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Neutron and isotope production yield from proton and deuteron beams in the 20–45 MeV range on thick liquid gallium-indium and lithium targets

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In the international atomic energy agency report on compact accelerator based neutron sources, IAEA-TECDOC-1981, Table 1 lists the typical source strength necessary for different techniques using neutrons. According to that table a neutron source of \(10^{15}\) neutrons per second is strong enough for almost all neutron techniques. The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF) is being built as a high current (5  mA), low energy (40  MeV), proton/deuteron, compact accelerator based neutron source. SARAF has developed a liquid gallium-indium jet target for its neutron source. The measurements published here will show that a a liquid gallium-indium jet target could provide the \(10^{15}\) neutrons per second source needed for SARAF and should be considered as a possible target and neutron source also for other facilities of its kind.

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Part of this work was financially supported by the Research Field Matter Innovation Pool Project HBS of the Helmholtz Association.

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  1. Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel

    Arik Kreisel, Ilan Eliyahu, Sergey Vintraub, Moshe Tessler, Itay Horin & Nadav Goldberger

  2. JCNS-HBS, Forschungszenrum, Jülich, Germany

    Paul Zakalek, Eric Mauerhofer & Thomas Gutberlet

  3. IKP-4, Forschungszenrum, Jülich, Germany

    Olaf Felden, Marius Rimmler & Yury Valdau

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Kreisel, A., Eliyahu, I., Vintraub, S. et al. Neutron and isotope production yield from proton and deuteron beams in the 20–45 MeV range on thick liquid gallium-indium and lithium targets. Eur. Phys. J. A 59, 185 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-01056-x

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