PINO - a tool for simulating neutron spectra resulting from the 7Li(p,n) reaction
Abstract
The 7Li(p,n) reaction in combination with a 3.7 MV Van de Graaff accelerator was routinely used at FZK to perform activation as well as time-of-flight measurements with neutrons in the keV-region. Planned new setups with much higher proton currents like SARAF and FRANZ and the availability of liquid-lithium target technology will trigger a renaissance of this method. A detailed understanding of the neutron spectrum is not only important during the planning phase of an experiment, but also during for the analysis of activation experiments. Therefore, the Monte-Carlo based program PINO (Protons In Neutrons Out) was developed, which allows the simulation of neutron spectra considering the geometry of the setup and the proton-energy distribution.
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@article{arxiv.1310.1637,
title = {PINO - a tool for simulating neutron spectra resulting from the 7Li(p,n) reaction},
author = {R. Reifarth and M. Heil and F. Käppeler and R. Plag},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.1637},
year = {2013}
}