NICE - Neutron Induced Charged particle Emission. (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Khasawneh, K.; Borris, E.; Bruückner, B.; Eberhardt, K.; Erbacher, P.; Fiebiger, S.; Gernhäauser, R.; Göobel, K.; Heftrich, T.; Kisselbach, T.; Kurtulgil, D.; Langer, C.; Reich, M.; Reifarth, R.; Renisch, D.; Thomas, B.; Volknandt, M.; Weigand, M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 1668(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1668/1/012021
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: A new detector setup (NICE-detector) based on an organic plastic scintillator is presented. It will be used during experiments measuring neutron-induced reactions with a charged particle in the exit channel. The proposed design was tested at the Goethe University Frankfurt. One of the test cases was the capture cross-section of 209 Bi at different astrophysically important energies, including thermal capture cross-section and resonance integral. This research presents the performance of the detector setup, as well as preliminary results for the calculated cross-sections. The preliminary results demonstrate that the newly developed NICE-detector can be used to determine capture cross-sections with sufficient accuracy, and might be adopted in the future as an alternative for charged particle measurements in different nuclear and astrophysical applications.