Production of ultracold neutrons from cryogenic 2H2, O2, and C2H4 converters

F. Atchison; B. Blau; K. Bodek; B. Van Den Brandt; T. Bryś; M. Daum; P. Fierlinger; P. Geltenbort; P. Hautle; R. Henneck; S. Heule; A. Holley; M. Kasprzak; K. Kirch; A. Knecht; J. A. Konter; M. Kuźniak; C. Y. Liu; A. Pichlmaier; C. Plonka; Y. Pokotilovski; A. Saunders; D. Tortorella; M. Wohlmuther; A. R. Young; J. Zejma; G. Zsigmond

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/95/12001

Production of ultracold neutrons from cryogenic ²H₂, O₂, and C²H₄ converters

F. Atchison
, B. Blau
, K. Bodek
, B. Van Den Brandt
, T. Bryś
, M. Daum
, P. Fierlinger
, P. Geltenbort
, P. Hautle
, R. Henneck
, S. Heule
, A. Holley
, M. Kasprzak
, K. Kirch
, A. Knecht
, J. A. Konter
, M. Kuźniak
, C. Y. Liu
, A. Pichlmaier
, C. Plonka

Y. Pokotilovski, A. Saunders, D. Tortorella, M. Wohlmuther, A. R. Young, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond

Paul Scherrer Institut
Jagiellonian University
University of Zurich
Institut Laue-Langevin
North Carolina State University
Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI)
University of Fribourg
ETH Zurich
Indiana University Bloomington
Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

Ultracold neutrons (UCN) have been produced using the cold neutron (CN) beam FUNSPIN at SINQ on cryogenic oxygen (O₂), tetradeuteromethane (C²H₄), and deuterium (²H₂) targets. The target cell (40 mm long, fiducial volume about 45 cm³) was operated between room temperature and 8 K and UCN were produced from gaseous, liquid and solid targets. UCN rates have been measured as a convolution of UCN production and transport out of the target and to the detector. At least within the accessible temperature range of this experiment, deuterium outperforms the other materials.

Original language	English
Article number	12001
Journal	Europhysics Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/95/12001
State	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Atchison, F., Blau, B., Bodek, K., Van Den Brandt, B., Bryś, T., Daum, M., Fierlinger, P., Geltenbort, P., Hautle, P., Henneck, R., Heule, S., Holley, A., Kasprzak, M., Kirch, K., Knecht, A., Konter, J. A., Kuźniak, M., Liu, C. Y., Pichlmaier, A., ... Zsigmond, G. (2011). Production of ultracold neutrons from cryogenic ²H₂, O₂, and C²H₄ converters. Europhysics Letters, 95(1), Article 12001. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/95/12001

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