Light output function and assembly of the time-of-flight enhanced diagnostics neutron spectrometer plastic scintillators for background reduction by double kinematic selection at EASTa

The 2.5 MeV neutron spectrometer TOFED (Time-Of-Flight Enhanced Diagnostics) has been constructed to perform advanced neutron emission spectroscopy diagnosis of deuterium plasmas on EAST. The instrument has a double-ring structure which, in combination with pulse shape digitization, allows for a dua...

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Veröffentlicht in:Review of scientific instruments 2014-11, Vol.85 (11)
Hauptverfasser: Peng, X. Y., Chen, Z. J., Zhang, X., Hu, Z. M., Du, T. F., Cui, Z. Q., Xie, X. F., Ge, L. J., Yuan, X., Gorini, G., Nocente, M., Tardocchi, M., Hu, L. Q., Zhong, G. Q., Lin, S. Y., Wan, B. N., Li, X. Q., Zhang, G. H., Chen, J. X., Fan, T. S.
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Zusammenfassung:The 2.5 MeV neutron spectrometer TOFED (Time-Of-Flight Enhanced Diagnostics) has been constructed to perform advanced neutron emission spectroscopy diagnosis of deuterium plasmas on EAST. The instrument has a double-ring structure which, in combination with pulse shape digitization, allows for a dual kinematic selection in the time-of-flight/recoil proton energy (tof/Ep) space, thus improving the spectrometer capability to resolve fast ion signatures in the neutron spectrum, in principle up to a factor ≈100. The identification and separation of features from the energetic ions in the neutron spectrum depends on the detailed knowledge of the instrument response function, both in terms of the light output function of the scintillators and the effect of undesired multiple neutron scatterings in the instrument. This work presents the determination of the light output function of the TOFED plastic scintillator detectors and their geometrical assembly. Results from dedicated experiments with γ-ray sources and quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams are presented. Implications on the instrument capability to perform background suppression based on double kinematic selection are discussed.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.4886762