A new method on diagnostics of muons produced by a short pulse laser

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摘要 Muonsproducedbyashortpulselasercanserveasanewtypeofmuonsourcehavingpotentialadvantagesofhighintensity,smallsourceemittance,shortpulsedurationandlowcost.Tovalidateitinexperiments,asuitablemuondiagnosticssystemisneededsincehighmuonfluxgeneratedbyashortpulselasershotisalwaysaccompaniedbyhighradiationbackground,whichisquitedifferentfromcasesingeneralmuonresearches.Adetectionsystemisproposedtodistinguishmuonsignalsfromradiationbackgroundbymeasuringthemuonlifetime.Itisbasedonthescintillatordetectorwithwaterandleadshields,inwhichwaterisusedtoadjustenergiesofmuonsstoppedinthescintillatorandleadtoagainstradiationbackground.AGeant4simulationontheperformanceofthedetectionsystemshowsthatefficiencyupto52%couldbearrivedforlow-energymuonsaround200MeVandthisefficiencydecreasesto14%forhigh-energymuonsabove1000MeV.Thesimulationalsoshowsthatthemuonlifetimecanbederivedproperlybymeasuringattenuationofthescintillalightofelectronsfrommuondecaysinsidethescintillatordetector.
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出版日期 2017年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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