Using Quasi-Monoenergetic Photon Sources To Probe Photo-Fission Resonances

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3586171· OSTI ID:21513429

Johnson, Micah S; Hall, James M; McNabb, Dennis P ^[1]; Tuffley, Michael J ^[2]; Ahmed, Mohammed W; Stave, Sean; Weller, Henry R ^[3]; Karwowski, Hugon; Thompkins, Jeromy ^[4]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA 94550 (United States)
2. San Jose State University, San Jose CA 95192 (United States)
3. Duke University, Durham NC 27708 (United States)
4. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 27599 (United States)

We present preliminary results of photo-fission measurements of uranium isotopes with the quasi-monoenergetic gamma-ray source, HIGS. The measurements were performed to search for photo-fission resonances. We discuss potential applications to use photo-fission resonances to identify special nuclear material in cargo containers. We discuss the importance of quasi-monoenergetic gamma-ray sources for this kind of application.

• OSTI ID: 21513429
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1336, Issue 1; Conference: CAARI 2010: 21. International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Fort Worth, TX (United States), 8-13 Aug 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3586171; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
FISSION
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SOURCES
PHOTOFISSION
PHOTONS
RESONANCE
RESONANCE NEUTRONS
URANIUM ISOTOPES
BARYONS
BOSONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
MASSLESS PARTICLES
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEONS
PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS