{"title":"Some activation measurements with 3H(d, n)4He neutrons","authors":"R.A. Jarjis","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90744-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90744-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Accuracy of the concentric ring geometry for fast neutron monitoring is verified by activating concentric rings and discs, which were made of copper, and measuring the neutron fluxes using the <sup>63</sup>Cu(n, 2n)<sup>62</sup>Cu reaction. Consistent results were obtained using <sup>3</sup>H(d, n)<sup>4</sup>He neutrons from Van de Graaff and Dynamitron accelerators. In addition, 12.9–15.9 MeV neutrons were used to measure the excitation function for the <sup>121</sup>Sb(n, 2n)<sup>120g</sup>Sb reaction and the ratios of <sup>63</sup>Cu(n, 2n)<sup>62</sup>Cu and <sup>27</sup>Al(n, p)<sup>27</sup>Mg reaction cross-sections, which were used for neutron energy determination. The investigation includes also a novel gamma ray counting method for the determination of the antimony cross-section, and recommendations for establishing the concentric ring technique as a standard.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 439-444"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90744-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80288737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurement of secondary neutron fluxes around beam stop for 500 MeV protons","authors":"Syuichi Ban, Hideo Hirayama, Kazuaki Katoh","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90739-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90739-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Secondary neutron fluxes were measured around the beam stop bombarded by 500 MeV protons using activation detectors. The attenuation length of concrete was obtained for angles between 0° and 100°. To compare with experimental results, Monte Carlo transport calculations were performed using the NMTC code.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 409-412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90739-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79444068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masaaki Kobayashi, Yoshio Yoshimura, Masami Chiba, Jun'ichiro Iwahori, Hajime Yoshida
{"title":"Performance of a scintillator glass shower detector for 20–120 MeV electrons","authors":"Masaaki Kobayashi, Yoshio Yoshimura, Masami Chiba, Jun'ichiro Iwahori, Hajime Yoshida","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90737-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90737-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A scintillator glass (type : SCG1B) detector of 14 × 14 × 40 cm<sup>3</sup> gives an energy resolution (fwhm) of <span><math><mtext>6.5%/E</mtext><msup><mi></mi><mn><mtext>−1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext></mn></msup></math></span> for low energy electrons, which is better than for lead glass by a factor approximately 0.6. The light yield for SCG1B is 3.4 times that for lead glass (SF5) if the blocks have similar dimensions. Different surface textures are also compared.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 399-404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90737-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83749589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A nuclear reaction product mass spectrometer","authors":"T.M. Cormier, P.M. Stwertka","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90742-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90742-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The design of a mass spectrometer capable of determining directly the mass of nuclear reaction products, independent of the velocity with which they leave the target, is discussed. The spectrometer employs only electric and magnetic dipoles and magnetic quadrupoles to focus all particles of a given mass to the same point on the focal plane. The usable solid angle is a function of the mass resolution and can be as large as 5 msr. The magnification of the device is 3.3 which means that the angular convergence of particle paths at the focal plane is very small with the consequence that the focal plane may, without significant loss of resolution be regarded as straight and perpendicular to the particle path in all practical cases. The mass dispersion of the spectrometer is ∼13 mm/% and the resolving power (a function of solid angle) can be as large as <em>m</em>/<em>Δm</em> = 400.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 423-430"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90742-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80062104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some notes on peak fitting with an inadequate model in the analysis of Ge(Li) gamma spectra","authors":"Vladimir Pavlovič Kuznecov","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90752-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90752-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An exact expression for a covariance matrix of estimates is obtained in cases of peak fitting with an inadequate model. Estimate biases are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 493-495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90752-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80835867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Cser, F. Ferenczy, N. Kroó, Gy. Rubin, G. Zsigmond, V.G. Simkin
{"title":"Filtering of elastically scattered neutrons by statistical chopper at pulsed neutron sources","authors":"L. Cser, F. Ferenczy, N. Kroó, Gy. Rubin, G. Zsigmond, V.G. Simkin","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90743-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90743-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Elastic spectrum filtering of scattered neutrons is described at the two-dimensional correlation spectrometer on the IBR-30 pulsed reactor in Dubna. Illustrative time-of-flight scattering spectra are shown.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 431-437"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90743-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81534874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of residual thermoluminescence on the radiation induced sensitization of some TL phosphors","authors":"Bhuwan Chandra, R.C. Bhatt, S.J. Supe","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90762-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90762-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effect of the high temperature residual TL (RTL) peak on the sensitization of the dosimetric peak in CaSO<sub>4</sub> : Dy, CaSO<sub>4</sub> : Tm and CaF<sub>2</sub> : Dy phorphors was studied and it was found that the sensitization factor (<em>S</em>/<em>S</em><sub>0</sub>) is dependent on the intensity of the RTL peak. On bleaching the RTL peak intensity by a factor of ∼16 by means of intense UV irradiation (253.7 nm), it was possible to bring down the sensitization factor for CaSO<sub>4</sub> : Dy from a value of 2.6 to 1.0. A similar effect has also been observed in CaSO<sub>4</sub> : Tm and CaF<sub>2</sub> : Dy phosphors. The shape and also the position of the main dosimetric peak is dependent on the intensity of the RTL peak.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 549-555"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90762-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85986438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Bossart, J. Bosser, L. Burnod, E. D'Amico, G. Ferioli, J. Mann, F. Méot
{"title":"Proton beam profile measurements with synchrotron light","authors":"R. Bossart, J. Bosser, L. Burnod, E. D'Amico, G. Ferioli, J. Mann, F. Méot","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90734-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90734-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In circular proton accelerators, the synchrotron radiation emitted by high energy beams at the edges of bending magnets contains an appreciable amount of visible light. This effect is used in the CERN SPS to measure by a non interceptive method the transverse proton density distribution above 200 GeV. The device consists of a telescope followed by an image sensor and electronics processing; its performances and some examples of applications are given in this paper.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 349-357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90734-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91177623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Humidity measurements using a double ionization chamber with α-rays","authors":"Sigeaki Matsumoto, Hisanobu Kobayashi","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90773-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90773-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The humidity was measured with an accuracy of ±5% using a double ionization chamber with α-ray sources in order to remove the effects of the temperature and the atmospheric pressure.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 603-604"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90773-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72694202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scintillation intensity of NE-102A screens: Numerical integration of an expression for the radioluminescence yield, eventual application as a method of particcle identification","authors":"Laura M.I. de Carvalho, J.Lopes Da Silva","doi":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90765-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0029-554X(81)90765-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The function <em>S</em>(<em>E</em>) of luminescence intensity of NE-102A scintillator irradiated by ionizing particles, in the energy range from 0.2 to 20 MeV, is studied by means of numerical integration of an expression already developed for specific luminescence, d<em>S</em>/d<em>x</em>.</p><p>Good agreement is observed between calculated curves and experimental results obtained by us and by other authors, with α-particles (1.75–5.28 MeV) and protons (0.5–10.0 MeV).</p><p>An identification method for ionizing particles for charge +1 at low energies (below 1.5 MeV), based only on measurements of energy and total and delayed luminescence, is suggested.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100971,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments and Methods","volume":"184 2","pages":"Pages 563-570"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0029-554X(81)90765-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73792279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}