DESCANT and β-Delayed Neutron Measurements at TRIUMF

Authors

V. Bildstein, University of Guelph, Canada
P. E. Garrett, University of Guelph, Canada
S. F. Ashley, University of Kentucky
G. C. Ball, TRIUMF, Canada
L. Bianco, University of Guelph, Canada
D. Bandyopadhyay, University of Guelph, Canada
J. Bangay, University of Guelph, Canada
B. P. Crider, University of Kentucky
G. Demand, University of Guelph, Canada
G. Deng, University of Guelph, Canada
I. Dillman, TRIUMF, Canada
A. Finlay, University of Guelph, Canada
A. B. Garnsworthy, TRIUMF, Canada
G. Hackman, TRIUMF, Canada
B. Hadinia, University of Guelph, Canada
R. Krücken, TRIUMF, Canada
K. G. Leach, University of Guelph, Canada
J-P. Martin, Universitè de Montrèal, Canada
Marcus T. McEllistrem, University of KentuckyFollow
C. J. Pearson, TRIUMF, Canada
E. E. Peters, University of Kentucky
Francisco M. Prados-Estévez, University of KentuckyFollow
A. Radich, University of Guelph, Canada
F. Sarazin, Colorado School of Mines
C. Sumithrarachchi, University of Guelph, Canada
C. E. Svensson, University of Guelph, Canada
J. R. Vanhoy, United States Naval Academy
J. Wong, University of Guelph, Canada
Steven W. Yates, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

The DESCANT array (Deuterated Scintillator Array for Neutron Tagging) consists of up to 70 detectors, each filled with approximately 2 liters of deuterated benzene. This scintillator material o_ers pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) capabilities to distinguish between neutrons and γ-rays interacting with the scintillator material. In addition, the anisotropic nature of n – d scattering allows for the determination of the neutron energy spectrum directly from the pulse height spectrum, complementing the traditional time-of-flight (ToF) information. DESCANT can be coupled either to the TIGRESS (TRIUMF-ISAC Gamma-Ray Escape Suppressed Spectrometer) γ-ray spectrometer [1] located in the ISAC-II [2] hall of TRIUMF for in-beam experiments, or to the GRIFFIN (Gamma-Ray Infrastructure For Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei) γ-ray spectrometer [3] located in the ISAC-I hall of TRIUMF for decay spectroscopy experiments.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-28-2015

Notes/Citation Information

Published in EPJ Web of Conferences, v. 93, article 07005, p. 1-4.

© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2015

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159307005

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This article was a part of a conference, CGS15-Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics in Dresden, Germany, August 25-29, 2014. For more proceedings from this conference, please visit: http://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2015/12/contents/contents.html

Repository Citation

Bildstein, V.; Garrett, P. E.; Ashley, S. F.; Ball, G. C.; Bianco, L.; Bandyopadhyay, D.; Bangay, J.; Crider, B. P.; Demand, G.; Deng, G.; Dillman, I.; Finlay, A.; Garnsworthy, A. B.; Hackman, G.; Hadinia, B.; Krücken, R.; Leach, K. G.; Martin, J-P.; McEllistrem, Marcus T.; Pearson, C. J.; Peters, E. E.; Prados-Estévez, Francisco M.; Radich, A.; Sarazin, F.; Sumithrarachchi, C.; Svensson, C. E.; Vanhoy, J. R.; Wong, J.; and Yates, Steven W., "DESCANT and β-Delayed Neutron Measurements at TRIUMF" (2015). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 50.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/chemistry_facpub/50