Measurement of the Contribution of Neutrons to Hadron Calorimeter Signals

dc.creatorAkchurin, N.
dc.date2007-07-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:41:37Z
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dc.descriptionThe contributions of neutrons to hadronic signals from the DREAM calorimeter are measured by analyzing the time structure of these signals. The neutrons, which mainly originate from the evaporation stage of nuclear breakup in the hadronic shower development process, contribute through elastic scattering off protons in the plastic scintillating fibers which provide the $dE/dx$ information in this calorimeter. This contribution is characterized by an exponential tail in the pulse shape, with a time constant of $\sim 25$ ns. The relative contribution of neutrons to the signals increases with the distance from the shower axis. As expected, the neutrons do not contribute to the DREAM Čerenkov signals.
dc.descriptionPreprint submitted to Nucl. Instr. and Meth. on July 24, 2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4019
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4019
dc.identifierNucl.Instrum.Meth.A581:643-650,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.049
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/200599
dc.subjectInstrumentation and Detectors
dc.titleMeasurement of the Contribution of Neutrons to Hadron Calorimeter Signals
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