Measurement of the 16O(n, α)13C cross-section using a Double Frisch Grid Ionization Chamber

Autor: Urlass Sebastian, Beyer Roland, Hammer Sebastian, Hartmann Andreas, Junghans Arnd R., Kögler Toni, Lutz Benjamin, Mingrone Federica, Müller Stefan, Römer Katja, Scheibler Daniela, Stach Daniel, Szücs Tamás, Tassan Laurent-Got, Turkat Steffen, Wagner Andreas, Weinberger David
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 239, p 01030 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023901030
Popis: The 16O(n, α)13C reaction was proposed to be measured at the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility of CERN. To this purpose, a Double Frisch Grid Ionization Chamber (DFGIC) containing the oxygen atoms as a component in the counting gas coupled with a switch device in order to prevent the charge collection from the so-called γ-flash has been developed at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in Germany. The first 16O(n, α)13C measurement without seeing the charge of the γ-flash at n_TOF has been performed in November 2018. After the electronics did not suffer from the y-flash any more, another huge charge collection was discovered. Due to the high instantaneous flux at the n_TOF facility [1] the amount of that induced charge from neutron induced background reactions was piling up so much that the recognition of 16O(n, α)13C reactions from that background was very difficult. For that reason another 16O(n, α)13C measurement at the time-of-flight facility nELBE at HZDR which has a low instantaneous flux [2], has been performed in April 2019. Both measurements from n_TOF and nELBE will be presented here.
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