Letter to the editor
A portable 17.3 MeV gamma-ray source

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Abstract

The 7Li(p, γ)8Be reaction at low beam energies, ≤ 100 keV, is considered for use as a high energy gamma-ray source. Production rates indicate that this reaction would yield a reasonable intensity of 17.3 and 14.3 MeV gamma rays with inexpensive and readily available proton ion sources.

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