Characterization of the LUNA neutron detector array for the measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O reaction

L. Csedreki; G F  Ciani; J Balibrea-Correa; A Best; M. Aliotta; F Barile; D Bemmerer; A Boeltzig; C Broggini; C. G. Bruno; A Caciolli; F Cavanna; T Chillery; P Colombetti; P Corvisiero; T. Davinson; R Depalo; A Di Leva; Z Elekes; F Ferraro; E M  Fiore; A Formicola; Zs Fulop; G Gervino; A Guglielmetti; C Gustavino; Gy Gyurky; G Imbriani; Z Janas; M Junker; I Kochanek; M Lugaro; P Marigo; E Masha; C Mazzocchi; R Menegazzo; V Mossa; F R Pantaleo; V Paticchio; R Perrino; D Piatti; P Prati; L Schiavulli; K Stockel; O Straniero; T Szucs; M P Takacs; F Terrasi; S Zavatarelli

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Characterization of the LUNA neutron detector array for the measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O reaction

L. Csedreki, G F Ciani, J Balibrea-Correa, A Best, M. Aliotta, F Barile, D Bemmerer, A Boeltzig, C Broggini, C. G. Bruno, A Caciolli, F Cavanna, T Chillery, P Colombetti, P Corvisiero, T. Davinson, R Depalo, A Di Leva, Z Elekes, F FerraroE M Fiore, A Formicola, Zs Fulop, G Gervino, A Guglielmetti, C Gustavino, Gy Gyurky, G Imbriani, Z Janas, M Junker, I Kochanek, M Lugaro, P Marigo, E Masha, C Mazzocchi, R Menegazzo, V Mossa, F R Pantaleo, V Paticchio, R Perrino, D Piatti, P Prati, L Schiavulli, K Stockel, O Straniero, T Szucs, M P Takacs, F Terrasi, S Zavatarelli

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We introduce the LUNA neutron detector array developed for the investigation of the 13C(α,n)16O reaction towards its astrophysical -process Gamow peak in the low-background environment of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). Eighteen 3He counters are arranged in two different configurations (in a vertical and a horizontal orientation) to optimize neutron detection efficiency, target handling and target cooling over the investigated energy range E keV (E in emitted neutron energy). As a result of the deep underground location, the passive shielding of the setup and active background suppression using pulse shape discrimination, we reached a total background rate of counts/hour. This resulted in an improvement of two orders of magnitude over the state of the art allowing a direct measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O cross-section down to E keV. The absolute neutron detection efficiency of the setup was determined using the 51V(p,n)51Cr reaction and an AmBe radioactive source, and completed with a Geant4 simulation. We determined a (34 ± 3) % and (38 ± 3) % detection efficiency for the vertical and horizontal configurations, respectively, for En=2.4 MeV neutrons.

Original language	English
Article number	165081
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	994
Early online date	27 Jan 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165081
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2021

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Csedreki, L., Ciani, G. F., Balibrea-Correa, J., Best, A., Aliotta, M., Barile, F., Bemmerer, D., Boeltzig, A., Broggini, C., Bruno, C. G., Caciolli, A., Cavanna, F., Chillery, T., Colombetti, P., Corvisiero, P., Davinson, T., Depalo, R., Di Leva, A., Elekes, Z., ... Zavatarelli, S. (2021). Characterization of the LUNA neutron detector array for the measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O reaction. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 994, Article 165081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165081

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Characterization of the LUNA neutron detector array for the measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O reaction. / Csedreki, L.; Ciani, G F ; Balibrea-Correa, J et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 994, 165081, 01.04.2021.

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Csedreki L, Ciani GF, Balibrea-Correa J, Best A, Aliotta M, Barile F et al. Characterization of the LUNA neutron detector array for the measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O reaction. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2021 Apr 1;994:165081. Epub 2021 Jan 27. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165081

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