Scintillation characteristics of the EJ-299-02H scintillator
N. Floyd, Md. T. Hassan, Z. Tang, M. Krivos, M. Blatnik, S. M., Clayton, C. Cude-Woods, A. T. Holley, T. M. Ito, B. A. Johnson, C.-Y. Liu, M., Makela, C. L. Morris, A. S. C. Navazo, C. M. O'Shaughnessy, E. L. Renner, R., W. Pattie, A. R. Young
TL;DR
This paper investigates the scintillation properties of the EJ-299-02H plastic scintillator, focusing on dead layer thickness and quenching factor, to assess its suitability for ultracold neutron experiments.
Contribution
It provides new measurements of dead layer thickness and quenching factor for EJ-299-02H, enabling accurate light yield calculations for UCN applications.
Findings
Dead layer thickness determined via alpha spectroscopy.
Quenching factor extracted from decay and scattering data.
Material's light yield suitable for UCN detection.
Abstract
A study of the dead layer thickness and quenching factor of a plastic scintillator for use in ultracold neutron (UCN) experiments is described. Alpha spectroscopy was used to determine the thickness of a thin surface dead layer, and the relative light outputs from the decay of Am and Compton scattering of electrons were used to extract the quenching parameter. With these characteristics of the material known, the light yield of the scintillator can be calculated. The ability to make these scintillators deuterated, accompanied by its relatively thin dead layer, make it ideal for use in UCN experiment, where the light yield of decay electrons and alphas from neutron capture are critical for counting events.
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TopicsAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research · Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics · Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates