A Recoil Proton Telescope for Accurate Fast-Neutron Flux Measurement,

Abstract

A recoil proton telescope has been designed, built, and tested at the Radiation Laboratory, BRL. This device is capable of absolute fast-neutron flux measurement in the energy range 2-20 MeV to an accuracy of better than 3%. Measurements of the telescope efficiencies at 2.60 and 14.30 MeV agree with several calculations to well within the estimated uncertainties. Thus, absolute flux measurements can be provided for the monitoring of irradiations and cross-section measurements. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0769708

Entities

People

  • Andrus Niiler
  • James E. Youngblood

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Efficiency
  • Fast Neutrons
  • Measurement
  • Monitoring
  • Neutron Flux
  • Neutrons
  • Radiation
  • Telescopes
  • Uncertainty

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster