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Effect of the size of experimental channels of the lead slowing-down spectrometer SVZ-100 (Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow) on the moderation constant

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Lead slowing-down (LSD) spectrometers have a low energy resolution (about 30%), but their luminosity is 103 to 104 times higher than that of time-of-flight (TOF) spectrometers. A high luminosity of LSD spectrometers makes it possible to use them to measure neutron cross section for samples of mass about several micrograms. These features specify a niche for the application of LSD spectrometers in measuring neutron cross sections for elements hardly available in macroscopic amounts—in particular, for actinides. A mathematical simulation of the parameters of SVZ-100 LSD spectrometer of the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR, Moscow) is performed in the present study on the basis of the MCNPX code. It is found that the moderation constant, which is the main parameter of LSD spectrometers, is highly sensitive to the size and shape of detecting volumes in calculations and, hence, to the real size of experimental channels of the LSD spectrometer.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Shestidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    L. N. Latysheva, A. A. Bergman & N. M. Sobolevsky

  2. Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 522, 11001, Belgrade, Serbia

    R. D. Ilić

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  1. L. N. Latysheva
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Original Russian Text © L.N. Latysheva, A.A. Bergman, N.M. Sobolevsky, R.D. Ilić, 2013, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2013, Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 501–505.

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Latysheva, L.N., Bergman, A.A., Sobolevsky, N.M. et al. Effect of the size of experimental channels of the lead slowing-down spectrometer SVZ-100 (Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow) on the moderation constant. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 76, 464–468 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778813030113

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