Ultracold neutron properties of the Eljen-299-02D deuterated scintillator.

Authors :: Tang Z
Watkins EB
Clayton SM
Currie SA
Fellers DE
Hassan MT
Hooks DE
Ito TM
Lawrence SK
MacDonald SWT
Makela M
Morris CL
Neukirch LP
Saunders A
O'Shaughnessy CM
Cude-Woods C
Choi JH
Young AR
Zeck BA
Gonzalez F
Liu CY
Floyd NC
Hickerson KP
Holley AT
Johnson BA
Lambert JC
Pattie RW
Source :: The Review of scientific instruments [Rev Sci Instrum] 2021 Feb 01; Vol. 92 (2), pp. 023305.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: In this paper, we report studies of the Fermi potential and loss per bounce of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) on a deuterated scintillator (Eljen-299-02D). These UCN properties of the scintillator enable its use in a wide variety of applications in fundamental neutron research.