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The upper limit of the density of the thermal neutron flux from pulsed sources based on the fission reaction is established. Three types of sources for research on ejected beams are considered: a multiplying target of the proton accelerator (a booster), a booster with the reactivity modulation (a superbooster), and a pulsing reactor. Comparison with other high-flux sources is carried out. The investigation has been performed at the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics of JINR.
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Original Russian Text © V.L. Aksenov, V.D. Ananiev, G.G. Komyshev, A.D. Rogov, E.P. Shabalin, 2017, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2017.
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Aksenov, V.L., Ananiev, V.D., Komyshev, G.G. et al. On the limit of neutron fluxes in the fission-based pulsed neutron sources. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 14, 788–797 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477117050028
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