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Development of a neutron beam monitor for nuclear data measurement using spallation neutron source

高強度中性子ビームを用いた核データ測定のための中性子検出器の開発

中野 秀仁*; 片渕 竜也*; Rovira Leveroni, G.*; 児玉 有*; 寺田 和司*; 木村 敦   ; 中村 詔司  ; 遠藤 駿典   

Nakano, Hideto*; Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Rovira Leveroni, G.*; Kodama, Yu*; Terada, Kazushi*; Kimura, Atsushi; Nakamura, Shoji; Endo, Shunsuke

In neutron capture cross section measurement, monitoring the number of the incident neutrons is necessary. However, in measurement with J-PARC/ANNRI, direct neutron monitoring system has not been employed. Conventional neutron detectors cannot be used as a beam monitor at ANNRI because of two reasons, high counting rate environment and gamma-flash. In general, a semiconductor detector or an inorganic scintillator, which is adopted for a neutron detector, has relatively longer response time and is unsuitable for beam monitoring at ANNRI. Therefore, a combination of a thin plastic scintillator and a $$^{6}$$LiF foil was selected as a detection system, whose fast response enabled detecting neutrons at a high counting rate. Low gamma ray sensitivity of a thin plastic scintillator allows measuring fast TOF region without count loss or detector paralysis. The geometry of the $$^{6}$$LiF foil, the plastic scintillator, and photomultiplier tube (PMT) was designed. The optimal thickness of the $$^{6}$$LiF foil was determined with simulation codes, SRIM and PHITS. The detector system was tested under the high neutron irradiation condition at J-PARC /ANNRI. A neutron TOF spectrum was successfully measured without significant count loss or detector paralysis. A neutron energy spectrum was driven from difference of TOF spectrum with and without $$^{6}$$LiF. The neutron spectrum was compared with a past neutron spectrum and good agreement was obtained. Statistic error was 0.68 $$%$$ at 6.0 meV even though measurement times in this study were short.

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