Efficiency determination of resistive plate chambers for fast quasi-monoenergetic neutrons
M. R\"oder, Z. Elekes, T. Aumann, D. Bemmerer, K. Boretzky, C. Caesar,, T.E. Cowan, J. Hehner, M. Heil, M. Kempe, V. Maroussov, O. Nusair, A. V., Prokofiev, R. Reifarth, M. Sobiella, D. Stach, A. Wagner, D. Yakorev, A., Zilges, and K. Zuber (R3B collaboration)
TL;DR
This study evaluates the efficiency of resistive plate chambers with stainless steel converters for detecting 175MeV neutrons, confirming results with simulations and exploring potential array responses for neutron beam experiments.
Contribution
It introduces a method for measuring neutron detection efficiency and extends simulation models to hypothetical detector arrays for energetic neutron sources.
Findings
Detection efficiency measurements agree with Monte Carlo simulations.
Simulations successfully predict response of detector arrays to energetic neutrons.
Method demonstrates potential for neutron detection in high-energy physics experiments.
Abstract
Composite detectors made of stainless steel converters and multigap resistive plate chambers have been irradiated with quasi-monoenergetic neutrons with a peak energy of 175MeV. The neutron detection efficiency has been determined using two different methods. The data are in agreement with the output of Monte Carlo simulations. The simulations are then extended to study the response of a hypothetical array made of these detectors to energetic neutrons from a radioactive ion beam experiment.
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