Detection efficiency of ATLAS-MPX detectors with respect to neutrons
Autor
Greiffenberg Dominic
| FMF University of Freiburg
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Fiederle Michael, Dr.
| FMF University of Freiburg
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Vykydal Zdeněk, Ing.
| UTEF
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Král Vlastimil, Ing.
| UTEF
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Jakůbek Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
| UTEF
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Holý Tomáš, Ing.
| UTEF
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Pospíšil Stanislav, Ing. DrSc.
| UTEF
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Maneuski Dzmitry
| University of Glasgow
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O'Shea Val, Dr.
| Department of physics and astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Suk Michal, Prof.
| MFF UK
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Králík Miloslav
| ČMI
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Lebel Celine
| Université de Montréal
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Leroy Claude, Prof.
| Université de Montréal
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Rok
2009
Časopis
Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, Volume 607, Issue 1, Pages: 38-40, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.103
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Fifteen ATLAS-MPX devices are installed in the ATLAS detector and cavern by the ATLAS-MPX collaboration. This
network of sensors provides a real-time measurement of the composition of the radiation field inside the ATLAS detector and
its cavern. This article reports calibration measurements of the thermal and fast neutron detection efficiency of the ATLASMPX
devices. In order to detect neutrons, the 300 μm thick silicon sensor of each device was covered with mask of 6LiF and
polyethylene (PE) converters. Efficiency measurements were performed with calibrated natural thermal neutron source;
calibrated 252Cf and 241AmBe sources. Fast neutrons with monochromatic energy of 14 MeV were delivered by a Van de
Graaff (VDG) accelerator beam. The devices showed a mean efficiency of 1.02x10-2 for thermal neutrons (6LiF-Si region),
3.17x10-4 for 252Cf, 7.51x10-4 for 241AmBe and 1.81x10-3 for 14 MeV neutrons (PE-Si region) while all background signal
generated by X-rays, Gamma-rays and electrons was fully suppressed by appropriate discrimination level. These data allow
the estimation of the neutron fluxes in ATLAS and provide initial data for precise simulation of the detector environment at
the ATLAS-MPX devices locations.
Příklad citace článku:
D. Greiffenberg, M. Fiederle, Z. Vykydal, V. Král, J. Jakůbek, T. Holý, S. Pospíšil, D. Maneuski, V. O'Shea, M. Suk, M. Králík, C. Lebel, C. Leroy, "Detection efficiency of ATLAS-MPX detectors with respect to neutrons", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, Volume 607, Issue 1, Pages: 38-40, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.103 (2009)