Tagging fast neutrons from an (241)Am/(9)Be source

J Scherzinger; J R M Annand; G Davatz; K G Fissum; U Gendotti; R Hall-Wilton; E Håkansson; R Jebali; K Kanaki; M Lundin; B Nilsson; A Rosborge; H Svensson

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.01.003

Tagging fast neutrons from an (241)Am/(9)Be source

Appl Radiat Isot. 2015 Apr:98:74-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.01.003. Epub 2015 Jan 6.

Authors

J Scherzinger¹, J R M Annand², G Davatz³, K G Fissum⁴, U Gendotti³, R Hall-Wilton⁵, E Håkansson⁶, R Jebali³, K Kanaki⁷, M Lundin⁸, B Nilsson⁹, A Rosborge⁸, H Svensson¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nuclear Physics, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Detector Group, European Spallation Source ESS AB, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
² University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.
³ Arktis Radiation Detectors Limited, 8045 Zürich, Switzerland.
⁴ Division of Nuclear Physics, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Detector Group, European Spallation Source ESS AB, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: kevin.fissum@nuclear.lu.se.
⁵ Detector Group, European Spallation Source ESS AB, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Mid-Sweden University, SE-851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden.
⁶ Division of Nuclear Physics, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
⁷ Detector Group, European Spallation Source ESS AB, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
⁸ MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
⁹ Detector Group, European Spallation Source ESS AB, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
¹⁰ MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Sweflo Engineering, SE-275 63 Blentarp, Sweden.

PMID: 25644080
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.01.003

Abstract

Shielding, coincidence, and time-of-flight measurement techniques are employed to tag fast neutrons emitted from an (241)Am/(9)Be source resulting in a continuous polychromatic energy-tagged beam of neutrons with energies up to 7MeV. The measured energy structure of the beam agrees qualitatively with both previous measurements and theoretical calculations.

Keywords: Americium–beryllium; Fast neutrons; Gamma-rays; Time-of-flight.