A C-13(alpha,n)O-16 calibration source for KamLAND

Details A C-13(alpha,n)O-16 calibration source for KamLAND A C-13(alpha,n)O-16 calibration source for KamLAND

2007-11-22

arxiv.org/abs/0711.3624v3

Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A, vol. 527, pp. 272-276 2008

Physics

Instrumentation and Detectors

6 pages, 4 figures. Revised to agree with the published text

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nima.2007.12.002

We report on the construction and performance of a calibration source for KamLAND using the reaction C-13(alpha,n)O-16 with Po-210 as the alpha progenitor. The source provides a direct measurement of this background reaction in our detector, high energy calibration points for the detector energy scale, and data on quenching of the neutron visible energy in KamLAND scintillator. We also discuss the possibility of using the reaction C-13(alpha,n)O-16 as a source of tagged slow neutrons.

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