Preparation of a liquid nitrogen target for measurement of gamma-rays in the 14N(n, gamma)15N reaction as an intensity standard in energy regions up to 11 MeV

H Sakane; H Obayashi; A Tojo; M Shibata; K Kawade; A Taniguchi

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.01.018

Preparation of a liquid nitrogen target for measurement of gamma-rays in the 14N(n, gamma)15N reaction as an intensity standard in energy regions up to 11 MeV

Appl Radiat Isot. 2005 Jul;63(1):131-5. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.01.018. Epub 2005 Apr 18.

Authors

H Sakane¹, H Obayashi, A Tojo, M Shibata, K Kawade, A Taniguchi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.

PMID: 15866458
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.01.018

Abstract

We have developed a liquid nitrogen (N(2)) target that allows us to clearly measure gamma-rays below 2 MeV and to improve neutron beam availability. The intensity of the prompt 2223 keV gamma-ray from the (1)H(n, gamma) reaction in the present target could be reduced to about 160 in comparison with the one in the commercially available melamine (C(3)H(6)N(6)) target. The statistics of the full-energy-peak counts were improved by factors of 15-30 and about 4 in the energy regions below and above 2 MeV, respectively.