The 1H(11B,n)11C reaction as a practical low background monoenergetic neutron source in the 10 MeV region

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(89)91493-9

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume 281, Issue 3, 15 September 1989, Pages 581-588

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Abstract

Neutron source properties of the ¹H(¹¹B,n)¹¹C reaction were measured for incident ¹¹B energies between 50 and 64 MeV by detecting the neutrons at angles of 0° to 40°. Neutron were produced with high monochromaticity in the range of several MeV to 12 MeV. In addition, the room background is very low because they were collimated to a forward cone according to the kinematical condition. Therefore, this reaction was proved to be a desirable monoenergetic neutron source in the “gap” region and was applied successfully to the neutron physics research at the JAERI tandem accelerator.

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The 1H(11B,n)11C reaction as a practical low background monoenergetic neutron source in the 10 MeV region

Abstract

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Nucl. Phys.

Neutron Physics and Nuclear Data in Science and Technology

Neutron Sources For Basic Physics and Applications

Production of Monoenergetic Neutrons Between 0.1 and 23 MeV: Neutron Energies and Cross Sections

Production of Fast Neutrons with Targets of the Hydrogen Isotopes - Source Properties and Evaluation of the Cross Sections

Production of Focused Neutron Beam Using Heavy Ion Reaction

Tandem Fast Neutron TOF Facility

JAERI-M 86-080

The ¹H(¹¹B,n)¹¹C reaction as a practical low background monoenergetic neutron source in the 10 MeV region