Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 574, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 385-391

  Barbeau, P S ^a   Collar, J I ^a   Whaley, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutrino detectors; Neutrino interactions; Neutron beams and detectors; Nuclear recoils

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELASTIC SCATTERING; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOSPHORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NEUTRINO INTERACTIONS; NUCLEAR RECOILS; ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS;

NEUTRON BEAMS;

EID: 34047103554     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169     Document Type: Article

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