Comparison of fast neutron rates for the NEOS experiment

  • Y. J. Ko
  • , C. H. Jang
  • , Kim Siyeon
  • , J. Y. Kim
  • , H. S. Kim*
  • , K. M. Seo
  • , B. Y. Han
  • , G. M. Sun
  • , E. J. Jeon
  • , Jaison Lee
  • , M. H. Lee
  • , Y. M. Oh
  • , K. S. Park
  • , K. K. Joo
  • , B. R. Kim
  • , H. J. Kim
  • , J. Y. Lee
  • , Y. D. Kim
  • , H. K. Park
  • , H. S. Park
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The fast neutron rates are compared at the site of the NEOS (Neutrino Experiment Oscillation Short baseline) experiment, a short-baseline neutrino experiment located in a tendon gallery of a commercial nuclear power plant using a 0.78-liter liquid scintillator detector. A pulse shape discrimination technique is used to identify neutron signals. The measurements are performed during the nuclear reactor-on and -off periods, and the fast neutron rates are found to be consistent with each other. The fast neutron rate is also measured at an overground site with a negligible overburden and is found to be ~ 100 times higher than that at the site of the NEOS experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1651-1655
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume69
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Dec 1
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, The Korean Physical Society.

Keywords

  • Fast neutron rate
  • Neutron background
  • Reactor antineutrino
  • Short baseline
  • Sterile neutrino

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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