Commissioning of the BRIKEN detector for the measurement of very exotic ß-delayed neutron emitters

A new detection system has been installed at the RIKEN Nishina Center (Japan) to investigate decay properties of very neutron-richnuclei. The setup consists of three main parts: a moderated neutron counter, a detection system sensitive to the implantation anddecay of radioactive ions, and γ-ray dete...

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Autores: Tolosa Delgado, Alvaro, Agramunt Ros, Jorge, Taín Enríquez, José Luis|||0000-0002-3263-6965, Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban|||0000-0001-8552-5030, Calviño Tavares, Francisco|||0000-0002-7198-4639, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere|||0000-0002-3648-5826
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/134571
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/134571
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.02.004
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Neutrons
Nuclear physics
Beta-delayed neutrons
Neutron and beta counters
Analysis methodology
Background correction
neutrons
Física nuclear
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia nuclear
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Sumario:A new detection system has been installed at the RIKEN Nishina Center (Japan) to investigate decay properties of very neutron-richnuclei. The setup consists of three main parts: a moderated neutron counter, a detection system sensitive to the implantation anddecay of radioactive ions, and γ-ray detectors. We describe here the setup, the commissioning experiment and some selected resultsdemonstrating its performance for the measurement of half-lives andβ-delayed neutron emission probabilities. The methodologyfollowed in the analysis of the data is described in detail. Particular emphasis is placed on the correction of the accidental neutronbackground.