Recent News

2012.08.17
The Annual Beaver Island Meeting begins. Faculty and students gather to discuss the the status of data analysis and publication and plan for future experiments. More...

2012.08.03
Experiment 10007 (Two neutron decay of Lithium-11) is underway at the NSCL. More...

2012.03.19
First observation of Di-Neutron Decay: ¹⁶Be

An experiment with the MoNA facility lead by Dr. Artemis Spyrou of Michigan State University has demonstrated the existence of Di-Neutron decay in 16--Be. This is the first observation of this decay mode for any nucleus. More...

Detectors

The MoNA Facility is made up of four main components. The Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) is a highly-efficency neutron detector which measures the properties of the neutrons coming from the reaction. It's companion detector, the Large multi-Instituional Scintillator Array (LISA), is of a similar design. The Sweeper Magnet is a high-field dipole magnet that "sweeps" the charged particles into the Charged Particle Detector Box. The Charged Particle system includes Cathode-ray Drift tube detectors and a CsI(Na) hodoscope.

For more information about the Sweeper, MoNA, LISA and the Charged Particle Detectors visit their individual pages.