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Valutazione della dose neutronica ambientale a livello del suolo
2018
Lo studio e la conoscenza della variabilità della fluenza neutronica di origine cosmica a livello del suolo risulta importante per valutare le misurazioni di dose neutronica ambientale, effettuate sia nell’ambito di molte applicazioni mediche, essenziamente in terapia, sia nelle applicazioni industriali, come nello studio degli effetti delle radiazioni neutroniche sul funzionamento dei più comuni sistemi elettronici. Infatti la sorgente primaria dei neutroni è individuabile nell’interazione tra i raggi cosmici di origine solare ed i vari strati dell’atmosfera e pertanto il campo neutronico non è costante ma dipende fortemente dai cicli di attività solare. In questo lavoro sono presentati i …
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL NEUTRON DOSE AT GROUND LEVEL
2021
This work presents the results of two cycles of neutron dose rate measurements realized using an ALNOR 2202D Neutron Dose Rate Meter whose time response is acquired and analyzed through a controlled ORTEC MCS-32 acquisition card in Windows environment. The data obtained have been compared with values from previous experimental surveys and with the data provided by the worldwide main observatories. It has been also verified the influence of the fluctuations in the flux of cosmic rays during the course of a solar cycle. By comparing the realized measurements and the data provided by the cosmic ray monitoring networks it is also possible to obtain a value of ambient dose equivalent rate and ne…
Ottimizzazione della protezione di un irradiatore neutronico per test di componenti elettronici
2015
Sono descritte la progettazione e realizzazione di uno schermo mobile per l’irradiatore neutronico Am-Be del Dipartimento DEIM utilizzato per testare la vita media di funzionamento di dispositivi elettronici sottoposti a campi di radiazioni. Il numero di componenti da provare può essere significativamente elevato in relazione all’attendibilità del test e alla statistica dei risultati che si vuole ottenere, con un conseguente incremento della dose all’operatore. Per ridurre il valore di dose-rate totale del campo misto (gamma-neutroni) di radiazione emergente dall’irradiatore si è realizzato uno schermo addizionale di piombo, ferro e acido borico con dimensioni ottimizzate dal punto di vista…
Valutazione sperimentale delle componenti del campo di radiazioni in un irradiatore neutronico con sorgenti 241Am-Be e confronto con simulazioni Mont…
2014
Il presente lavoro riguarda la valutazione sperimentale delle componenti gamma e neutronica del campo di radiazioni presente in diversi punti all’interno del canale di irraggiamento di un irradiatore neutronico con sorgenti 241Am-Be. Per la componente gamma sono stati considerati due contributi: il primo associato a gamma di energia di 60 keV, dovuto al decadimento dell'241Am; il secondo a gamma di energia 2,2 MeV, dovuto alla cattura radiativa dei neutroni da parte dello schermo biologico (acqua) che circonda le sorgenti. Per le misure sperimentali sono stati utilizzati dosimetri tipo TLD700 in due diverse configurazioni: TLD "nudi" per misura della dose relativa al campo gamma totale e TL…
EVALUATION OF GAMMA-RAY AND NEUTRON FLUXES IN A NEUTRON IRRADIATOR USED FOR RAD-HARD ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TESTING
2015
An irradiator with four Am-Be neutron sources (activity 111 GBq each) was used for testing electronic RAD-HARD components developed for space application [1]. For this goal, an essential requirement to be met is the knowledge with sufficient precision of neutron and gamma-ray fluxes in the irradiation channel where the components are put for the test. For this goal, an experimental measurement activity was started to validate also Monte Carlo simulation results, obtained with application of MCNP5 code. As regards gamma-ray flux, we considered separately two gamma-ray contributions: the first one, at 60 keV energy, associated with the decay of the 241Am, and the second one, at 2.2 MeV, due t…
Ferroelastic transition in Kbr:Kcn studied by neutrons, x-rays and ultrasonic
1986
The ferroelastic phase transition of (KBr) 0 27 (KNC) 0.73 has been studied by X-ray diffraction, ultrasonics and inelastic neutron scattering. It is the first example of a cubic crystal where the elastic shear constant C 44 softens completely corresponding to the m = 2 universality class. C 44 and the Bragg intensities show a non-classical critical behaviour.
Testing jet geometries and disc-jet coupling in the neutron star LMXB 4U 0614 + 091 with the internal shocks model
2020
Multi-wavelength spectral energy distributions of Low Mass X-ray Binaries in the hard state are determined by the emission from a jet, for frequencies up to mid-infrared, and emission from the accretion flow in the optical to X-ray range. In the last years, the flat radio-to-mid-IR spectra of Black Hole (BH) X-ray binaries was described using the internal shocks model, which assumes that the fluctuations in the velocity of the ejecta along the jet are driven by the fluctuations in the accretion flow, described by the X-ray Power Density Spectrum (PDS). In this work we attempt to apply this model for the first time to a Neutron Star (NS) LMXB, i.e. 4U 0614+091. We used the multi-wavelength d…
Assessment of Fatigue Effects Induced by Fast Beam Transients in the IFMIF-DONES Li Target
2020
One of the crucial steps toward the commercial exploitation of fusion energy is the availability of a high-intensity neutron source able to test and qualify structural materials to be used in future fusion power reactors. The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DEMO Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) facility, which is currently being designed within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, represents the European effort to develop such a neutron source. It employs a liquid lithium target struck by an accelerated deuteron (D+) beam to produce fusion-like neutrons used to irradiate materials samples. So far, a detailed investigation of the thermomechanical behavior of t…
INTEGRAL and RXTE observations of accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J00291+5934 in outburst
2005
Simultaneous observations of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar IGR J00291+5934 by International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer during the 2004 December outburst are analysed. The average spectrum is well described by thermal Comptonization with an electron temperature of 50 keV and Thomson optical depth tau_T ~ 1 in a slab geometry. The spectral shape is almost constant during the outburst. We detect a spin-up of the pulsar with nudot=8.4x10E-13 Hz/s. The ISGRI data reveal the pulsation of X-rays at a period of 1.67 milliseconds up to ~150 keV. The pulsed fraction is shown to increase from 6 per cent at 6 keV to 12--20 per cent at 100 keV. This is n…
A Switchable Molecular Rotator: Neutron Spectroscopy Study on a Polymeric Spin-Crossover Compound
2012
A quasielastic neutron scattering and solid-state 2H NMR spectroscopy study of the polymeric spin-crossover compound {Fe(pyrazine)[Pt(CN) 4]} shows that the switching of the rotation of a molecular fragment-the pyrazine ligand-occurs in association with the change of spin state. The rotation switching was examined on a wide time scale (10 -13-10 -3 s) by both techniques, which clearly demonstrated the combination between molecular rotation and spin-crossover transition under external stimuli (temperature and chemical). The pyrazine rings are seen to perform a 4-fold jump motion about the coordinating nitrogen axis in the high-spin state. In the low-spin state, however, the motion is suppres…