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Tagging fast neutrons from an 241Am/9Be source

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-02-12 v3 Nuclear Experiment
Authors: J. Scherzinger , J. R. M. Annand , G. Davatz , K. G. Fissum , U. Gendotti , R. Hall-Wilton , A. Rosborg , E. Håkansson , R. Jebali , K. Kanaki , M. Lundin , B. Nilsson , H. Svensson
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Abstract

We report on an investigation of the fast-neutron spectrum emitted by 241Am/9Be. Well-understood shielding, coincidence, and time-of-flight measurement techniques are employed to produce a continuous, polychromatic, energy-tagged neutron beam.

Keywords

neutron detection electron emission accelerator physics

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@article{arxiv.1405.2686,
  title  = {Tagging fast neutrons from an 241Am/9Be source},
  author = {J. Scherzinger and J. R. M. Annand and G. Davatz and K. G. Fissum and U. Gendotti and R. Hall-Wilton and A. Rosborg and E. Håkansson and R. Jebali and K. Kanaki and M. Lundin and B. Nilsson and H. Svensson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.2686},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

17 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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