Browsing by Author "Wadsworth, R."
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Artificial neural networks for neutron/y discrimination in the neutron detectors of NEDA
Fabian, X.; Baulieu, G.; Ducroux, L.; Stézowski, O.; Boujrad, A.; Clément, E.; Wadsworth, R.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin (Elsevier B.V., 2021)Three different Artificial Neural Network architectures have been applied to perform neutron/? discrimination in NEDA based on waveform and time-of-flight information. Using the coincident ?-rays from AGATA, we have been ... -
Design and test of high-speed flash ADC mezzanine card for high-resolution and timing performance in nuclear structure experiments
Javier Egea, Francisco; Sanchis, Enrique; Gonzalez, Vicente; Gadea, Andres; Maria Blasco, Jose; Barrientos, Diego; Dobon, J. J. Valiente; Tripon, Michel; Boujrad, Abderrahman; Houarner, Charles; Jastrzab, Marcin; Blaizot, Maria; Bourgault, Patrice; de Angelis, Giacomo; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, Sefa; De France, Gilles; Huyuk, Tayfun; Jaworski, Grzegorz; Di Nitto, Antonio; Nyberg, Johan; Soderstrom, Par-Anders; Palacz, Marcin; Pipidis, A.; Tarnowski, R.; Triossi, Andrea; Wadsworth, R. (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2013)This work describes new electronics for the EX-OGAM2 (HP-Ge detector array) and NEDA (BC501A-based neutron detector array). A new digitizing card with high resolution has been designed for gamma-ray and neutron spectroscopy ... -
A digital front-end electronics for the neutron detector NEDA
Egea, F. J.; Houarner, C.; Boujrad, A.; Gonzalez, V.; Tripon, M.; Jastrzab, M.; Triossi, A.; de France, G.; Gadea, A.; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Sanchis, E.; Barrientos, D.; Blaizot, M.; Bourgault, P.; de Angelis, G.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, S.; De France, G.; Huyuk, T.; Jaworski, G.; Luo, X. L.; Modamio, V.; Moszynski, M.; Nitto, Di; Nyberg, J.; Soderstrom, P-A.; Palacz, M.; Wadsworth, R. (IEEE, 2014)This paper presents the design of the NEDA frontend electronics, a first attempt to involve the use of digital electronics in large neutron detector arrays. Among the electronic modules taking part, we emphasize on the ... -
Digital front-end electronics for the neutron detector NEDA
Egea Canet, F. J.; Houarner, C.; Boujrad, A.; Gonzalez, V.; Tripon, M.; Jastrzab, M.; Triossi, A.; de France, G.; Gadea, A.; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Barrientos, D.; Sanchis, E.; Blaizot, M.; Bourgault, P.; de Angelis, G.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, S.; Hueyuek, T.; Jaworski, G.; Luo, X. L.; Modamio, V.; Moszynski, M.; Di Nitto, A.; Nyberg, J.; Soderstrom, P-A.; Palacz, M.; Wadsworth, R. (IEEE, 2015)This paper presents the design of the NEDA (Neutron Detector Array) electronics, a first attempt to involve the use of digital electronics in large neutron detector arrays. Starting from the front-end modules attached to ... -
A digital on-line implementation of a Pulse-Shape analysis algorithm for neutron-gamma discrimination in the NEDA detector
Egea, Francisco Javier; Houarner, Charles; González, Vicente; Söderström, Pär-Anders; Nyberg, Johan; Tripon, Michel; Boujrad, Abderrahman; Gadea, Andres; Jastrząb, Marcin; Valiente-Dobón, Jose Javier; France, Gilles De; Lazarus, Ian; Jaworski, G.; Hüyük, Tayfun; Luo, X. L.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Ertürk, Sefa; Moszyńksi, M.; Modamio, M.; Palacz, M.; Sanchis, E.; Wadsworth, R. (Nuclear & Plasma Science Society (NPSS), 2016)The detection of rare events close to the proton dripline involve the utilization of high-efficient neutron detectors with excellent neutron-gamma discrimination (NGD) performance. Even though in the literature, several ... -
Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N = Z+1 nucleus Tc-87(43)44
Liu, X.; Cederwall, B.; Qi, C.; Wyss, R. A.; Aktas, O.; Ertoprak, A.; Zhang, W.; Clément, E.; de France, G.; Ralet, D.; Gadea, A.; Goasduff, A.; Jaworski, G.; Kuti, I.; Nyakó, B. M.; Nyberg, J.; Palacz, M.; Wadsworth, R.; Valiente-Dobón, J. J.; Al-Azri, H.; Ataç Nyberg, A.; Bäck, T.; de Angelis, G.; Doncel, M.; Dudouet, J.; Gottardo, A.; Jurado, M.; Ljungvall, J.; Mengoni, D.; Napoli, D. R.; Petrache, C. M.; Sohler, D.; Timár, J.; Barrientos, D.; Bednarczyk, P.; Benzoni, G.; Birkenbach, B.; Boston, A. J.; Boston, H. C.; Burrows, I.; Charles, L.; Ciemala, M.; Crespi, F. C. L.; Cullen, D. M.; Désesquelles, P.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Eberth, J.; Erduran, Nizamettin; Ertürk, S.; González, V.; Goupil, J.; Hess, H.; Huyuk, T.; Jungclaus, A.; Korten, W.; Lemasson, A.; Leoni, S.; Maj, A.; Menegazzo, R.; Million, B.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Podolyàk, Zs.; Pullia, A.; Recchia, F.; Reiter, P.; Saillant, F.; Salsac, M. D.; Sanchis, E.; Simpson, J.; Stezowski, O.; Theisen, C.; Zielińska, M. (Amer Physical Soc, 2021)The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient N = Z + 1 nucleus (87)(43)Tcc(44) have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe-54(Ar-36, 2n1p)Tc-87 at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), ... -
Evidence for spherical-oblate shape coexistence in Tc 87
Liu, X.; Cederwall, B.; Qi, C.; Wyss, RA.; Aktas, O.; Ertoprak, A.; Zhang, W.; Clement, E.; de France, G.; Ralet, D.; Gadea, A.; Goasduff, A.; Jaworski, G.; (Kuti, I.; Nyako, B. M.; Nyberg, J.; Palacz, M.; Wadsworth, R.; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Al-Azri, H.; Nyberg, A. Atac; Back, T.; de Angelis, G.; Doncel, M.; Dudouet, J.; Gottardo, A.; Jurado, M.; Ljungvall, J.; Mengoni, D.; Napoli, D. R.; Petrache, C.M.; Sohler, D.; Timar, J.; Barrientos, D.; Bednarczyk, P.; Benzoni, G.; Birkenbach, B.; Boston, A. J.; Boston, H. C.; Burrows, I.; Charles, L.; Ciemala, M.; Crespi, F. C. L.; Cullen, D. M.; Desesquelles, P.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Eberth, J.; Erturk, S.; Gonzalez, V.; Goupil, J.; Hess, H.; Huyuk, T.; Jungclaus, A.; Korten, W.; Lemasson, A.; Leoni, S.; Maj, A.; Menegazzo, R.; Million, B.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Podolyak, Zs; Pullia, A.; Recchia, F.; Reiter, P.; Saillant, F.; Salsac, M. D.; Sanchis, E.; Simpson, J.; Stezowski, O.; Zielinska, M.; Theisen, C.; Zielinska, M. (American Physical Society, 2022)Excited states in the neutron-deficient nucleus Tc87 have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe54(Ar36,2n1p)Tc87 at 115 MeV beam energy. The AGATA γ-ray spectrometer coupled to the DIAMANT, NEDA, and Neutron ... -
Isospin properties of nuclear pair correlations from the level structure of the self-conjugate nucleus ru-88
Cederwall, B.; Liu, X.; Aktas, O.; Ertoprak, A.; Zhang, W.; Qi, C.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Clement, E.; de France, G.; Ralet, D.; Gadea, A.; Goasduff, A.; Jaworski, G.; Kuti, I.; Nyako, B. M.; Nyberg, J.; Palacz, M.; Wadsworth, R.; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Al-Azri, H.; Nyberg, A. Atac; Back, T.; de Angelis, G.; Doncel, M.; Dudouet, J.; Gottardo, A.; Jurado, M.; Ljungvall, J.; Mengoni, D.; Napoli, D. R.; Petrache, C. M.; Sohler, D.; Timar, J.; Barrientos, D.; Bednarczyk, P.; Benzoni, G.; Birkenbach, B.; Boston, A. J.; Boston, H. C.; Burrows, I.; Charles, L.; Ciemala, M.; Crespi, F. C. L.; Cullen, D. M.; Desesquelles, P.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Eberth, J.; Erduran, Nizamettin; Erturk, S.; Gonzalez, V.; Goupil, J.; Hess, H.; Huyuk, T.; Jungclaus, A.; Korten, W.; Lemasson, A.; Leoni, S.; Maj, A.; Menegazzo, R.; Million, B.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Podolyak, Zs.; Pullia, A.; Recchia, F.; Reiter, P.; Saillant, F.; Salsac, M. D.; Sanchis, E.; Simpson, J.; Stezowski, O.; Theisen, Ch.; Zielinska, M. (AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2020)The low-lying energy spectrum of the extremely neutron-deficient self-conjugate (N = Z) nuclide Ru-88(44)44 has been measured using the combination of the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) spectrometer, the NEDA and ... -
Monte Carlo simulation of a single detector unit for the neutron detector array NEDA
Jaworski, G.; Palacz, M.; Nyberg, J.; de Angelis, G.; de France, G.; Di Nitto, A.; Egea, J.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, S.; Farnea, E.; Gadea, A.; Gonzalez, V.; Gottardo, A.; Hueyuek, T.; Kownacki, J.; Pipidis, A.; Roeder, B.; Soderstrom, P. -A.; Sanchis, E.; Tarnowski, R.; Triossi, A.; Wadsworth, R.; Dobon, J. J. Valiente (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2012)A study of the dimensions and performance of a single detector of the future neutron detector array NEDA was performed by means of Monte Carlo simulations, using GEANT4. Two different liquid scintillators were evaluated: ... -
NEDA-NEutron detector array
Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Jaworski, G.; Goasduff, A.; Egea, J.; Modamio, V; Huyuk, T.; Triossi, A.; Jastrzab, M.; Soderstrom, P. A.; Di Nitto, A.; de Angelis, G.; de France, G.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Gadea, A.; Moszynski, M.; Nyberg, J.; Palacz, M.; Wadsworth, R.; Aliaga, R.; Aufranc, C.; Bezard, M.; Baulieu, G.; Bissiato, E.; Boujrad, A.; Burrows, I; Carturan, S.; Cocconi, P.; Colucci, G.; Conventi, D.; Cordwell, M.; Coudert, S.; Deltoro, J. M.; Ducroux, L.; Dupasquier, T.; Erturkr, S.; Fabian, X.; Gonzalez, V; Grant, A.; Hadynska-Klekn, K.; Illan, A.; Jurado-Gomez, M. L.; Kogimtzis, M.; Lazarus, I; Legeard, L.; Ljungvall, J.; Pasqualato, G.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Raggio, A.; Ralet, D.; Redon, N.; Saillant, F.; Saygi, B.; Sanchis, E.; Scarcioffolo, M.; Siciliano, M.; Testov, D.; Stezowski, O.; Tripon, M.; Zanon, I (Elsevier Science BV, 2019)The NEutron Detector Array, NEDA, will form the next generation neutron detection system that has been designed to be operated in conjunction with gamma-ray arrays, such as the tracking-array AGATA, to aid nuclear spectroscopy ... -
Neutron detection and gamma-ray suppression using artificial neural networks with the liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537
Soderstrom, P-A; Jaworski, G.; Dobon, J. J. Valiente; Nyberg, J.; Agramunt, J.; de Angelis, G.; Carturan, S.; Egea, J.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, S.; de France, G.; Gadea, A.; Goasduff, A.; Gonzalez, V; Hadynska-Klek, K.; Huyuk, T.; Modamio, V; Moszynski, M.; Di Nitto, A.; Palacz, M.; Pietralla, N.; Sanchis, E.; Testov, D.; Triossi, A.; Wadsworth, R. (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2018)In this work we present a comparison between the two liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537 in terms of their performance regarding the pulse-shape discrimination between neutrons and gamma rays. Special emphasis is put ... -
A New Front-End High-Resolution Sampling Board for the New-Generation Electronics of EXOGAM2 and NEDA Detectors
Egea Canet, F. J.; Millan, Vicente Gonzalez; Tripon, Michael; Jastrzab, Marcin; Triossi, Andrea; Gadea, Andres; de France, Gilles; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Barrientos, Diego; Sanchis Peris, Enrique; Boujrad, A.; Houarner, C.; Blaizot, M.; Bourgault, P.; de Angelis, G.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, S.; Huyuk, Tayfun; Jaworski, Grzegorz; Luo, X. L.; Modamio, V.; Moszynski, Marek; Di Nitto, Antonio; Nyberg, J.; Soderstrom, Par-Anders; Palacz, Marcin; Wadsworth, R. (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2015)This paper presents the final design and results of the FADC Mezzanine for the EXOGAM (EXOtic GAMma array spectrometer) and NEDA (Neutron Detector Array) detectors. The measurements performed include those of studying the ... -
The new neutron multiplicity filter NEDA and its first physics compaign with AGATA
Jaworski, G.; Goasduff, A.; Canet, F. J. Egea; Modamio, V; Huyuk, T.; Triossi, A.; Jastrzab, M.; Soderstrom, P-A; Carturan, S. M.; Di Nitto, A.; de Angelis, G.; De France, G.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Gadea, A.; Moszynski, M.; Nyberg, J.; Palacz, M.; Valiente, J.; Wadsworth, R.; Aliaga, R.; Aufranc, C.; Bezard, M.; Beaulieu, G.; Bednarczyk, P.; Bisiato, E.; Boujrad, A.; Burrows, I; Clement, E.; Cocconi, P.; Colucci, G.; Conventi, D.; Cordwell, M.; Coudert, S.; Deltoro, J. M.; Ducroux, L.; Dupasquier, T.; Erturk, S.; Fabian, X.; Gonzalez, V; Gottardo, A.; Grant, A.; Hadynska-Klek, K.; Illana, A.; Jurado-Gomez, M. L.; Kogimtzis, M.; Lazarus, I; Legeard, L.; Ljungvall, J.; Maj, A.; Pasqualato, G.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Raggio, A.; Ralet, D.; Redon, N.; Saillant, F.; Sanchis, E.; Saygi, B.; Scarcioffolo, M.; Siciliano, M.; Stezowski, O.; Testov, D.; Tripon, M.; Zanon, I (Jagiellonian Univ Press, 2019)A new neutron multiplicity filter NEDA, after a decade of design, R&D and construction, was employed in its first physics campaign with the AGATA spectrometer. Properties and performance of the array are discussed. -
Pulse pile-up identification and reconstruction for liquid scintillator based neutron detectors
Luo, X. L.; Modamio, Victor; Nyberg, Johan; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Nishada, Q.; de Angelis, G.; Agramunt, J.; Egea, F. J.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, Sefa; de France, Gilles; Gadea, A.; Gonzalez, Vicente; Goasduff, Alain; Hüyük, Tayfun; Jaworski, Grzegorz; Moszynski, Marek; Di Nitto, Antonio; Palacz, Marcin; Söderström, Par-Anders; Sanchis, Enrique; Triossi, A.; Wadsworth, R. (Elsevier Science BV, 2018)The issue of pulse pile-up is frequently encountered in nuclear experiments involving high counting rates, which will distort the pulse shapes and the energy spectra. A digital method of off-line processing of pile-up ... -
Test of digital neutron-gamma discrimination with four different photomultiplier tubes for the NEutron Detector Array (NEDA)
Luo, X. L.; Modamio, V.; Nyberg, J.; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Nishada, Q.; de Angelis, G.; Agramunt, J.; Egea, F. J.; Erduran, Mustafa Nizamettin; Erturk, S.; de France, G.; Gadea, A.; Gonzalez, V.; Hueyuek, T.; Jaworski, G.; Moszynski, M.; Di Nitto, A.; Palacz, M.; Soederstroem, P. -A.; Sanchis, E.; Triossi, A.; Wadsworth, R. (Elsevier Science BV, 2014)A comparative study of the neutron-gamma discrimination performance of a liquid scintillator detector BC501A coupled to four different 5 in photomultiplier tubes (ET9390kb, R11833-100, XP4512 and R4144) was carried out ...