A MEASUREMENT OF THE AL-27 (D,N) SPECTRUM FOR USE IN NEUTRON DETECTORCALIBRATION

Authors
MASSEY TN ALQURAISHI S BRIENT CE GUILLEMETTE JF GRIMES SM JACOBS D ODONNELL JE OLDENDICK J WHEELER R
Citation
Tn. Massey et al., A MEASUREMENT OF THE AL-27 (D,N) SPECTRUM FOR USE IN NEUTRON DETECTORCALIBRATION, Nuclear science and engineering, 129(2), 1998, pp. 175-179
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Nuclear science and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295639
Volume
129
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
175 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5639(1998)129:2<175:AMOTA(>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Calibration of neutron detectors for use in measurements spanning a wi de range of neutron energies is normally a challenging task. Use of mo noenergetic neutron beams is tedious and not convenient for certain en ergies. Measurements of a continuous spectrum of neutrons from the Al- 27(d,n) reaction at E-d = 7.44 MeV have been made with a fission chamb er. This should allow rapid calibration of neutron detectors in the en ergy range 0.2 less than or equal to E-n less than or equal to 4.5 MeV .