An NaI(Tl) spectrometer system for keV neutron radiative-capture reactions

An NaI(Tl) spectrometer system has been installed to measure the cross section of a radiative neutron-capture reaction of a nucleus at an astrophysically relevant energy of between 10 and 500 keV. The system consists of two large anti-Compton NaI(Tl) spectrometers and a new data-taking system. The s...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 1999-04, Vol.425 (1), p.302-319
Main Authors: Ohsaki, T., Nagai, Y., Igashira, M., Shima, T., Suzuki, T.S., Kikuchi, T., Kobayashi, T., Takaoka, T., Kinoshita, M., Nobuhara, Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Neutron spectroscopy
Radiative capture
Scintillation detectors
Spectroscopy with light ions
X- and γ-ray spectroscopy
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Summary:An NaI(Tl) spectrometer system has been installed to measure the cross section of a radiative neutron-capture reaction of a nucleus at an astrophysically relevant energy of between 10 and 500 keV. The system consists of two large anti-Compton NaI(Tl) spectrometers and a new data-taking system. The spectrometer can detect a discrete γ-ray emitted promptly from a neutron-capture state to its low-lying state, and the data-taking system can transfer events with much higher rates, about 30-times higher, compared to the existing system.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01364-3