Measurement of response functions of a liquid organic scintillator for neutrons up to 800 MeV

Daiki Satoh; Tatsuhiko Sato; Akira Endo; Yasuhiro Yamaguchi; Masashi Takada; Kenji Ishibashi

doi:10.3327/jnst.43.714

Measurement of response functions of a liquid organic scintillator for neutrons up to 800 MeV

Daiki Satoh, Tatsuhiko Sato, Akira Endo, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Masashi Takada, Kenji Ishibashi

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Response functions of a BC501A liquid organic scintillator for neutrons up to 800 MeV have been measured at the heavy-ion accelerator of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan. A thick graphite target was bombarded with 400-MeV/u C ions and 800-MeV/u Si ions to produce high-energy neutrons whose kinetic energy was determined by the time-of-flight method. The measured response functions were compared with the results obtained using SCINFUL-QMD code, and the accuracy of the code was experimentally verified up to 800 MeV. This work will contribute to extending the energies measurable with our new radiation dose-monitoring system (DARWIN), which is based on the BC501A scintillator.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	714-719
Number of pages	6
Journal	journal of nuclear science and technology
Volume	43
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.43.714
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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