Enhanced Calibration Method of Silver Detector to Use in a Plasma Focus Device of Low Yield

Journal Article · Wed Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3480253· OSTI ID:21415312

Moreno, Jose; Soto, Leopoldo ^[1]; Tarifeno-Saldivia, Ariel ^[2]

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1. Comision Chilena de Energia Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago (Chile)
2. Center for Research and Applications in Plasma Physics and Pulsed Power, P4 (Chile)

In this work, a calibration method based only in the use of a continuous neutron source as reference is presented. After the silver foil reached activation steady state, the neutron source was removed. The accumulated were analyzed by the method of linear least squares.

• OSTI ID: 21415312
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1265, Issue 1; Conference: 8. Latin American symposium on nuclear physics and applications, Santiago (Chile), 15-19 Dec 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3480253; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
CALIBRATION
FOILS
LEAST SQUARE FIT
NEUTRON SOURCES
NEUTRON SPECTRA
PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES
SILVER
STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS
ELEMENTS
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD FIT
METALS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PARTICLE SOURCES
RADIATION SOURCES
SPECTRA
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS