%0 Journal Article
%T i-TED: A novel concept for high-sensitivity (n,gamma) cross-section measurements
%A Domingo-Pardo, C.
%J Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
%D 2016
%V 825
%I Elsevier Science Bv
%@ 0168-9002
%G English
%F Domingo-Pardo2016
%O WOS:000376713700010
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%X A new method for measuring (n, gamma) cross-sections aiming at enhanced signal-to-background ratio is presented. This new approach is based on the combination of the pulse-height weighting technique with a total energy detection system that features gamma-ray imaging capability (i-TED). The latter allows one to exploit Compton imaging techniques to discriminate between true capture gamma-rays arising from the sample under study and background gamma-rays coming from contaminant neutron (prompt or delayed) captures in the surrounding environment. A general proof-of-concept detection system for this application is presented in this paper together with a description of the imaging method and a conceptual demonstration based on Monte Carlo simulations.
%K Radiative neutron capture
%K Neutron time-of-flight
%K Cross-section
%K Pulse-height weighting technique
%K Compton imaging
%R 10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.002
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.2083
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.002
%P 78-86