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arXiv:1009.4707 (nucl-ex)
[Submitted on 23 Sep 2010]

Title:Far-ultraviolet signatures of the 3He(n,tp) reaction in noble gas mixtures

Authors:Patrick P. Hughes, Michael A. Coplan, Alan K. Thompson, Robert E. Vest, Charles W. Clark
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Abstract:Previous work showed that the 3He(n,tp) reaction in a cell of 3He at atmospheric pressure generated tens of far-ultraviolet photons per reacted neutron. Here we report amplification of that signal by factors of 1000 and more when noble gases are added to the cell. Calibrated filter-detector measurements show that this large signal is due to noble-gas excimer emissions, and that the nuclear reaction energy is converted to far-ultraviolet radiation with efficiencies of up to 30%. The results have been placed on an absolute scale through calibrations at the NIST SURF III synchrotron. They suggest possibilities for high-efficiency neutron detectors as an alternative to existing proportional counters.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1009.4707 [nucl-ex]
  (or arXiv:1009.4707v1 [nucl-ex] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1009.4707
Journal reference: Appl.Phys.Lett.97:234105,2010
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3521285

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From: Charles Clark [view email]
[v1] Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:03:12 UTC (401 KB)
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