Measurement of high-energy neutron flux above ground utilizing a spallation based multiplicity technique

Roecker, Caleb; Bernstein, Adam; Marleau, Peter; Vetter, Kai

doi:10.1109/tns.2016.2628644

Title: Measurement of high-energy neutron flux above ground utilizing a spallation based multiplicity technique

Authors:

Roecker, Caleb ^[1]; Bernstein, Adam ^[2]; Marleau, Peter ^[3]; Vetter, Kai ^[4]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States). Radiation and Nuclear Detection Systems
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Nuclear Science Division

Publication Date:: Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1340509

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1361647; OSTI ID: 1458482; OSTI ID: 1513114

Report Number(s):: SAND-2016-6353J; SAND-2017-0536J; LLNL-JRNL-695883
Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9499; 643448; TRN: US1701258

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0000979; AC5-07NA27344; AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 63; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9499

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; cosmogenic neutrons; high-energy neutron spectroscopy; neutrons; energy measurement; particle measurements; spectroscopy; detectors; Monte Carlo methods

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                    Roecker, Caleb, Bernstein, Adam, Marleau, Peter, and Vetter, Kai. Measurement of high-energy neutron flux above ground utilizing a spallation based multiplicity technique.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Roecker, Caleb, Bernstein, Adam, Marleau, Peter, & Vetter, Kai. Measurement of high-energy neutron flux above ground utilizing a spallation based multiplicity technique.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2016.2628644

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                    Roecker, Caleb, Bernstein, Adam, Marleau, Peter, and Vetter, Kai. Mon .  
"Measurement of high-energy neutron flux above ground utilizing a spallation based multiplicity technique".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2016.2628644.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1340509.

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  title        = {Measurement of high-energy neutron flux above ground utilizing a spallation based multiplicity technique},

  author       = {Roecker, Caleb and Bernstein, Adam and Marleau, Peter and Vetter, Kai},

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  doi          = {10.1109/tns.2016.2628644},

  journal      = {IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 63,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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Fig. 1: The reconstructed counts/∆E of the 5 mono-energetic neutron simulations. The truth input spectra in the basis spline space is displayed as a solid blue line. Reconstructed spectra are displayed as a dashed black line with red uncertainty. Confidence intervals around the reconstructed spectra are displayed as a patternedmore »

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