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Radiation accompanying the absorption of 2-MeV protons in various materials

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For the development of boron neutron-capture therapy of malignant tumors, a source of epithermal neutrons on the basis of a tandem accelerator with a vacuum insulation and a lithium target was created and launched. With the aim of optimizing the neutron-producing target, various structure materials were irradiated with a proton beam. The results obtained bymeasuring the dose rate and radiation spectrum upon the absorption of 2-MeV protons are presented, and the choice of tantalum for an optimum material of the target substrate was explained.

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

    D. A. Kasatov, A. N. Makarov, S. Yu. Taskaev & I. M. Shchudlo

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

    D. A. Kasatov & S. Yu. Taskaev

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Kasatov, A.N. Makarov, S.Yu. Taskaev, I.M. Shchudlo, 2015, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2015, Vol. 78, No. 11, pp. 963–969.

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Kasatov, D.A., Makarov, A.N., Taskaev, S.Y. et al. Radiation accompanying the absorption of 2-MeV protons in various materials. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 78, 905–911 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778815080062

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