A new CVD diamond mosaic-detector for (n, alpha) cross-section measurements at the n_TOF experiment at CERN

Weiss, C.; Griesmayer, E.; Guerrero, C.; Altstadt, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, L.; Badurek, G.; Barbagallo, M.; Becares, V.; Becvar, F.; Belloni, F.; Berthoumieux, E.; Billowes, J.; Boccone, V.; Bosnar, D.; Brugger, M.; Calyiani, M.; Calvino, F.; Cano Ott, D.; Carrapico, C.; Cerutti, F.; Chiaveri, E.; Chin, M.; Colonna, N.; Cortes, G.; Cortes Giraldo, M. A.; Diakaki, M.; Domingo Pardo, C.; Duran, I.; Dressler, R.; Dzysiuk, N.; Eleftheriadis, C.; Ferrari, A.; Fraval, K.; Ganesan, S.; Garcia, A. R.; Giubrone, G.; Gomez Hornillos, M. B.; Goncalves, I. F.; Gonzalez Romero, E.; Gunsing, F.; Gurusamy, P.; Hernandez Prieto, A.; Jenkins, D. G.; Jericha, E.; Kadi, Y.; Kappeler, F.; Karadimos, D.; Kivel, N.; Koehler, P.; Kokkoris, M.; Krticka, M.; Kroll, J.; Lampoudis, C.; Langer, C.; Leal Cidoncha, E.; Lederer, C.; Leeb, H.; Leong, L. S.; Losito, R.; Mallick, A.; Manousos, A.; Marganiec, J.; Martinez, T.; Massimi, Cristian; Mastinu, P. F.; Mastromarco, M.; Meaze, M.; Mendoza, E.; Mengoni, A.; Milazzo, P. M.; Mingrone, Federica; Mirea, M.; Mondalaers, W.; Paradela, C.; Pavlik, A.; Perkowski, J.; Plompen, A.; Praena, J.; Quesada, J. M.; Rauscher, T.; Reifarth, R.; Riego, A.; Robles, M. S.; Roman, F.; Rubbia, C.; Sabate Gilarte, M.; Sarmento, R.; Saxena, A.; Schillebeeckx, P.; Schmidt, S.; Schumann, D.; Tagliente, G.; Tain, J. L.; Tarrio, D.; Tassan Got, L.; Tsinganis, A.; Valenta, S.; Vannini, Gianni; Variale, V.; Vaz, P.; Ventura, A.; Versaci, R.; Vermeulen, M. J.; Vlachoudis, V.; Vlastou, R.; Wallner, A.; Ware, T.; Weigand, M.; Wright, T.; Zugec, P.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.07.040

AL the n_TOF experiment at CERN a dedicated single-crystal chemical vapor deposition (sCVD) Diamond Mosaic-Detector has been developed for (n,alpha) cross-section measurements. The detector, characterized by an excellent time and energy resolution, consists of an array of 9 sCVD diamond diodes. The detector has been characterized and a cross-section measurement has been performed for the Ni-59(n,alpha)Fe-56 reaction in 2012. The characteristics of the detector, its performance and the promising preliminary results of the experiment are presented. (C) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

C. Weiss, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, et al. (2013). A new CVD diamond mosaic-detector for (n, alpha) cross-section measurements at the n_TOF experiment at CERN. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 732, 190-194 [10.1016/j.nima.2013.07.040].