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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Volume 612, Issue 2, Pages 349-353Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.101
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Ultra-cold neutrons; Neutron guides; Transmission; UCN detection
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- DFG Cluster of Excellence
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The efficient transport of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) from their source to the experimental site is a major issue for various kinds of precision experiments. Neutron guides often have to transport the UCN several tens of meters with acceptable losses. In order to qualify the guides, their UCN transmission properties have to be determined with high precision. For this purpose we have developed a novel method. The transmitted UCN were absorbed at the end of the guide in a vanadium disc producing the beta-emitter V-52 (half life 3.74 min). The intensity of the 1434 keV gamma-ray following the P-decay was measured. UCN guides of non-magnetic nickel alloys made by the replication technique were studied. They show a high Fermi pseudopotential V-F for UCN and a low surface roughness. For these guides the transmission per meter was determined with a relative error of +/- 0.6%, resulting in values above 0.95/m. By an absolute calibration of the gamma-ray detection system we also deduced the absolute value of the UCN current absorbed in the vanadium plate. Possible applications of this method are discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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