A High-Rate Detection System to Study Parity Violation with Polarized Epithermal Neutrons at LANSCE

Abstract

We describe an apparatus for studies of parity violation in neuwn-nucleus scattering. This experiment requires longitudinally polarized neutrons from the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center over the energy range from 1 to l000 eV, the ability to reverse the neutron spin without otherwise affecting the apparatus, the ability to detect neutrons at rates up to 500 MHz and an appropriate data acquisition system. We will discuss the neutron polarizer, fast neutron spin reverser, detector for transmitted neutrons and high rate data acquisition system.