Spallation Neutron

A Study of Time Variation of Detector Uniformity

Kevin Chen
4/9/15

Muons creates spallation neutrons

Neutrons captured by Gd targets, mean capture
time ~30s
Sp. n + Gd = ~8MeV photons

Find muon events by setting charge threshold

(>10 000p.e.)

Take all events within 1ms of muon

EH1-AD1 results with P14A dataset

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nGd capture

Exponential +
Background fit

Energy Distribution for Different Regions

z: -1.5 to 1.5m

r^2: 0 to 2.25m^2

Tails on edge of detector

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Before Uniformity Correction

Dec '12

After Uniformity Correction

Nov '14

Percent Change from Dec '12 to Nov '14

Observed +/- 0.3% variation of detector

uniformity over 2 years
Mean energy of outer regions increases over
time, vice versa for inner regions
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Next Steps:

Characterize trend of energy uniformity

variation between Dec '12 and Nov '14
Repeat for all detectors
Evaluate effect on 6MeV cut due to the
change in detector uniformity