TY - GEN
T1 - Proposed experiment to measure γ-rays from the thermal neutron capture of gadolinium
AU - Yano, Takatomi
AU - Ou, I.
AU - Izumi, T.
AU - Yamaguchi, R.
AU - Mori, T.
AU - Sakuda, M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Gadolinium-157 (157Gd) has the largest thermal neutron capture cross section among any stable nuclei. The thermal neutron capture yields γ-ray cascade with total energy of about 8 MeV. Because of these characteristics, Gd is applied for the recent neutrino detectors. Here, we propose an experiment to measure the multiplicity and the angular correlation of γ-rays from the Gd neutron capture. With these information, we expect the improved identification of the Gd neutron capture.
AB - Gadolinium-157 (157Gd) has the largest thermal neutron capture cross section among any stable nuclei. The thermal neutron capture yields γ-ray cascade with total energy of about 8 MeV. Because of these characteristics, Gd is applied for the recent neutrino detectors. Here, we propose an experiment to measure the multiplicity and the angular correlation of γ-rays from the Gd neutron capture. With these information, we expect the improved identification of the Gd neutron capture.
KW - Neutron capture γ -rays
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U2 - 10.1063/1.4763447
DO - 10.1063/1.4763447
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874528493
SN - 9780735410961
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 442
EP - 444
BT - Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2011
T2 - International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolutions of Galaxies 2011, OMEG 2011
Y2 - 14 November 2011 through 17 November 2011
ER -