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Correction and verification of HL-2A Tokamak Bonner sphere spectrometer in monoenergetic neutron fields from 100 keV to 5 MeV

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A real-time Bonner sphere spectrometer (BSS) has been developed for spectral neutron measurements with the HL-2A Tokamak. To correct and verify the accuracy of the neutron spectrum from the BSS, the BSS system was calibrated using monoenergetic neutron beams in the energy range of 100 keV–5 MeV. The response function of the BSS was corrected based on the calibration results, and the corrected BSS system was verified by unfolding monoenergetic neutron spectra. Fusion neutron spectra on the HL-2A have been obtained from the calibrated BSS system for the first time.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Bo-Wen Zheng, Chun-Yu Jiang, Zi-Hao Liu, Yin-Hai Pan, Shi-Biao Tang & Ze-Jie Yin

  2. Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Bo-Wen Zheng, Chun-Yu Jiang, Zi-Hao Liu, Yin-Hai Pan, Shi-Biao Tang & Ze-Jie Yin

  3. Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Xian-Ying Song

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Zheng, BW., Jiang, CY., Liu, ZH. et al. Correction and verification of HL-2A Tokamak Bonner sphere spectrometer in monoenergetic neutron fields from 100 keV to 5 MeV. NUCL SCI TECH 30, 159 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-019-0689-9

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