RECOMMENDED TARGET MATERIALS FOR D-D NEUTRON SOURCES

Authors
GRALLERT A CSIKAI J QAIM SM KNIEPER J
Citation
A. Grallert et al., RECOMMENDED TARGET MATERIALS FOR D-D NEUTRON SOURCES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 334(1), 1993, pp. 154-159
Citations number
16
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
334
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
154 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)334:1<154:RTMFDN>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The energy-integrated neutron yields from deuteron interactions with 1 0 elemental and a SUS 29 B stainless steel target have been measured a t 4, 7 and 10 MeV incident energies. The forward peaks in the angular distributions decrease with increasing atomic number. Neutrons from se lf-target build-up were observed only for U at E(d) = 7 MeV. The flux density spectra of neutrons have been determined for different beam st op materials by using the dosimetry reactions and the SULSA unfolding code. An analysis of the neutron yields and spectra shows that W, Ta a nd Pt can be recommended as construction materials for D-D sources to optimize the signal-to-background ratio.