학술논문
The trigger of the TOFUS detector
Document Type
Periodical
Author
Source
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on. 39(4):838-842 Aug, 1992
Subject
Language
ISSN
0018-9499
1558-1578
1558-1578
Abstract
The TOFUS detector is a low-energy neutron detector based on double scattering and dedicated to cold fusion experiments. A solution has been found by means of the double scattering technique for neutron detection. The realized apparatus, the trigger, and the detector performance concerning the time resolution and the dead time are described. The authors have designed, built, and tested special logic circuits allowing a fast decision in a time less than 200 ns, and able to reduce the background signal to 0.035 trigger/s. Then a software analysis reduces this number of 0.007 events/s in the (2-3) MeV neutron energy range.ETX