A Pulsed Neutron Experiment with Beryllium by the Use of a Gamma-Ray Flash from an Electron Linear Accelerator
作者:
AizawaOtohiko,
KadotaniHiroyuki,
KandaKeiji,
FujitaYoshiaki,
ItoShinichi,
期刊:
Nuclear Science and Engineering
(Taylor Available online 1973)
卷期:
Volume 50,
issue 1
页码: 38-45
ISSN:0029-5639
年代: 1973
DOI:10.13182/NSE73-A22586
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
A new method of pulsed neutron experimentation is proposed and successfully applied to a beryllium metal system. The present technique utilizes theγ-ray flash from an electron linear accelerator. The employment of an“internal”neutron source, i.e., the (γ,n) reaction in beryllium, which is“softer”than the often used“external”14-MeV neutrons from a generator, improves the state of the art of the die-away technique in beryllium. The reduction of background neutrons makes it possible to measure the decay curve until∼1800µsec after a burst even for a small beryllium assembly of 15×15×15 cm in dimension (B2= 0.101 cm-2), while in earlier experiments the decay curves have been measured only until∼600µsec for such a small beryllium assembly.The present analysis of decay curves indicates that the assumption made by Kothari, who derived the limit of a discrete decay constant for crystalline moderators, is not valid at least for beryllium. On the other hand, Corngold’s limit is consistent with the experimental results.
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