Ultracold Neutron Properties of the Eljen-299-02D Deuterated Scintillator

Creator(s)

Z. Tang, Los Alamos National Laboratory
E. B. Watkins, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. M. Clayton, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. A. Currie, Los Alamos National Laboratory
D. E. Fellers, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Md T. Hassan, Los Alamos National Laboratory
D. E. Hooks, Los Alamos National Laboratory
T. M. Ito, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. K. Lawrence, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. W.T. MacDonald, Los Alamos National Laboratory
M. Makela, Los Alamos National Laboratory
C. L. Morris, Los Alamos National Laboratory
L. P. Neukirch, Los Alamos National Laboratory
A. Saunders, Los Alamos National Laboratory
C. M. O'Shaughnessy, Los Alamos National Laboratory
C. Cude-Woods, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. H. Choi, NC State University
A. R. Young, NC State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2021

Description

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.

Citation Information

Tang, Z.; Watkins, E. B.; Clayton, S. M.; Currie, S. A.; Fellers, D. E.; Hassan, Md T.; Hooks, D. E.; Ito, T. M.; Lawrence, S. K.; MacDonald, S. W.T.; Makela, M.; Morris, C. L.; Neukirch, L. P.; Saunders, A.; O'Shaughnessy, C. M.; Cude-Woods, C.; Choi, J. H.; and Young, A. R.. 2021. Ultracold Neutron Properties of the Eljen-299-02D Deuterated Scintillator. Review of Scientific Instruments. Vol.92(2). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0030972 PMID: 33648127 ISSN: 0034-6748