Abstract

The Back-n beam line of the China Spallation Neutron Source is the first white neutron facility in China. One of its goals is to perform radiative neutron capture cross-section (σnγ) measurements. To study the experimental backgrounds of this new facility, a measurement of the σnγ of 197Au was carried out with a C6D6 detector system at Back-n. Time-dependent backgrounds induced by the scattered neutrons and in-beam gamma-rays were measured and analyzed with natC and natPb samples. The black resonance filter technique was employed to evaluate the shape of the backgrounds and perform the normalization. Besides, Monte Carlo simulations of these backgrounds were carried out with the Geant4 toolkit. The simulated results were compared with the experimental ones and the good agreement found allowed us to validate the background evaluation method.

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