TY - JOUR
T1 - New measurements and quantitative analysis of electron backscattering in the energy range of neutron β-decay
AU - Martin, J. W.
AU - Yuan, J.
AU - Betancourt, M. J.
AU - Filippone, B. W.
AU - Hoedl, S. A.
AU - Ito, T. M.
AU - Plaster, B.
AU - Young, A. R.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - We report on the first detailed measurements of electron backscattering from plastic scintillator targets, extending our previous work on beryllium and silicon targets. The scintillator experiment posed several additional experimental challenges associated with charging of the scintillator target, and those challenges are addressed in detail. In addition, we quantitatively compare the energy and angular distributions of this data, and our previous data, with electron transport simulations based on the GEANT4 and PENELOPE Monte Carlo simulation codes. The PENELOPE simulation is found globally to give a superior description of the data. Such information is crucial for a broad array of weak-interaction physics experiments, where electron backscattering can give rise to the dominant detector-related systematic uncertainty.
AB - We report on the first detailed measurements of electron backscattering from plastic scintillator targets, extending our previous work on beryllium and silicon targets. The scintillator experiment posed several additional experimental challenges associated with charging of the scintillator target, and those challenges are addressed in detail. In addition, we quantitatively compare the energy and angular distributions of this data, and our previous data, with electron transport simulations based on the GEANT4 and PENELOPE Monte Carlo simulation codes. The PENELOPE simulation is found globally to give a superior description of the data. Such information is crucial for a broad array of weak-interaction physics experiments, where electron backscattering can give rise to the dominant detector-related systematic uncertainty.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.015501
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.015501
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:32644475722
SN - 0556-2813
VL - 73
JO - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
JF - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 015501
ER -