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A DETECTOR FOR FAST NEUTRONS (in German)

Journal Article · · Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Physik (West Germany) Ceased publication
OSTI ID:4233546
A detector for neutrons with energy greater than 1 Mev is described. The neutrons were detected by recoil protons released in paraffin which were measured in a silver-activated ZnS luminescent screen. In order to obtain the most favorable thickness of thc luminescent material for the detection of fast protons up to 11 Mev, the pulse-height distribution of the recoil protons of a Po- Be source of known intensity was measured for various thicknesses of the ZnS(Ag) layer. The investigation showed that a thickness of 15 mg/cm/sup 2/ had the greatest proton detection sensitivity and for this layer all other processes gave only a relatively small perturbation background. (tr-auth)
Research Organization:
Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, heidelberg, Ger.
NSA Number:
NSA-13-019184
OSTI ID:
4233546
Journal Information:
Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Physik (West Germany) Ceased publication, Journal Name: Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Physik (West Germany) Ceased publication Vol. Vol: 11; ISSN ZAPHA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
German

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