Measurement of neutron detection efficiency between 22 and 174 MeV using two different kinds of Pb-scintillating fiber sampling calorimeters

We exposed a prototype of the lead-scintillating fiber KLOE calorimeter to neutron beam of 21, 46 and 174 MeV at The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala, to study its neutron detection efficiency. This has been found larger than what expected considering the scintillator thickness of the prototype. We show preliminary measurement carried out with a different prototype with a larger lead/fiber ratio, which proves the relevance of passive material to neutron detection efficiency in this kind of calorimeters. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. RI Gauzzi, Paolo/D-2615-2009; Fiore, Salvatore/C-9722-2011; Di Domenico, Antonio/G-6301-2011; branchini, paolo/A-4857-201