Development of gamma insensitive silicon carbide diagnostics to qualify intense thermal and epithermal neutron fields
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Abstract:
The e_LiBANS project aims at creating accelerator based compact neutron facilities for diverse interdisciplinary applications. After the successful setting up and characterization of a thermal neutron source based on a medical electron LINAC, a similar assembly for epithermal neutrons has been developed. The project is based on an Elekta 18 MV LINAC coupled with a photoconverter-moderator system which deploys the (γ,n) photonuclear reaction to convert a bremsstrahlung photon beam into a neutron field. This communication describes the development of novel diagnostics to qualify the thermal and epithermal neutron fields that have been produced. In particular, a proof of concept for the use of silicon carbide photodiodes as thermal neutron rate detector is presented.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Models and simulations; Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons); Neutron sources; Radiation-hard detectors
Elenco autori:
Sans Planell O.; Costa M.; Durisi E.; Lega A.; Mafucci E.; Menzio L.; Monti V.; Visca L.; Bedogni R.; Treccani M.; Pola A.; Bortot D.; Alikaniotis K.; Giannini G.; Gomez-Ros. J.M.
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