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Revision as of 01:58, 11 September 2018
Mass Information
The target masses are as follows
50% Se/Sage Sample
Selenium Target (50% Sagebrush Se Mix) | Mass (g) |
Outer Front Ni Foil | 0.6948 |
Se Mass | 0.51 |
Outer Se Mass | 0.1 |
Sagebrush Leaves Mass | 0.4969 |
10% Sample
Selenium Target (10% Sagebrush Se Mix) | Mass (g) |
Outer Front Ni Foil | 0.2783 |
Se Mass | 0.0523 |
Outer Se Mass | 0.0971 |
Sagebrush Leaves Mass | 0.5111 |
0.1% Se/Sage Sample
Selenium Target (0.1% Sagebrush Se Mix) | Mass (g) |
Outer Front Ni Foil | 1.1437 |
Se Mass | 0.0559 |
Outer Se Mass | 0.1118 |
Sagebrush Leaves Mass | 50.1080 |
0.04% Sample
Selenium Target (0.04% Sagebrush Se Mix) | Mass (g) |
Outer Front Ni Foil | 0.5447 |
Se Mass | 0.0020 |
Outer Se Mass | 0.0992 |
Sagebrush Leaves Mass | 4.9326 |
Time Cuts
The first step in the PAA process is to identify the time cuts used for the split run. This must be done for all samples (50%,10%,0.1%, and 0.04%).
50% Sage/Se Mixture Time Cuts
The 50% Se/Sage mixture was measure on Detector B (unshielded, so watch the SNR) on 5/24/17 for a total of 2130.540 seconds. The outer pure witness Se was measure first, and sub-run was roughly 300 seconds for the samples of interest, and 60 seconds for the Co-60 flag. The root command used to draw the timing information was
TTree* tree = MPA;
MPA->Draw("evt.Chan:evt.Sec>>hist2","evt.ADCid == 1");
which produced the histogram below
This seems a little sloppy, lets try a 1D histogram instead to see if the cuts are more clear
ROOT Command: MPA->Draw("evt.Sec>>hist","ADCid==1","");
This produced the histogram below
This seems much cleaner and clearly shows the time cuts
The time cuts are
0-300 (Pure Se)
375-440 (Co-60)
450-700 (Mixture)
715-780 (Co-60)
800-1010 (Pure Se)
1055-1150 (Co-60)
1160-1420 (Mixture)
1425-1495 (Co-60)
1500-1800 (Pure Se)
1810-1870 (Co-60)
1880-2100 (Mixture)
10% Sage/Se Mixture Time Cuts
The 10% Se/Sage mixture was measured on Detector A (shielded) on 5/25/17 for a total of 5136.343 seconds. The mixture was measured first, and a sub-run was roughly 300 seconds for the Se samples and 60 seconds for the Co-60 flag. The root commands used were
TTree* tree = MPA;
MPA->Draw("evt.Chan:evt.Sec>>hist2","evt.ADCid == 0");
The time cut information is as follows
0-300 (Mixture)
300-360 (Co-60)
400-640 ( Pure Se)
680-710 (Co-60)
730-1020 (Mixture)
1030-1080 (Co-60)
1100-1360 ( Pure Se)
1400-1440 (Co-60)
1480-1775 (Mixture)
1800-1840 (Co-60)
1875-2150 (Pure Se)
2190-2220 (Co-60)
2250-2550 (Mixture)
2590-2620 (Co-60)
2650-2930 (Pure Se)
2950-3000 (Co-60)
3050-3300 (Mixture)
3390-3350 (Co-60)
3400-3690 (Pure Se)
3700-3750 (Co-60)
3775-4050 (Mixture)
4060-4100 (Co-60)
4120-4400 (Pure Se)
4420-4470 (Co-60)
4480-4770 (Mixture)
4790-4820 (Co-60)
4840-5130 (Pure Se)
0.1% Sage/Se Mixture Time Cuts
The 0.1% Se/Sage mixture was measured on Detector A (shielded) on 5/24/17 for a total of 2130.540 seconds. The mixture was measured first, and a sub-run was roughly 300 seconds for the Se samples and 60 seconds for the Co-60 flag. The root commands used were
TTree* tree = MPA;
MPA->Draw("evt.Chan:evt.Sec>>hist2","evt.ADCid == 0");
which produced the histogram below
This seems a little sloppy, so let's repeat the procedure for the 50% sample
ROOT Command:ROOT Command: MPA->Draw("evt.Sec>>hist","ADCid==0","");
This produced the histogram below
This is again much better than the 2D histogram.
The time cuts are
0-300 (Mixture)
306-340 (Co-60)
376-640 (Pure Se)
650-720 (Co-60)
730-1010 (Mixture)
1020-1050 (Co-60)
1100-1350 (Pure Se)
1400-1460 (Co-60)
1470-1730 (Mixture)
1735-1800 (Co-60)
1804-2140 (Pure Se)
The histogram for the time cuts of the second run is shown below
The time cuts are
0-240 (Outer Se)
245-300 (Co-60)
305-820 (Mixture)
0.04% Sample Time Cuts
The 0.04% Se/Sage mixture was measured on Detector A (shielded) on 5/25/17 for a total of 1711.891 seconds. The mixture was measured first, and a sub-run was roughly 300 seconds for the Se samples and 60 seconds for the Co-60 flag. The root commands used were
TTree* tree = MPA;
MPA->Draw("evt.Sec>>hist2","evt.ADCid == 0");
The histogram representing the time cuts for the first run are shown below
The time cuts for this run are
0-290 (Mixture)
295-360 (Co-60)
370-684 (Pure Se)
The histogram representing the time cuts for the second run are shown below
The time cuts for this run are
0-300 (Mixture)
305-355 (Co-60)
360-650 (Pure Se)
660-735 (Co-60)
740-1020 (Mixture)
Gamma Spectrum Analysis
50% Sample Analysis
Below is the analysis table for the 50% Se/Sage mixture. The 103 keV line of Se-81m corresponds to a channel # of 130. Due to the sloppiness of the spectrum, I will use a linear + Gaussian fitting function and restrict my analysis to 6 channels because there are other energy lines nearby. Below is a sample spectrum for an idea of the resolution of Detector B for this measurement
As a comparison for the constant fit, here is a sample spectrum of the Se/Sage measured by Detector A
0<t<300 | ||
Thin Window Histogram | ||
Signal in Thin Window | ||
Integrated Background | ||
Signal - Background | ||
Runtime (s) | ||
Rate (Hz) | ||
Integral Decay Correction (Hz) | ||
Dead Time (%) | ||
Dead Time Corrected Signal (Hz) | ||
.Dat File Entry For HL Plot |
10% Sample Analysis
Below is the analysis table for the 10% Se/Sage mixture. The 103 keV line of Se-81m corresponds to a channel # of 113
0.1% Sample Analysis
Below is the analysis table for the 0.1% Mixture, the 103 keV line for Se-81m corresponds to a channel # of 113.
0.04% Sample Analysis
Fall 2018 Possible Sage Irradiation Activity Prediction
Isotope Search link: http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/toi/
For this section I will attempt to identify the most active line within a sagebrush sample. The histograms that follow in this section will be weighted by the mass of the sage that was used for the sample. I will use the 10% Sage/Se mixture because it was processed using the oven method for dehydration. The mass was 0.5111g which gives a weighting factor of 1.9566
Below is a full spectrum for the time cut of 0 <t< 300 seconds.It seems the two most prominent lines are around 150 keV and 250 keV, so let's try to study the decay of those first.
144.5 keV Line
Note: the x-axis for the first 2 histograms should be Energy (keV). This line is NOT present in the Pure Se Sample, so it should be a line produced by the sage itself.
Without any corrections, the half life here is 38.61
0.84 minutes. This is likely Cl-34m (32 min half life) produced by a (g,n) reaction on Cl-35 (75.76% natural abundance), which is stable, because a second line characteristic of Cl-34m was found (1176 keV). This could also be produced by a (g,pn) knockout on Ar-36 in air. This is chlorine since using the isotope search with an energy uncertainty of 5 keV and a half life uncertainty of 10 minutes, the only isotope that shared 146 and 1176 keV with branching ratios that made sense was Cl-34m.
9/10/18 Irradiation
The mass information is
Al Cylinder: 26.0249g
Sage Ash (oven method): 2.0913g
Beam off: 18:30
Calibration
Below is the runlist used for the calibration on Detector D
Source | Serial No. | Reference Date | Activiy | Half life | Expected Energies (keV) | Line Seen (Channel No.) | Runtime (s) | Position | File Name |
Mn-54 | J4-348 | 8/1/12 | 9.882 uCi | 312.20 days | 834.827 | 835.117 | 300.601 | 10 | LB_Mn_54_9_10_18_Pos10_DetD |
Cs-137 | 129793 | 7/1/08 | 1.066 uCi | 30.08 years | 661.657 | 661.887 | 141.356 | 10 | LB_Cs137_9_10_18_Pos010_DetD |
Co-60 | 129739 | 07/01/08 | 1.082 uCi | 1925.28 days | 1173.228, 1332.492 | 1173.338, 1332.564 | 232.521 | 10 | LB_Co60_9_10_18_Pos010_DetD |
Ba-133 | 129790 | 07/01/08 | 1.188 uCi | 10.551 years | 80.9979, 276.3989, 302.8508, 356.0129, 383.8485 | 81.391, 276.741, 303.166, 356.315, 384.137 | 250.816 | 10 | LB_Ba133_9_10_18_Pos010_DetD |
Efficiency
Below is a table of the runlist used for the efficiency on Detector D.
Source | Serial No. | Reference Date | Activiy | Half life | Expected Energies (keV) | Start | Stop | Runtime (s) | Position | File Name |
Mn-54 | J4-348 | 8/1/12 | 9.882 uCi | 312.20 days | 828.859 | 12:45 | 12:50 | 300.601 | 10 | LB_Mn_54_9_10_18_Pos10_DetD |
Mn-54 | J4-348 | 8/1/12 | 9.882 uCi | 312.20 days | 828.859 | 12:52 | 12:57 | 305.787 | 20 | LB_Mn_54_9_10_Pos020_DetD |
Mn-54 | J4-348 | 8/1/12 | 9.882 uCi | 312.20 days | 828.859 | 12:59:41 | 113:04 | 300.734 | 30 | LB_Mn_54_9_10_18_Pos030_DetD |
Cs-137 | ||||||||||
Co-60 | 129740 | 07/01/08 | 10.42 uCi | 1925.28 days | 1173.228, 1332.492 | 18:17:35 | 18:24 | 409.011 | 80 | LB_Co60_9_10_18_Pos080_DetD |
Co-60 | 129740 | 07/01/08 | 10.42 uCi | 1925.28 days | 1173.228, 1332.492 | 18:26:11 | 18:29 | 201.084 | 70 | LB_Co60_9_10_18_Pos070_DetD |
Ba-133 |
Runlist for 9/10/18
Sample | Date | Start | Stop | Runtime (s) | Position | Detector | % Dead | File Name |
Sage Ash | 9/10/18 |