A 13C(α, n)16O calibration source for KamLAND

被引：11

作者：

McKee, David W. ^{[1
]}

Busenitz, Jerome K. ^{[1
]}

Ostrovskly, Igor ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2008年 / 587卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

KamLAND; calibration; source; alpha; carbon-13;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2007.12.002

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We report on the construction and performance of a calibration source for KamLAND using the reaction C-13 (alpha, n)O-16 with Po-210 as the alpha progenitor. The source provides a direct measurement of this background reaction in our detector, high energy calibration points for the detector energy scale, and data on quenching of the neutron visible energy in KamLAND scintillator. We also discuss the possibility of using the C-13(alpha, n)O-16 reaction as a source of tagged slow neutrons. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.

引用

页码：272 / 276

页数：5

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