Application of fluorine-based threshold activation detector for neutron flux calculation from D-T neutron generator
| Autor: | Ivan Sliphukin, Carlo Tintori, A. Broslawski, Andrzej Dziedzic, A. Urban, Arkadiusz Chlopik, Kamil Niechcielski, Łukasz Kaźmierczak, M. Gierlik, Krystian Trela, Jacek Rzadkiewicz, Kacper Zezuliński, Marek Dryll, Szymon Burakowski, K. Grodzicki, Alessandro Iovene, P. Sibczynski, Tomasz Krakowski |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physics
Scintillation Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena QC1-999 Monte Carlo method neutron generator Scintillator threshold activation detection neutron detection Neutron temperature Crystal scintillator Neutron generator Neutron flux Neutron detection Atomic physics Nuclear Experiment |
| Zdroj: | EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 225, p 02004 (2020) |
| Popis: | In this paper we propose a method of fast neutron flux estimation from a pulsed D-T neutron generator with application of single CaF2 scintillation crystal. The analysis method relies on 19F(n, α)16N threshold activation reaction having neutron energy threshold at 1.6 MeV. As a result, the 16N undergo β− decay with half-life of 7.1 s, emitting β particles with endpoint up to 10.4 MeV in the scintillator medium. Integration of the β distribution curve, preceded by calculation of (n, α) rate on F with Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code v6 (MCNP6) for fixed geometry, allows to estimate the neutron flux in 4π per second within few minutes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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