TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection efficiency of a new type of solar neutron detector calibrated by an accelerator neutron beam
AU - Tsuchiya, H.
AU - Muraki, Y.
AU - Masuda, K.
AU - Matsubara, Y.
AU - Koi, T.
AU - Sako, T.
AU - Ohno, S.
AU - Hoshida, T.
AU - Shibata, S.
AU - Munakata, Y.
AU - Hatanaka, K.
AU - Wakasa, T.
AU - Sakai, H.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Prof. H. Ejiri the former director and Prof. Y. Nagai the present director of RCNP for providing us their machine time for the present experiment. We also acknowledge the help of Mr. I. Imaida and Mr. A. Okada in the preparation of the experiment. The authors thank Prof. G. Rostoker for reading and correcting the manuscript. This project was carried out in part under a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas(A) of the Ministry of Education, Japan.
PY - 2001/5/1
Y1 - 2001/5/1
N2 - A new type solar neutron detector has been developed and a few have been installed on several high mountains around the world. Till now, seven solar neutron detectors have been operated for the observation of solar neutrons in association with solar flares. For the purpose of calibrating the detection efficiency of this new type of solar neutron detector, we carried out an accelerator experiment at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics of Osaka University between February 1996 and June 1999. In this paper, we report the detection efficiency obtained by the accelerator experiment and the results are compared with Monte Carlo simulations.
AB - A new type solar neutron detector has been developed and a few have been installed on several high mountains around the world. Till now, seven solar neutron detectors have been operated for the observation of solar neutrons in association with solar flares. For the purpose of calibrating the detection efficiency of this new type of solar neutron detector, we carried out an accelerator experiment at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics of Osaka University between February 1996 and June 1999. In this paper, we report the detection efficiency obtained by the accelerator experiment and the results are compared with Monte Carlo simulations.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00290-X
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00290-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035338323
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 463
SP - 183
EP - 193
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-2
ER -