TetraBall: A single-moderator neutron spectrometer for HL-LHC
This contribution presents a novel single-moderator neutron spectrometer, named “TetraBall”, developed at INFN and optimized for characterizing the neutron field in the CMS experimental cavern. The TetraBall condenses the functionality of several Bonner Spheres (BS) in a single moderator and it is equipped with 42 SiC radiation-hard detectors organized in a tetrahedral geometry designed to be insensitive to incident gammas and charged particles. Thanks to lead inserts, it can respond up to GeV energies. It works in single exposure mode, suitable for real-time monitoring. It is designed to be used as neutron monitor during the High-Luminosity LHC data taking.
Authors
- M. A. Caballero-Pacheco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2433-1125)
- A. Pietropaolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2554-6985)
- G. Pásżtor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0707-9762)
- R. Bedogni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-1282)
- E. Mafucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3223-3963)
- V. Monti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7774-8963)
- A. Lokhovitskiy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4016-0039)
- S. Mallows
- A. I. Castro Campoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5995-3787)
- O. Karacheban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-3762)
- D. Dashdondog
- M. Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0156-0790)
- E. Durisi
- L. Russo
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)
- University of Turin (IT)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169805
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare