Detection System for Neutron β Decay Correlations in the UCNB and Nab Experiments

Leah J. Broussard; B. A. Zeck; Edith R. Adamek; Stephan Baeßler; Noah Birge; Marie Blatnik; J. David Bowman; Astrid E. Brandt; A. E. Brandt; Matthew Brown; John F. Burkhart; Nathan B. Callahan; Steven M. Clayton; Christopher B. Crawford; Chris Cude-Woods; Scott Currie; Eric B. Dees; Xinjian Ding; Nadia Fomin; Emil Frlez; Jason Fry; Frederick E. Gray; Said Hasan; Kevin P. Hickerson; J. Todd Hoagland; Anthony T. Holley; Takeyasu M. Ito; Andreas Klein; Hengne Li; ChenYu Liu; Mark F. Makela; P. L. McGaughey; J. Mirabal-Martinez; Charles L. Morris; Jose D. Ortiz; Robert W. Pattie; Seppo I. Penttilä; Brad Plaster; Dinko Počanić; John C. Ramsey; A. Salas-Bacci; Daniel J. Salvat; Alexander Saunders; Susan J. Seestrom; Sky Sjue; Aron Sprow; Z. Tang; R. Bruce Vogelaar; Brittany VornDick; Z. Wang; Wanchun Wei; J. Wexler; W. S. Wilburn; T. L. Womack; A. R. Young

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.030

Detection System for Neutron β Decay Correlations in the UCNB and Nab Experiments

Leah J. Broussard, B. A. Zeck, Edith R. Adamek, Stephan Baeßler, Noah Birge, Marie Blatnik, J. David Bowman, Astrid E. Brandt, A. E. Brandt, Matthew Brown, John F. Burkhart, Nathan B. Callahan, Steven M. Clayton, Christopher B. Crawford, Chris Cude-Woods, Scott Currie, Eric B. Dees, Xinjian Ding, Nadia Fomin, Emil FrlezJason Fry, Frederick E. Gray, Said Hasan, Kevin P. Hickerson, J. Todd Hoagland, Anthony T. Holley, Takeyasu M. Ito, Andreas Klein, Hengne Li, ChenYu Liu, Mark F. Makela, P. L. McGaughey, J. Mirabal-Martinez, Charles L. Morris, Jose D. Ortiz, Robert W. Pattie, Seppo I. Penttilä, Brad Plaster, Dinko Počanić, John C. Ramsey, A. Salas-Bacci, Daniel J. Salvat, Alexander Saunders, Susan J. Seestrom, Sky Sjue, Aron Sprow, Z. Tang, R. Bruce Vogelaar, Brittany VornDick, Z. Wang, Wanchun Wei, J. Wexler, W. S. Wilburn, T. L. Womack, A. R. Young

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Abstract

We describe a detection system designed for precise measurements of angular correlations in neutron β decay. The system is based on thick, large area, highly segmented silicon detectors developed in collaboration with Micron Semiconductor, Ltd. The prototype system meets specifications for β electron detection with energy thresholds below 10 keV, energy resolution of ∼3 keV FWHM, and rise time of ∼50 ns with 19 of the 127 detector pixels instrumented. Using ultracold neutrons at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, we have demonstrated the coincident detection of β particles and recoil protons from neutron β decay. The fully instrumented detection system will be implemented in the UCNB and Nab experiments to determine the neutron β decay parameters B , a , and b .

Original language	American English
Journal	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.030
State	Published - Mar 21 2017

Keywords

Correlations
Detection System
Nab Experiments
Neutron β Decay
UCNB

Disciplines

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Physics

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Broussard, L. J., Zeck, B. A., Adamek, E. R., Baeßler, S., Birge, N., Blatnik, M., Bowman, J. D., Brandt, A. E., Brandt, A. E., Brown, M., Burkhart, J. F., Callahan, N. B., Clayton, S. M., Crawford, C. B., Cude-Woods, C., Currie, S., Dees, E. B., Ding, X., Fomin, N., ... Young, A. R. (2017). Detection System for Neutron β Decay Correlations in the UCNB and Nab Experiments. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.030

Broussard, LJ, Zeck, BA, Adamek, ER, Baeßler, S, Birge, N, Blatnik, M, Bowman, JD, Brandt, AE, Brandt, AE, Brown, M, Burkhart, JF, Callahan, NB, Clayton, SM, Crawford, CB, Cude-Woods, C, Currie, S, Dees, EB, Ding, X, Fomin, N, Frlez, E, Fry, J, Gray, FE, Hasan, S, Hickerson, KP, Hoagland, JT, Holley, AT, Ito, TM, Klein, A, Li, H, Liu, C, Makela, MF, McGaughey, PL, Mirabal-Martinez, J, Morris, CL, Ortiz, JD, Pattie, RW, Penttilä, SI, Plaster, B, Počanić, D, Ramsey, JC, Salas-Bacci, A, Salvat, DJ, Saunders, A, Seestrom, SJ, Sjue, S, Sprow, A, Tang, Z, Vogelaar, RB, VornDick, B, Wang, Z, Wei, W, Wexler, J, Wilburn, WS, Womack, TL & Young, AR 2017, 'Detection System for Neutron β Decay Correlations in the UCNB and Nab Experiments', Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.030

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