First Measurement of the Total Neutron Cross Section on Argon between 100 and 800 MeV.

Journal

Physical review letters

ISSN: 1079-7114

Titre abrégé: Phys Rev Lett

Pays: United States

ID NLM: 0401141

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
26 Jul 2019

Historique:

revised: 23 05 2019

received: 13 03 2019

entrez: 7 9 2019

pubmed: 7 9 2019

medline: 7 9 2019

Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We report the first measurement of the neutron cross section on argon in the energy range of 100-800 MeV. The measurement was obtained with a 4.3-h exposure of the Mini-CAPTAIN detector to the WNR/LANSCE beam at LANL. The total cross section is measured from the attenuation coefficient of the neutron flux as it traverses the liquid argon volume. A set of 2631 candidate interactions is divided in bins of the neutron kinetic energy calculated from time-of-flight measurements. These interactions are reconstructed with custom-made algorithms specifically designed for the data in a time projection chamber the size of the Mini-CAPTAIN detector. The energy averaged cross section is 0.91±0.10(stat)±0.09(syst) b. A comparison of the measured cross section is made to the GEANT4 and FLUKA event generator packages, where the energy averaged cross sections in this range are 0.60 and 0.68 b, respectively.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.042502 PMID: 31491269

pubmed: 31491269

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.042502

doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

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Pagination

042502

Auteurs

B Bhandari (B)

Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.

J Bian (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.

K Bilton (K)

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.

C Callahan (C)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

J Chaves (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

H Chen (H)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

D Cline (D)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

R L Cooper (RL)

Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.

D Danielson (D)

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.

J Danielson (J)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

N Dokania (N)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

S Elliott (S)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

S Fernandes (S)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA.

S Gardiner (S)

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.

G Garvey (G)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

V Gehman (V)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

F Giuliani (F)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.

S Glavin (S)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

M Gold (M)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.

C Grant (C)

Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

E Guardincerri (E)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

T Haines (T)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

A Higuera (A)

Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.

J Y Ji (JY)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

R Kadel (R)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

N Kamp (N)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

A Karlin (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

W Ketchum (W)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

L W Koerner (LW)

Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.

D Lee (D)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

K Lee (K)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

Q Liu (Q)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

S Locke (S)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.

W C Louis (WC)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

A Manalaysay (A)

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.

J Maricic (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.

E Martin (E)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

M J Martinez (MJ)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

S Martynenko (S)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

C Mauger (C)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

C McGrew (C)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

J Medina (J)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

P J Medina (PJ)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

A Mills (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.

G Mills (G)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

J Mirabal-Martinez (J)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

A Olivier (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.

E Pantic (E)

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.

B Philipbar (B)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.

C Pitcher (C)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.

V Radeka (V)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

J Ramsey (J)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

K Rielage (K)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

M Rosen (M)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.

A R Sanchez (AR)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

J Shin (J)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

G Sinnis (G)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

M Smy (M)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.

W Sondheim (W)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

I Stancu (I)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA.

C Sterbenz (C)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

Y Sun (Y)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.

R Svoboda (R)

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.

C Taylor (C)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

A Teymourian (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

C Thorn (C)

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

C E Tull (CE)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

M Tzanov (M)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.

R G Van de Water (RG)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

D Walker (D)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.

N Walsh (N)

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.

H Wang (H)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

Y Wang (Y)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

C Yanagisawa (C)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

A Yarritu (A)

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

J Yoo (J)

Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.

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