CALIBRATION OF HEAVY-ELEMENT NUCLEAR TARGETS BY RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING OF ALPHA-PARTICLES

Authors
SOLOVIEV SM
Citation
Sm. Soloviev, CALIBRATION OF HEAVY-ELEMENT NUCLEAR TARGETS BY RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING OF ALPHA-PARTICLES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 397(1), 1997, pp. 159-162
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
397
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
159 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)397:1<159:COHNTB>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A simple and fast method for the determination of the thickness and th e local thickness distribution of heavy element targets, based on the backscattering of alpha-particles from a Po-210 source, is described. Examples for its applications to radioactive and stable isotope target s are given. Compared to alpha-activity counting, the time required fo r the characterization of radioactive targets of long-lived isotopes l ike Th-232 and U-238 is considerably reduced.