]; Steele, John ^[1]; Sweany, Melinda ^[2]; Takahashi, Eric ^[1]

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States); Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)

Here, the optically segmented single volume scatter camera (OS-SVSC) aims to image neutron sources for nuclear nonproliferation applications using the kinematic reconstruction of elastic double-scatter events. We report on the design, construction, and calibration of one module of a new prototype. The module includes 16 EJ-204 organic plastic scintillating bars individually wrapped in Teflon tape, each measuring 0.5cx0.5cmx20cm . The scintillator array is coupled to two custom silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) boards consisting of a 2x8 array of SensL J-Series-60035 SiPMs, which are read out by a custom 16 channel DRS4 based digitizer board. The electrical crosstalk between SiPMs within the electronics chain is measured as 0.76%±0.11% among all 16 channels. We report the detector response of one module including interaction position, time, and energy, using two different optical coupling materials: EJ-560 silicone rubber optical coupling pads and EJ-550 optical coupling grease. We present results in terms of the overall mean and standard deviation of the z -position reconstruction and interaction time resolutions for all 16 bars in the module. We observed the 1σz -position resolution for gamma interactions in the 0.3–0.4 MeVee range to be 2.24 cm ± 1.10 cm and 1.45 cm ± 0.19 cm for silicone optical coupling pad and optical grease, respectively. The observed 1σ interaction time resolution is 265 ps ± 29 ps and 235 ps ± 10 ps for silicone optical coupling pad and optical grease, respectively.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1872032

Report Number(s):: SAND2021-15772O; SAND2022-6901J; 706627

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 69; ISSN 0018-9499

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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