Experimental partial and total kerma coefficients for aluminium at incident neutron energies from reaction thresholds to 65 MeV

Citation
S. Benck et al., Experimental partial and total kerma coefficients for aluminium at incident neutron energies from reaction thresholds to 65 MeV, PHYS MED BI, 45(1), 2000, pp. 29-48
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00319155 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
29 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9155(200001)45:1<29:EPATKC>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
For nine incident neutron energies in the range 25 to 65 MeV, the double-di fferential cross sections (energy spectra) for the (n, px), (n, dx), (n, tx ) and (n, alpha x) reactions on aluminium have been measured at lab angles between 20 degrees and 160 degrees in steps of 10 degrees. The partial and total kerma coefficients have been determined from the experimental energy- differential cross sections. The resulting partial kerma coefficients for t he incident neutron energy range of 25-65 MeV are extrapolated to the thres hold energy of each registered reaction product type. Only illustrative res ults of the experimental double-differential, energy-differential and total cross sections are presented. The deduced partial and total kerma coeffici ents of the present work are compared with results of previous integral mea surements and theoretical predictions.