First study of neutron tagging with a water Cherenkov detector

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-328

  Watanabe, H ^a   Zhang, H ^ac   Abe, K ^a   Hayato, Y ^a   Iida, T ^a   Ikeda, M ^a   Kameda, J ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a   Koshio, Y ^a   Miura, M ^a   Moriyama, S ^a   Nakahata, M ^a   Nakayama, S ^a   Obayashi, Y ^a   Ogawa, H ^a   Sekiya, H ^a   Shiozawa, M ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Takeda, A ^a   Takenaga, Y ^a   Takeuchi, Y ^a   Ueno, K ^a   Ueshima, K ^a   Yamada, S ^a   Hazama, S ^a   Higuchi, I ^a   Ishihara, C ^a   Kajita, T ^a   Kaneyuki, K ^a   Mitsuka, G ^a   Nishino, H ^a   Okumura, K ^a   Tanimoto, N ^a   Clark, S ^b   Desai, S ^b   Dufour, F ^b   Kearns, E ^a,b   Likhoded, S ^b   Litos, M ^b   Raaf, J ^b   Stone, J L ^a,b   Sulak, L R ^b   Wang, W ^b   Goldhaber, M ^c   Bays, K ^d   Casper, D ^d   Cravens, J P ^d   Dunmore, J ^d   Griskevich, J ^d   Kropp, W R ^d   Liu, D W ^d   Mine, S ^d   Regis, C ^d   Smy, M B ^a,d   Sobel, H W ^a,d   Ganezer, K S ^e   Hill, J ^e   Keig, W E ^e   Jang, J S ^f   Jeong, I S ^f   Kim, J Y ^f   Lim, I T ^f   Fechner, M ^g   Scholberg, K ^a,g   Walter, C W ^a,g   Wendel, R ^g   Tasaka, S ^h   Guillian, G ⁱ   Learned, J G ⁱ   Matsuno, S ⁱ   Messier, M D ^j   Watanabe, Y ^k   Hasegawa, T ^l   Ishida, T ^l   Ishii, T ^l   Kobayashi, T ^l   Nakadaira, T ^l   Nakamura, K ^a,l   Nishikawa, K ^l   Oyama, Y ^l   Sakashita, K ^l   Sekiguchi, T ^l   Tsukamoto, T ^l   Suzuki, A T ^m   Ichikawa, A K ⁿ   Minamino, A ⁿ   Nakaya, T ⁿ   Yokoyama, M ⁿ   Haines, T J ^o   Dazeley, S ^p   Svoboda, R ^p   Gran, R ^q   Habig, A ^q   Fukuda, Y ^r   Itow, Y ^s   Tanaka, T ^s   Jung, C K ^t   McGrew, C ^t   Sarrat, A ^t   Terri, R ^t   Yanagisawa, C ^t   Tamura, N ^u   Idehara, Y ^v   Ishino, H ^v   Kibayashi, A ^v   Sakuda, M ^v   Kuno, Y ^w   Yoshida, M ^w   Kim, S B ^x   Yang, B S ^x   Ishizuka, T ^y   Okazawa, H ^z   Choi, Y ^aa   Seo, H K ^aa   Furuse, Y ^ab   Nishijima, K ^ab   Yokosawa, Y ^ab   Koshiba, M ^a   Totsuka, Y ^a   Vagins, M R ^a,d   Chen, S ^ac   Deng, Z ^ac   Gong, G ^ac   Liu, Y ^ac   Xue, T ^ac   Kielczewska, D ^ad   Berns, H G ^ae   Shiraishi, K K ^ae   Thrane, E ^ae   Wilkes, R J ^ae   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^m KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^r MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^s NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^v OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^w OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^y SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^z Shizuoka University of Welfare   (Japan)

^aa Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^ab TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ac TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Gadolinium; Neutron tagging; Water Cherenkov detector

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; COMMERCIAL REACTORS; DELAYED COINCIDENCES; PURE WATERS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; WATER CHERENKOV DETECTOR; WATER SOLUTIONS;

CERENKOV COUNTERS; GADOLINIUM; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 67349170385     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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