by Nil Mont-Geli, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, Max Pallàs, Ángel Perea, Luis Mario Fraile, Guillem Cortés, Sílvia Viñals, José Luis Tain, Gastón Garcia, Daniel Soler, Odette Alonso-Sañudo, María José G. Borge, José Antonio Briz, Francisco Calviño, Daniel Cano-Ott, Alfredo De Blas, Begoña Fernández, Roger Garcia, Vicente Garcia Tavora, Enrique M. González-Romero, Carlos Guerrero, Andrés Illana, Trino Martínez, Víctor Martínez-Nouvilas, Emilio Mendoza, Enrique Nácher, Amanda Nerio Aguirre, Julio Plaza, Olof Tengblad and José Manuel Udías
Abstract:
The miniBELEN detector is a moderated neutron counter based on the use of $$textasciicircum3$$He tubes and high-density polyethylene as moderator. The detector has been designed to have a neutron detection efficiency that is nearly independent from the initial neutron energy for ($$textbackslashalpha ,n$$) reactions with alpha-particle energies up to 15 MeV. In order to achieve that an innovative design methodology based on the use of cadmium neutron filters has been used. Monte Carlo calculations of the detector response have been validated using a $$textasciicircum252$$Cf fission source. Measurements of the relatively well-known ($$textbackslashalpha ,n$$) thick target yields on aluminum have been found to be consistent with data from previous works. A method has been developed to correlate the counting rate ring ratios with the mean neutron energy and validated using previous time-of-flight measurements of the aluminum ($$textbackslashalpha ,n$$) spectra and with a $$textasciicircum252$$Cf fission source.
Reference:
Nil Mont-Geli, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, Max Pallàs, Ángel Perea, Luis Mario Fraile, Guillem Cortés, Sílvia Viñals, José Luis Tain, Gastón Garcia, Daniel Soler, Odette Alonso-Sañudo, María José G. Borge, José Antonio Briz, Francisco Calviño, Daniel Cano-Ott, Alfredo De Blas, Begoña Fernández, Roger Garcia, Vicente Garcia Tavora, Enrique M. González-Romero, Carlos Guerrero, Andrés Illana, Trino Martínez, Víctor Martínez-Nouvilas, Emilio Mendoza, Enrique Nácher, Amanda Nerio Aguirre, Julio Plaza, Olof Tengblad and José Manuel Udías, “Design and commissioning of the miniBELEN neutron counter for the study of (α, n) reactions”, The European Physical Journal Plus, vol. 141, no. 4, pp. 381.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{mont-geli_design_2026,
title = {Design and commissioning of the {miniBELEN} neutron counter for the study of (α, n) reactions},
volume = {141},
issn = {2190-5444},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-026-07523-w},
doi = {10.1140/epjp/s13360-026-07523-w},
abstract = {The miniBELEN detector is a moderated neutron counter based on the use of $${textasciicircum}3$$He tubes and high-density polyethylene as moderator. The detector has been designed to have a neutron detection efficiency that is nearly independent from the initial neutron energy for ($${textbackslash}alpha ,n$$) reactions with alpha-particle energies up to 15 MeV. In order to achieve that an innovative design methodology based on the use of cadmium neutron filters has been used. Monte Carlo calculations of the detector response have been validated using a $${textasciicircum}{252}$$Cf fission source. Measurements of the relatively well-known ($${textbackslash}alpha ,n$$) thick target yields on aluminum have been found to be consistent with data from previous works. A method has been developed to correlate the counting rate ring ratios with the mean neutron energy and validated using previous time-of-flight measurements of the aluminum ($${textbackslash}alpha ,n$$) spectra and with a $${textasciicircum}{252}$$Cf fission source.},
language = {en},
number = {4},
urldate = {2026-04-13},
journal = {The European Physical Journal Plus},
author = {Mont-Geli, Nil and Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel and Pallàs, Max and Perea, Ángel and Fraile, Luis Mario and Cortés, Guillem and Viñals, Sílvia and Tain, José Luis and Garcia, Gastón and Soler, Daniel and Alonso-Sañudo, Odette and G. Borge, María José and Briz, José Antonio and Calviño, Francisco and Cano-Ott, Daniel and De Blas, Alfredo and Fernández, Begoña and Garcia, Roger and Garcia Tavora, Vicente and González-Romero, Enrique M. and Guerrero, Carlos and Illana, Andrés and Martínez, Trino and Martínez-Nouvilas, Víctor and Mendoza, Emilio and Nácher, Enrique and Nerio Aguirre, Amanda and Plaza, Julio and Tengblad, Olof and Udías, José Manuel},
month = apr,
year = {2026},
pages = {381},
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}