Analysis of nuclear resonance fluorescence excitation measured with LaBr(Ce) detectors near 2 MeV

2MeV領域における原子核共鳴蛍光散乱のLaBr(Ce)検出器による測定

Omer, M.*  ; Negm, H.*; 大垣 英明*; 大東 出*; 早川 岳人; Bakr, M.*; Zen, H.*; 堀 利匡*; 紀井 俊輝*; 増田 開*; 羽島 良一; 静間 俊行; 豊川 弘之*; 菊澤 信宏 

Omer, M.*; Negm, H.*; Ogaki, Hideaki*; Daito, Izuru*; Hayakawa, Takehito; Bakr, M.*; Zen, H.*; Hori, Toshitada*; Kii, Toshiteru*; Masuda, Kai*; Hajima, Ryoichi; Shizuma, Toshiyuki; Toyokawa, Hiroyuki*; Kikuzawa, Nobuhiro

LaBr(Ce)シンチレータ検出器による原子核共鳴蛍光散乱(NRF)の測定性能を、ゲルマニウム検出器と比較して議論した。多くの核物質が励起準位をもつ2MeV領域に着目した。Duke大学の高強度線施設(HIGS)において、2.12MeV線をBC試料に照射し、Bの共鳴を測定した。測定データに対してSNIPアルゴリズムによるバックグラウンドの処理を行い、LaBr(Ce)検出器の測定限界を求めた。

The performance of LaBr (Ce) to measure nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) excitations is discussedin terms of limits of detection and in comparison with high-purity germanium (HPGe)detectors near the 2 MeV region where many NRF excitation levels from special nuclear materials are located. The NRF experiment was performed at the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source (HIGS) facility of Duke University. The incident -rays, of 2.12 MeV energy, hit a BC target to excite the B nuclei to the first excitation level. The statistical-sensitive non-linear peak clipping (SNIP) algorithm was implemented to eliminate theback ground and enhance the limits of detection for the spectra measured with LaBr (Ce). Both detection and determination limits were deduced from the experimental data.