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Measuring the neutron spectrum of the accelerator-based source using the time-of-flight method

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The time-of-flight technique with a new method for generating short radiation bursts has been used to measure the neutron spectrum of the accelerator-based source with a stationary proton beam. Specific problems arising thereby and methods for solving them are described. The measured spectrum of neutrons in the reaction 7Li(p, n)7Be at a proton energy of 1.915 MeV is presented and compared to the calculation. This spectrum is shown to comply with the requirements for the neutron beam used in neutron capture therapy.

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  1. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 11, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. I. Aleinik, A. N. Makarov & S. Yu. Taskaev

  2. Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Aleinik, D.A. Kasatov, A.N. Makarov, S.Yu. Taskaev, 2014, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2014, No. 4, pp. 9–13.

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Aleinik, V.I., Kasatov, D.A., Makarov, A.N. et al. Measuring the neutron spectrum of the accelerator-based source using the time-of-flight method. Instrum Exp Tech 57, 381–385 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441214030026

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