Note: Proton irradiation at kilowatt-power and neutron production from a free-surface liquid-lithium target

Journal Article · Thu May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4878627· OSTI ID:22308869

Halfon, S.; Feinberg, G. ^[1]; Arenshtam, A.; Kijel, D.; Weissman, L.; Aviv, O.; Berkovits, D.; Dudovitch, O.; Eisen, Y.; Eliyahu, I.; Haquin, G.; Hazenshprung, N.; Kreisel, A.; Mardor, I.; Shimel, G.; Shor, A.; Silverman, I.; Yungrais, Z. ^[1]; Tessler, M. ^[2]

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1. Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800 (Israel)
2. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 (Israel)

The free-surface Liquid-Lithium Target, recently developed at Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF), was successfully used with a 1.9 MeV, 1.2 mA (2.3 kW) continuous-wave proton beam. Neutrons (∼2 × 10{sup 10} n/s having a peak energy of ∼27 keV) from the {sup 7}Li(p,n){sup 7}Be reaction were detected with a fission-chamber detector and by gold activation targets positioned in the forward direction. The setup is being used for nuclear astrophysics experiments to study neutron-induced reactions at stellar energies and to demonstrate the feasibility of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy.

• OSTI ID: 22308869
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 5; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
ACTIVATION DETECTORS
ASTROPHYSICS
BORON
FISSION CHAMBERS
GOLD
KEV RANGE
LITHIUM
LITHIUM 7
MEV RANGE
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
NEUTRON EMISSION
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRONS
PROTON BEAMS
PROTON REACTIONS