The measurement of atmospheric radioxenon is an important tool for monitoring nuclear weapons testing. The development of new and improved xenon detection methods supports the monitoring program of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). In the current...
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A Digital Data Acquisition Framework for the Versatile Array of Neutron Detectors at Low Energy (VANDLE)
Neutron energy measurements can be achieved using time-of-flight (ToF) techniques. A digital data acquisition system was developed for reliable ToF measurements with subnanosecond timing resolution based on digitizers with 10 ns and 4 ns sampling periods using pulse...
A Digital Signal Processing Module for Time-Division Multiplexed Microcalorimeter Arrays
We have developed a digital signal processing module for real time processing of time-division multiplexed data from SQUID-coupled transition-edge sensor microcalorimeter arrays. It is a 3U PXI card consisting of a standardized core processor board and a daughter...
Radioxenon Measurements With a Coincidence Silicon Detector System
The radioxenon detectors currently used in applications related to nuclear explosion monitoring have a very high sensitivity to detect very small amounts of radioxenon. However, to better distinguish the radioxenon background created by nuclear power plants and...
Study of Silicon Detectors for High Resolution Radioxenon Measurements
Measurement of radioactive xenon in the atmosphere is one of several techniques to detect nuclear weapons testing, typically using either scintillator based coincidence beta/gamma detectors or germanium based gamma only detectors. Silicon detectors have a number of...