分类： 核科学技术 >> 核科学技术其他学科 提交时间： 2024-05-31
摘要： Neutron-sensitive microchannel plates (nMCPs) have applications in neutron detection, including energy spectrum measurements, neutron-induced cross-sections, and neutron imaging. 10B-doped MCPs (B-MCPs) have attracted significant attention owing to their potential for exhibiting a high neutron detection efficiency over a large neutron energy range. Good spatial and temporal resolutions are useful for neutron energy-resolved imaging. However, their practical applications still face many technical challenges. In this study, a B-MCP with 10 mol% 10B was tested for its response to wide-energy neutrons from eV to MeV at the Back-n white neutron source at the China Spallation Neutron Source. The neutron detection efficiency was calibrated at 1 eV, which is approximately 300 times that of an ordinary MCP and indicates the success of 10B doping. The factors that caused the reduction in the detection efficiency were simulated and discussed. The neutron energy spectrum obtained using B-MCP was compared with that obtained by other measurement methods, and showed very good consistency for neutron energies below tens of keV. The response is more complicated at higher neutron energy, at which point the elastic and non-elastic reactions of all nuclides of B-MCP gradually become dominant. This is beneficial for the detection of neutrons, as it compensates for the detection efficiency of B-MCP for high-energy neutrons.
分类： 核科学技术 >> 辐射物理与技术 提交时间： 2024-05-31
摘要： Neutron resonance imaging (NRI) has recently emerged as an appealing technique for neutron radiography. Its complexity surpasses that of conventional transmission imaging, as it requires a high demand for both a neutron source and detector. Consequently, the progression of NRI technology has been sluggish since its inception in the 1980s, particularly considering the limited studies analyzing the neutron energy range above keV. The white neutron source (Back-n) at the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) provides favorable beam conditions for the development of the NRI technique over a wide neutron energy range from eV to MeV. Neutron-sensitive microchannel plates (MCP) have emerged as a cutting-edge tool in the field of neutron detection owing to their high temporal and spatial resolutions, high detection efficiency, and low noise. In this study, we report the development of a 10B-doped MCP detector, along with its associated electronics, data processing system, and NRI experiments at the Back-n. Individual heavy elements such as gold, silver, tungsten, and indium can be easily identified in the transmission images by their characteristic resonance peaks in the 1-100 eV energy range; the more difficult medium-weight elements such as iron, copper, and aluminum with resonance peaks in the 1-100 keV energy range can also be identified. In particular, results in the neutron energy range of dozens of keV (Aluminum) are reported here for the first time.
分类： 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间： 2023-09-13
摘要： Abstract: In this experimental study, involving deuteriumdeuterium fusion neutron emission spectroscopy (NES) measurement on the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), a liquid scintillator detector (BC501A) was employed. This decision was based on the detector's superior sensitivity, optimal time-response, and its exceptional n- discrimination capability. This detector emits fast pulse signals that are as narrow as 100 ns, with high count rates that can peak at several Mcps. However, conventional nuclear circuits faced challenges in performing pulse height analysis, n pulse shape discrimination (PSD), and in recording the entire pulse waveform under such high-count-rate conditions. To address these challenges, a high-speed digital pulse signal acquisition and processing system was designed. The system was developed around a micro-telecommunications computing architecture (MTCA). Within this structure, a signal acquisition and processing (SAQP) module communicated through PCI Express (PCIe) links, achieving a bandwidth of up to 1.6 GB/s. To accurately capture the detailed shape of the pulses, four channels of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) were used, each with a 500-MSPS sampling rate and a 14-bit resolution, ensuring an accuracy that surpassed 11 bits. An n- discrimination algorithm, based on the two-gate integral method, was also developed. Implemented within field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), this algorithm provided a real-time n- discrimination spectrum for pulse height analysis. The system underwent rigorous testing in a laboratory setting and during an EAST experiment. The results confirmed that the innovative SAQP system can satisfy the demanding requirements of high-parameter experiments, manage count rates of up to 2 Mcps, execute real-time n- discrimination algorithms, and record entire pulse waveforms without any data loss.
分类： 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间： 2016-09-13
摘要： We perform a detailed hadron-level study on the sensitivity of Higgs boson pair production via the WW∗WW∗channel with the final state 3ℓ2j + missing ET at the LHC with the collision energy S√=14 TeV and a future 100 TeV collider. To avoid the huge background from pp→ZW+jets processes, we confine to consider the four lepton patterns: e±e±μ∓ and μ±μ±e∓. We propose a partial reconstruction method to determine the most reliable combination. After that, we examine a few crucial observables which can discriminate efficiently signal and background events, especially we notice that the observable mT2 is very efficient. For the LHC 14 TeV collisions, with an accumulated 3000 fb−1 dataset, we find that the sensitivity of this mode can reach up to 1.5 σ for the Standard Model and the triple coupling of Higgs boson λ3 in the simplest effective theory can be constrained into the range [-1, 8] at 95% confidence level; at a 100 TeV collider with the integrated luminosity 3000 fb−1, the sensitivity can reach up to 13 σ for the Standard Model and we find that all values of λ3 in the effective theory can be covered up to 3σ even without optimising signals. To precisely measure the triple coupling of Higgs boson λ3=1 of the Standard Model at a 100 TeV collider, by using the invariant mass of three leptons which is robust to against the contamination of underlying events and pileup effects and by performing a χ2 analysis, we find that it can be determined into a range [0.8, 1.5] at 95% confidence level.
分类： 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间： 2016-09-02
摘要： We explore the discovery potential of Higgs pair production at a 100 TeV collider via full leptonic mode. The same mode can be explored at the LHC when Higgs pair production is enhanced by new physics. We examine two types of fully leptonic final states and propose a partial reconstruction method. The reconstruction method can reconstruct some kinematic observables. It is found that the mT2 variable determined by this reconstruction method and the reconstructed visible Higgs mass are important and crucial to discriminate the signal and background events. It is also noticed that a new variable, denoted as Δm which is defined as the mass difference of two possible combinations, is very useful as a discriminant. We also investigate the interplay between the direct measurements of tt¯h couplings and other related couplings and trilinear Higgs coupling at hadron colliders and electron-positron colliders.
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