SOLID DEUTERIUM SOURCE OF ULTRACOLD NEUTRONS BASED ON A PULSED SPALLATION SOURCE

Authors
SEREBROV AP MITYUKHLYAEV VA ZAKHAROV AA BOWLES T GREENE G SROMICKI J
Citation
Ap. Serebrov et al., SOLID DEUTERIUM SOURCE OF ULTRACOLD NEUTRONS BASED ON A PULSED SPALLATION SOURCE, JETP letters, 66(12), 1997, pp. 802-808
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
66
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
802 - 808
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1997)66:12<802:SDSOUN>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A new type of source of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) is proposed. The sou rce operates on the basis of a pulsed spallation source. Solid deuteri um makes it possible to obtain UCN density 10(4) neutrons/cm(3) as a r esult of high gain at low temperatures and the possibility of withstan ding high pulsed heat loads as a result of the high specific heat of s olid deuterium. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-3640(97 )00424-6].