NEUTRON YIELDS AND EMISSION RATES OF 50 MEV U O-18-ION ON THICK BE, CU AND AU TARGETS/

Authors
LI GS ZHANG TM LI ZW SU YW ZHANG SM
Citation
Gs. Li et al., NEUTRON YIELDS AND EMISSION RATES OF 50 MEV U O-18-ION ON THICK BE, CU AND AU TARGETS/, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 404(2-3), 1998, pp. 349-354
Citations number
10
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
404
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
349 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)404:2-3<349:NYAERO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The neutron yield and the neutron emission rate are very important par ameters in neutron dosimetry and shielding studies of heavy ion reacti ons. Total neutron yields and neutron emission rates in the forward di rection for 50 MeV/u O-18-ion on thick Be, Cu and Au targets have been measured using an activation technique. The results indicate that neu tron yields and emission rates in the forward direction depend on the atomic number of target nuclei, i.e. the lighter target has greater ne utron yield and neutron emission rate. The neutron yield of O-18-ions is greater than that of C-12-ions when target nucleus and incident ene rgy per nucleon are identical. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All righ ts reserved.