2008

Measurement of the quenching factor of Na recoils in NaI(Tl)

Chagani, H., Majewski, P., Daw, E. J. et al.

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Measurements of the quenching factor for sodium recoils in a 5 cm diameter NaI(Tl) crystal at room temperature have been made at a dedicated neutron facility at the University of Sheffield.

The crystal has been exposed to 2.45 MeV mono-energetic neutrons generated by a Sodern GENIE 16 neutron generator, yielding nuclear recoils of energies between 10 and 100 keVnr.
A cylindrical BC501A detector has been used to tag neutrons that scatter off sodium nuclei in the crystal.
Cuts on pulse shape and time of flight have been performed on pulses recorded by an Acqiris DC265 digitiser with a 2 ns sampling time.

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