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Pulsed Plasma Neutron Accelerator

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Adoptable beam of neutrons enables investigating neutron interaction with matter and extends its applications. Neutrons from a low energy Sb–Be source are accelerated to the desired energies by collision with high energy protons from a plasma focus device. Protons pass through a set of magnetic lenses and converged to a small point where the neutron source is located. Proton density is increased by narrowing the beam with a charge funnel. From a practical point of view, the source geometry of neutron is a half-cone, which enhances the number of forward peaked neutrons after collision with proton.

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  1. Physics Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    H. Sadeghi, S. Fazelpour & M. Zare

  2. School of Particles and Accelerators, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran

    M. V. Roshan

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Sadeghi, H., Roshan, M.V., Fazelpour, S. et al. Pulsed Plasma Neutron Accelerator. J Fusion Energ 36, 66–70 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-017-0123-4

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