Spallation yields of neutrons produced in thick lead/bismuth targets by protons at incident energies of 420 and 590 MeV

K. Van der Meer; M. B. Goldberg; E. H. Lehmann; H. Ät Abderrahim; D. Bar; D. Berkovits; M. Daum; S. Dekelver; Y. Foucher; J. Gerber; F. Van Gestel; W. Hajdas; H. P. Linder; E. Malambu; I. Mardor; J. Oeyen; D. Saphier; Asher Shor; M. Willekens; Y. Yariv

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2003.10.009

Spallation yields of neutrons produced in thick lead/bismuth targets by protons at incident energies of 420 and 590 MeV

K. Van der Meer, M. B. Goldberg, E. H. Lehmann, H. Ät Abderrahim, D. Bar, D. Berkovits, M. Daum, S. Dekelver, Y. Foucher, J. Gerber, F. Van Gestel, W. Hajdas, H. P. Linder, E. Malambu, I. Mardor, J. Oeyen, D. Saphier, Asher Shor, M. Willekens, Y. Yariv

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Abstract

Spallation-neutron yields for protons at E_p=420 and 590 MeV incident on thick Pb/Bi targets have been measured via activation analysis of Au and Mn foils at the PSI proton irradiation facility. The data were obtained with the water-bath method, in a novel variant that incorporates a detailed MCNPX simulation in the analysis procedure. They include slow-neutron fluence distributions at E_p=300, 420 and 590 MeV, Cd-ratio distributions at E_p=300 MeV and total n/p values of 6.0±0.3 and 9.6±0.4 at 420 and 590 MeV, respectively. The latter are in line with neutron-yield systematics for protons on thick Pb-targets, which are found to vary with remarkable regularity over a broad range of incident energies. The results of the present work, along with those obtained recently by various groups on thin and thick-target neutron spectra, neutron-multiplicities and the radio-nuclide inventory produced, constitute a database pertinent to the design and optimization of new, high-intensity spallation-neutron sources at these proton energies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	202-220
Number of pages	19
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	217
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2003.10.009
State	Published - Apr 2004

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Van der Meer, K., Goldberg, M. B., Lehmann, E. H., Ät Abderrahim, H., Bar, D., Berkovits, D., Daum, M., Dekelver, S., Foucher, Y., Gerber, J., Van Gestel, F., Hajdas, W., Linder, H. P., Malambu, E., Mardor, I., Oeyen, J., Saphier, D., Shor, A., Willekens, M., & Yariv, Y. (2004). Spallation yields of neutrons produced in thick lead/bismuth targets by protons at incident energies of 420 and 590 MeV. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 217(2), 202-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2003.10.009

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