suppression using a gated photomultiplier assembled with an LaBr3(Ce) detector to measure fast neutron capture reactions.

Abstract: A gated photomultiplier tube (PMT) assembled with an LaBr3(Ce) detector was applied toward the prompt measurement of fast neutron capture reactions. Time-of-flight measurements of the neutron capture reactions of Cl and Al were performed using the 46-MeV electron linear accelerator at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI) as a pulsed neutron source. The photomultiplier gating technique effectively suppressed the saturation of the PMT output and extended the energy region of the TOF measurement. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]