Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils

被引：20

作者：

Barbeau, P. S.

Collar, J. I. ^{[1
]}

Whaley, P. M.

机构：

[1] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Dept Phys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

[2] Univ Chicago, Kavli Inst Cosmol Phys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

[3] Kansas State Univ, Dept Mech & Nucl Engn, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2007年 / 574卷 / 02期

关键词：

neutron beams and detectors; neutrino detectors; neutrino interactions; nuclear recoils;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We have designed and built a highly monochromatic 24 keV neutron beam at the Kansas State University Triga Mark-II reactor, as part of an experimental effort to demonstrate sensitivity in a large-mass detector to the ultra-low energy recoils expected from coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering. The beam characteristics were chosen so as to mimic the soft recoil energies expected from reactor antineutrinos in a variety of targets, allowing to understand the response of dedicated detector technologies in this yet unexplored sub-keV recoil range. A full characterization of the beam properties (intensity, monochromaticity, contaminations, beam profile) is presented, together with first tests of the calibration facility using proton recoils in organic scintillator. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：385 / 391

页数：7

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