@article{cae58c0a0a8743f4a63bd89e5cc64308,
title = "NeuLAND: The high-resolution neutron time-of-flight spectrometer for R3B at FAIR",
abstract = "NeuLAND (New Large-Area Neutron Detector) is the next-generation neutron detector for the R3B (Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams) experiment at FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research). NeuLAND detects neutrons with energies from 100 to 1000 MeV, featuring a high detection efficiency, a high spatial and time resolution, and a large multi-neutron reconstruction efficiency. This is achieved by a highly granular design of organic scintillators: 3000 individual submodules with a size of 5 × 5 × 250 cm3 are arranged in 30 double planes with 100 submodules each, providing an active area of 250 × 250 cm2 and a total depth of 3 m. The spatial resolution due to the granularity together with a time resolution of σt≤ 150 ps ensures high-resolution capabilities. In conjunction with calorimetric properties, a multi-neutron reconstruction efficiency of 50% to 70% for four-neutron events will be achieved, depending on both the emission scenario and the boundary conditions allowed for the reconstruction method. We present in this paper the final design of the detector as well as results from test measurements and simulations on which this design is based.",
keywords = "High-energy neutron detection, Multi-neutron detection, Plastic scintillator array, Reactions with relativistic radioactive beams",
author = "{RB Collaboration} and K. Boretzky and I. Ga{\v s}pari{\'c} and M. Heil and J. Mayer and A. Heinz and C. Caesar and D. Kresan and H. Simon and T{\"o}rnqvist, {H. T.} and D. K{\"o}rper and G. Alkhazov and L. Atar and T. Aumann and D. Bemmerer and Bondarev, {S. V.} and Bott, {L. T.} and S. Chakraborty and Cherciu, {M. I.} and Chulkov, {L. V.} and M. Ciobanu and U. Datta and {De Filippo}, E. and Douma, {C. A.} and J. Dreyer and Z. Elekes and J. Enders and D. Galaviz and E. Geraci and B. Gnoffo and K. G{\"o}bel and Golovtsov, {V. L.} and {Gonzalez Diaz}, D. and N. Gruzinsky and T. Heftrich and H. Heggen and J. Hehner and T. Hensel and E. Hoemann and M. Holl and A. Horvat and Horv{\'a}th and G. Ickert and {Jelavi{\'c} Malenica}, D. and Johansson, {H. T.} and B. Jonson and N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki and M. Kempe and K. Koch and C. Rigollet and A. Wagner",
note = "Funding Information: The research presented here is the result of an R&D project, based on results from several experiments at the R 3 B setup as part of FAIR Phase-0, especially the S444 commissioning experiment, supported by the GSI Helmholtzzentrum f{\"u}r Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt (Germany) . This work is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) under contract numbers 05P15RDFN1 , 05P19RDFN1 , 05P2015PKFNA , 05P19PKFNA , 05P2018 , 05P2015 and 06FY711051 , HIC for FAIR funded by the state of Hesse, Germany , and the GSI-TU Darmstadt cooperation, Germany contract. Further support was provided by GSI, Germany ( KZILGE1416 ) and the Swedish Research Council under grant numbers 2011-5324 and 2017-03839 . Z.E. has been supported by NKFIH, Hungary - 128947 . I.G., D.J.M. and I.L. have been supported by Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) under project numbers IP-2018-01-1257 and IP-2013-11-7194 . N.K. and V.K. have been supported by MinES (Russia) . Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Authors",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1016/j.nima.2021.165701",
language = "English",
volume = "1014",
journal = "Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A- Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment",
issn = "1872-9576",
publisher = "ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV",
}