Hüyük, Tayfun, Di Nitto, Antonio, Jaworski, Grzegorz et al. (23 more authors) (2016) Conceptual design of the early implementation of the NEutron Detector Array (NEDA) with AGATA. European Physical Journal A : Hadrons and Nuclei. 55. ISSN 1434-601X
Abstract
The NEutron Detector Array (NEDA) project aims at the construction of a new high-efficiency compact neutron detector array to be coupled with large (Formula presented.) -ray arrays such as AGATA. The application of NEDA ranges from its use as selective neutron multiplicity filter for fusion-evaporation reaction to a large solid angle neutron tagging device. In the present work, possible configurations for the NEDA coupled with the Neutron Wall for the early implementation with AGATA has been simulated, using Monte Carlo techniques, in order to evaluate their performance figures. The goal of this early NEDA implementation is to improve, with respect to previous instruments, efficiency and capability to select multiplicity for fusion-evaporation reaction channels in which 1, 2 or 3 neutrons are emitted. Each NEDA detector unit has the shape of a regular hexagonal prism with a volume of about 3.23l and it is filled with the EJ301 liquid scintillator, that presents good neutron- (Formula presented.) discrimination properties. The simulations have been performed using a fusion-evaporation event generator that has been validated with a set of experimental data obtained in the 58Ni + 56Fe reaction measured with the Neutron Wall detector array.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, the publisher. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC) ST/L005727/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2016 12:11 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 13:06 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16055-8 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1140/epja/i2016-16055-8 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101631 |