Absolute Calibration of a Prompt Gamma Ray Detector for Intense Bursts of Protons.

Abstract

A detector for determining the intensity and duration of kiloampere pulsed proton beams is described. Two different size detectors were calibrated absolutely using the continuous proton beam from a Van de Graaff accelerator. An absolute measurement of a kiloampere pulsed proton beam is described, and the measured current is in agreement with an independent determination of the total proton intensity by nuclear activation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086726

Entities

People

  • A. R. Knudson
  • F. Oliphant
  • Frank C. Young
  • Stavros J. Stephanakis

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bremsstrahlung
  • Calibration
  • Corporations
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Gamma Rays
  • Ion Beams
  • Ions
  • Measurement
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Reactions
  • Proton Beams
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Van De Graaff Accelerators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.