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In its original configuration, MoNA consisted of 9 vertical layers of 16 detectors stacked closely, having an active area of 2.0 m wide by 1.6 m tall. In its current arrangement (depicted in the adjacent image), it is stacked in four separate sections of 2, 2, 2, and 3 layers each, respectively, separated by spaces ranging from 0.5 to 0.8 meters. It measures both the position and time of neutron events with multiple-hit capability. The energy of a neutron is based on a time-of-flight measurement. This information together with the detected position of the neutron is used to construct the momentum vector of the neutrons.<ref>B. Luther et al., Nucl. Instr. And Methods A505, 33 (2003)</ref><ref>T. Baumann et al., Nucl. Instr. And Methods A543, 517 (2005)</ref>

The detection efficiency of MoNA is maximized for the high-beam velocities that are available at the NSCL's Coupled Cyclotron Facility (CCF). For neutrons ranging from 50 to 250 [[MeV]] in energy, it is designed to have an efficiency of up to 70% and expands the possible coincidence experiments with neutrons to measurements which were previously not feasible. The detector is used in combination with the Sweeper magnet<ref>V. Zelevinsky and A. Volya, AIP Conf. Proc. 819, 493 (2006)</ref><ref>S. Prestemon et al., IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 11, 1721 (2001)</ref><ref>J. Toth et al., IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 12, 341 (2002)</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Bird|first1=M. BD.|last2=Bole|first2=S.|last3=Gundlach|first3=S.|last4=Kenney|first4=S.|last5=Miller|first5=J.|last6=Toth|first6=J.|last7=Zeller|first7=A.|date=June Bird2004|doi=10.1109/tasc.2004.829720|issue=2|journal=IEEE etTransactions al.,on IEEEApplied Trans.Superconductivity|pages=564–567|title=Cryostat Appl.Design Supercond.and 14,Fabrication 564for (2004)the NHMFL/NSCL Sweeper Magnet|volume=14|display-authors=3}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Bird|first1=M. BD.|last2=Kenney|first2=S. Bird etJ.|last3=Toth|first3=J.|last4=Weijers|first4=H. alW.|last5=DeKamp|first5=J., IEEE TransC.|last6=Thoennessen|first6=M.|last7=Zeller|first7=A. ApplF.|date=June Supercond2005|doi=10.1109/tasc.2005.849553|issue=2|journal=IEEE 15,Transactions 1252on (2005)Applied Superconductivity|pages=1252–1254|title=System Testing and Installation of the NHMFL/NSCL Sweeper Magnet|volume=15|display-authors=3}}</ref> and its focal plane detectors for charged particles.<ref>N. Frank, Ph.D. Thesis, MSU (2006)</ref> In addition, MoNA’s modular design allows it to be transported between experimental vaults and thus to be used in combination with the Sweeper magnet installed at the S800 magnet spectrograph.<ref>{{citation|last1=Bazin|first1=D.|last2=Caggiano|first2=J. Bazin et alA.|last3=Sherrill|first3=B., NuclM.|last4=Yurkon|first4=J.|last5=Zeller|first5=A.|date=May Instr2003|doi=10.1016/s0168-583x(02)02142-0|journal=Nuclear Instruments and Meth.Methods in Physics Research Section B: 204,Beam 629Interactions (2003)with Materials and Atoms|pages=629–633|title=The S800 spectrograph|volume=204|display-authors=3}}</ref> Due to its high-energy detection efficiency, this detector will be well suited for experiments with fast fragmentation beams at the proposed ISF.

== History ==

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*[[Westmont College]]

The proposals were funded by the NSF in the summer of 2001. Following the detailed design, the first modules of the detector array were delivered in the summer of 2002. During the following year all modules were assembled and tested by undergraduate students at their school,<ref>{{citation|last1=Howes|first1=R. H.|authorlink=Ruth Howes|last2=Baumann|first2=T.|last3=Thoennessen|first3=M.|last4=Brown|first4=J.|last5=DeYoung|first5=P. etA.|last6=Finck|first6=J.|last7=Hinnefeld|first7=J.|last8=Kemper|first8=K. alW.|last9=Luther|first9=B.|last10=Pancella|first10=P., V.|last11=Peaslee|first11=G. F.|last12=Rogers|first12=W. F.|last13=Tabor|first13=S.|date=February 2005|doi=10.1119/1.1794758|issue=2|journal=American Journal of Physics|pages=122–126|title=Fabrication 73,of 122a (2005)modular neutron array: A collaborative approach to undergraduate research|volume=73|display-authors=3}}</ref> and finally added to form the complete array at the NSCL.

The MoNA collaboration continued after the initial phase of construction and commissioning was concluded [MoNA], and is now using the detector array for experiments, giving a large number of undergraduate students from all collaborating schools the opportunity to take part in cutting-edge nuclear physics experiments at one of the world’s leading rare-isotope facilities. The research at the undergraduate institutions is funded by the NSF through several RUI (Research at Undergraduate Institutions) grants.