In this article, we present a measurement of flow rate, yield and effusion time of a 23Ne production and transport system. We used an accelerator-driven Li(d,n) neutron source to produce neutrons up to 20 MeV. The radioactive atoms were produced by a 23Na(n,p) reaction at a NaCl target. Later, the atoms were diffused out from the NaCl crystals and effused from the production chamber via a 10 m hose to a measurement cell and their decay products were detected using high purity germanium (HPGe) and plastic scintillator detectors. The resulting flow rate was 6.9±0.5⋅104\sfracatomssec and the total yield was 3.2±0.4⋅10−9\sfracatomsdeuteron. We summarize our methods and estimates of efficiencies, rates of production and effusion.
@article{arxiv.2006.00478,
title = {$^{23}$Ne Production at SARAF-I},
author = {Yonatan Mishnayot and Hitesh Rahangdale and Ben Ohayon and Sergey Vaintraub and Tsviki Hirsh and Leo Weismann and Amichay Perry and Asher Shor and Arik Kreisel and Shadi Ya'akobi and Einat Buznach and Guy Ron},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.00478},
year = {2020}
}