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Title: Measurement of the Bi 209 ( n , 4 n ) Bi 206 and Tm 169 ( n , 3 n ) Tm 167 cross sections between 23.5 and 30.5 MeV relevant to reaction-in-flight neutron studies at the National Ignition Facility

Abstract

At the National Ignition Facility, experiments are being performed to measure charged-particle stopping powers in the previously unexplored warm dense plasma regime. These measurements are done using reaction-in-flight (RIF) neutrons from an inertial confinement fusion system. RIF neutrons are produced with a continuum of energies up to 30 MeV. By making activation measurements utilizing threshold reactions for neutrons in the energy range of 15 < E n < 30 MeV , the number of RIF neutrons can be determined and from this the stopping power of the deuterium and tritium ions that produced the RIF neutrons can be inferred. Currently, the 169 Tm ( n , 3 n ) 167 Tm reaction has been used. However, in an effort to provide a secondary complimentary measurement, efforts are underway to make use of the 209 Bi ( n , 4 n ) 206 Bi reaction, with a threshold of 22.5 MeV. The cross sections were measured at the 10 MV tandem Van De Graaff accelerator at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory with quasimonoenergetic neutrons between 23.5 and 30.5 MeV, where few previous measurements have been made. Cross-section data are compared to calculations and other available measurements.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [5];  [4];  [1];  [4];  [1];  [5]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
  4. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
  5. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1416291
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1377098; OSTI ID: 1409948
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-27157; LLNL-JRNL-741346
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; TRN: US1800900
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; nuclear fusion; nuclear reactions; nucleon induced nuclear reactions; transfer reactions; particle sources & targets; spectrometers & spectroscopic techniques; 42 ENGINEERING; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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Gooden, M. E., Bredeweg, T. A., Champine, B., Combs, D. C., Finch, S., Hayes-Sterbenz, A., Henry, E., Krishichayan, F., Rundberg, R., Tornow, W., Wilhelmy, J., and Yeamans, C. Measurement of the Bi209(n,4n)Bi206 and Tm169(n,3n)Tm167 cross sections between 23.5 and 30.5 MeV relevant to reaction-in-flight neutron studies at the National Ignition Facility. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.96.024622.
Gooden, M. E., Bredeweg, T. A., Champine, B., Combs, D. C., Finch, S., Hayes-Sterbenz, A., Henry, E., Krishichayan, F., Rundberg, R., Tornow, W., Wilhelmy, J., & Yeamans, C. Measurement of the Bi209(n,4n)Bi206 and Tm169(n,3n)Tm167 cross sections between 23.5 and 30.5 MeV relevant to reaction-in-flight neutron studies at the National Ignition Facility. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.024622
Gooden, M. E., Bredeweg, T. A., Champine, B., Combs, D. C., Finch, S., Hayes-Sterbenz, A., Henry, E., Krishichayan, F., Rundberg, R., Tornow, W., Wilhelmy, J., and Yeamans, C. Mon . "Measurement of the Bi209(n,4n)Bi206 and Tm169(n,3n)Tm167 cross sections between 23.5 and 30.5 MeV relevant to reaction-in-flight neutron studies at the National Ignition Facility". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.024622. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1416291.
@article{osti_1416291,
title = {Measurement of the Bi209(n,4n)Bi206 and Tm169(n,3n)Tm167 cross sections between 23.5 and 30.5 MeV relevant to reaction-in-flight neutron studies at the National Ignition Facility},
author = {Gooden, M. E. and Bredeweg, T. A. and Champine, B. and Combs, D. C. and Finch, S. and Hayes-Sterbenz, A. and Henry, E. and Krishichayan, F. and Rundberg, R. and Tornow, W. and Wilhelmy, J. and Yeamans, C.},
abstractNote = {At the National Ignition Facility, experiments are being performed to measure charged-particle stopping powers in the previously unexplored warm dense plasma regime. These measurements are done using reaction-in-flight (RIF) neutrons from an inertial confinement fusion system. RIF neutrons are produced with a continuum of energies up to 30 MeV. By making activation measurements utilizing threshold reactions for neutrons in the energy range of 15 < E n < 30 MeV , the number of RIF neutrons can be determined and from this the stopping power of the deuterium and tritium ions that produced the RIF neutrons can be inferred. Currently, the 169 Tm ( n , 3 n ) 167 Tm reaction has been used. However, in an effort to provide a secondary complimentary measurement, efforts are underway to make use of the 209 Bi ( n , 4 n ) 206 Bi reaction, with a threshold of 22.5 MeV. The cross sections were measured at the 10 MV tandem Van De Graaff accelerator at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory with quasimonoenergetic neutrons between 23.5 and 30.5 MeV, where few previous measurements have been made. Cross-section data are compared to calculations and other available measurements.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.96.024622},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 2,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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