DETERMINATION OF THE GAMMA-RAY BACKGROUND IN A PULSED EPITHERMAL NEUTRON BEAM

Authors
YEN YF BOWMAN JD LOWIE LY MASUDA Y MITCHELL GE PENTTILA SI
Citation
Yf. Yen et al., DETERMINATION OF THE GAMMA-RAY BACKGROUND IN A PULSED EPITHERMAL NEUTRON BEAM, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 397(2-3), 1997, pp. 365-370
Citations number
13
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
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
365 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)397:2-3<365:DOTGBI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The gamma-ray background in the pulsed neutron beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center was measured with an array of B-10-loaded li quid scintillators. With the method employed the gamma-ray contributio n in the neutron beam can be determined without knowledge of the energ y spectrum of the gamma-rays. The ratio of gamma-ray to neutron intens ities in the beam was determined during the time interval following th e beam burst that corresponds to neutron energies from E-n = 1 to 340 eV. The gamma-ray content in the beam ranges from 2% at 1 eV to 10% at 340 eV.