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New Methods for Measurement of Neutron Detector Efficiency up to 20 MeV

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Fred B. Bateman, Allan D. Carlson, N. A. Kornilov, S M. Grimes, T N. Massey, C E. Brient, D E. Carter, J E. O'Donnell, R. C. Haight, N Boukharouba

Abstract

A new approach to neutron detector effciency has been taken. A neutron detector has been calibrated with a Cf-252 source at low energy. The calibration was extended to higher neutron energies by use of symetric reactions such as A + A ! (2A - 1) + n:
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Nuclear Data Sheets
Volume
119
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

fission chamber, neutron detector efficiency, symmetric reactions
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Citation

Bateman, F. , Carlson, A. , Kornilov, N. , Grimes, S. , Massey, T. , Brient, C. , Carter, D. , O'Donnell, J. , Haight, R. and Boukharouba, N. (2014), New Methods for Measurement of Neutron Detector Efficiency up to 20 MeV, Nuclear Data Sheets, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=913634 (Accessed April 18, 2024)

Created December 1, 2014, Updated February 19, 2017