Search results for "Neutron temperature"

Luminescent detectors of ionising radiation

2003

Abstract At present in slow neutron imaging an active layer of an imaging plate IP contains a mixture of storage phosphors, usually BaFBr:Eu 2+ used for imaging of X-rays, and a neutron converter material, usually Gd 2 O 3 , LiF. A novel Li-containing luminescent material perspective for a direct neutron conversion and storage is discussed. Irradiation of LiBaF 3 crystals results in generation of Frenkel defect pairs and creation of F-type centres responsible for three absorption bands in UV-and visible spectral region. Because photo-stimulation in each of these absorption bands leads to bleaching of induced absorption, the F-type colour centres are convenient for storage of radiation dose.…

Large solid-angle polarisation analysis at thermal neutron wavelengths using a 3He spin filter

2002

Abstract The strongly spin-dependent absorption of neutrons in nuclear spin-polarised 3 He opens up the possibility of polarising neutrons from reactors and spallation sources over the full kinematical range of cold, thermal and hot neutrons. In this paper we describe the first large solid-angle polarisation analysis measurement using a 3 He neutron spin filter at thermal neutron wavelengths ( λ =2.5 A). This experiment was performed on the two-axis diffractometer D1B at the Institut Laue-Langevin using a banana-shaped filter cell (530 cm 3 ) filled with 3 He gas with a polarisation of P =52% at a pressure of 2.7 bar. A comparison is made with a previous measurement on D7 using a cold neutr…

Calibration of a neutron time-of-flight multidetector system for an intensity interferometry experiment

2004

We present the details of an experiment on light particle interferometry. In particular, we focus on a time-of-flight technique which uses a cyclotron RF signal as a start and a liquid scintillator time signal as a stop, to measure neutron energy in the range of En approximate to 1.8-150 MeV. This dynamic range (up to 300 ns) is much larger than the beam bunch separation (54 ns) of the AGOR cyclotron (KVI). However, the problem of a short burst period is overcome by using the time information obtained from a fast projectile fragment phoswich detector. The complete analysis procedure to extract the final neutron kinetic energy spectra, is discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Radiative neutron capture on Pu242 in the resonance region at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facility

2018

The spent fuel of current nuclear reactors contains fissile plutonium isotopes that can be combined with uranium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. In this way the Pu from spent fuel is used in a new reactor cycle, contributing to the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy. However, an extensive use of MOX fuels, in particular in fast reactors, requires more accurate capture and fission cross sections for some Pu isotopes. In the case of Pu242 there are sizable discrepancies among the existing capture cross-section measurements included in the evaluations (all from the 1970s) resulting in an uncertainty as high as 35% in the fast energy region. Moreover, postirradiation experiments evaluat…

Pre- and post-scission neutron emission in the reaction180Hf(40Ar, fission) atE lab=216 MeV

1996

Neutron and fission fragment spectra following the180Hf(40Ar,f) reaction atE lab=216MeV were measured. The following neutron total, pre- and post-scission multiplicities were extracted:M tot =7.2±1.3,M pre =2.7±0.9,M post =4.5±0.9. The average temperature parameters of the neutron spectra areT pre=(1.63±0.16) MeV andT post=(1.14±0.26)MeV. The mean total kinetic energy of the fission fragments is TKE=(166±10) MeV and the measured width is σTKE=17.3MeV. The width of the fragment mass distribution is σ A =18.3u. The same reaction was analyzed using a modified statistical code which includes nuclear dissipation effects and particle and γ-ray emission in the equilibrium compound nucleus state an…

The role of target geometry in 14 MeV neutron capture cross-section measurements

1972

Abstract Some activation capture cross sections of 14.5 MeV neutrons have been measured by systematically varying the target geometry. In all cases, the results are found to strongly depend on the geometrical conditions, which implies that a large part of the activation capture cross sections reported earlier are in error. An investigation of a number of materials shows that aluminium gives rise to a fairly small fraction of secondary low-energy neutrons and is, therefore, suitable material for target holders. A thin air-cooled target head specially designed for reliable activation cross-section measurements has been constructed and tested.

Measurement of the Be7(n,p) cross section at thermal energy

2019

The Be7(n,p) cross section was measured with an ion-implanted Be7 target at a thermal neutron beam of the research reactor LVR-15 in Řež. The cross section to the ground state of Li7 is σ(n,p0)=43800±1400b and the cross section to the first excited state of Li7 is σ(n,p1)=520±260b.

Modeling moderated proportional neutron counters using the Geant4 toolkit and the application to detection of fast neutron burst

2014

Thermal neutron capture cross sections of tellurium isotopes

2003

New values for thermal neutron capture cross sections of the tellurium isotopes 122Te, 124Te, 125Te, 126Te, 128Te, and 130Te are reported. These values are based on a combination of newly determined partial g-ray cross sections obtained from experiments on targets contained natural Te and gamma intensities per capture of individual Te isotopes. Isomeric ratios for the thermal neutron capture on the even tellurium isotopes are also given.

A new measurement of the neutron detection efficiency for the NaI Crystal Ball detector

2015

We report on a measurement of the neutron detection efficiency in NaI crystals in the Crystal Ball detector obtained from a study of single π0 photoproduction on deuterium using the tagged photon beam at the Mainz Microtron. The results were obtained up to a neutron energy of 400 MeV . They are compared to previous measurements made more than 15 years ago at the pion beam at the BNL AGS.