Application of the BINS superheated drop detector spectrometer to the {sup 9}Be(p,xn) neutron energy spectrum determination

Journal Article · Thu Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812918· OSTI ID:22121660

Di Fulvio, A.; Ciolini, R.; Mirzajani, N.; Romei, C.; D'Errico, F. ^[1]; Bedogni, R. ^[2]; Esposito, J.; Zafiropoulos, D.; Colautti, P. ^[3]

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1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Nucleare e della Produzione, Universita di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
2. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) (Italy)
3. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) (Italy)

In the framework of TRASCO-BNCT project, a Bubble Interactive Neutron Spectrometer (BINS) device was applied to the characterization of the angle-and energy-differential neutron spectra generated by the {sup 9}Be(p,xn)reaction. The BINS spectrometer uses two superheated emulsion detectors, sequentially operated at different temperatures and thus provides a series of six sharp threshold responses, covering the 0.1-10 MeV neutron energy range. Spectrum unfolding of the data was performed by means of MAXED code. The obtained angle, energy-differential spectra were compared with those measured with a Bonner sphere spectrometer, a silicon telescope spectrometer and literature data.

• OSTI ID: 22121660
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1530, Issue 1; Conference: ION BEAMS '12: International conference on multidisciplinary applications of nuclear physics with ion beams, Legnaro, Padova (Italy), 6-8 Jun 2012; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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