Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2001-09-15
Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A481 (2002) 284-296
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Accepted for publication in NIM-A. 25 total pages, including 10 figures and 1 Table
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02062-9
A calibration source using gamma-rays from 16N (t_1/2 = 7.13 s) beta-decay has been developed for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) for the purpose of energy and other calibrations. The 16N is produced via the (n,p) reaction on 16O in the form of CO2 gas using 14-MeV neutrons from a commercially available Deuterium-Tritium (DT) generator. The 16N is produced in a shielding pit in a utility room near the SNO cavity and transferred to the water volumes (D2O or H2O) in a CO2 gas stream via small diameter capillary tubing. The bulk of the activity decays in a decay/trigger chamber designed to block the energetic beta-particles yet permit the primary branch 6.13 MeV gamma-rays to exit. Detection of the coincident beta-particles with plastic scintillator lining the walls of the decay chamber volume provides a tag for the SNO electronics. This paper gives details of the production, transfer, and triggering systems for this source along with a discussion of the source gamma-ray output and performance.
Chan Yuen-Dat
Deal R.
Dragowsky Michael Raymond
Earle E. D.
Frati William
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