Published December 21, 2007 | Version v1
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Measurement of neutron response function for thin plastic scintillators using white neutron source from d-D breakup reaction

Creators

  • 1. Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024 (China)
  • 2. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413 (China)

Description

The neutron response function for thin plastic scintillators has been measured using the white neutron source produced by the d-D breakup reaction. Deuteron energies of 9, 12 and 14 MeV were chosen to produce the neutron energy range from 0.5 to 17 MeV. The intensity of the neutron beam was measured by a well-calibrated BC-501A liquid scintillation detector at 00. The measured results were compared with Monte Carlo simulations and verified by additional experiments at a neutron generator and the 2x1.7MV 5SDH-2 tandem accelerator. The results obtained from these experiments all agree well with the simulations

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.038

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.038;
PII
S0168-9002(07)02080-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
583
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 426-431
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39066118
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BREAKUP REACTIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DEUTERONS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON GENERATORS; NEUTRONS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; TANDEM ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYONS; BEAMS; CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; HADRONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE SOURCES; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SIMULATION

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