https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16179-9
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
13C(n,
)10Be cross section measurement with sCVD diamond detector
1
CIVIDEC Instrumentation, Schottengasse 3A/1/41, 1010, Vienna, Austria
2
JRC-IRMM, Retieseweg 111, 2440, Geel, Belgium
3
CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
* e-mail: pavel.kavrigin@cividec.at
Received:
16
February
2016
Revised:
27
May
2016
Accepted:
31
May
2016
Published online:
28
June
2016
This paper presents 13C(n, )10Be cross section measurements performed at the Van de Graaff facility of the Joint Research Centre Geel. The 13C(n, )10Be cross section was measured relative to the 12C(n, )9Be cross section at 14.3 MeV and 17.0 MeV neutron energies. The measurements were performed with an sCVD (single-crystal chemical vapor deposition) diamond detector which acted as sample and as sensor simultaneously. A novel analysis technique was applied, which is based on the pulse-shape analysis of the detector’s ionization current. This technique resulted in an efficient separation of background events and consequently in a well-determined selection of the nuclear reaction channels 12C(n, )9Be and 13C(n, )10Be.
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