A Rotating Gas Cell for High-lntensity Monoenergetic Neutron Production

R.C. Haight; J. Garibaldi

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A29057

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Home / Publications / Journals / Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 106 / Number 3

A Rotating Gas Cell for High-lntensity Monoenergetic Neutron Production

R.C. Haight, J. Garibaldi

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 106 / Number 3 / November 1990 / Pages 296-298

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A29057

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A rotating gas cell has been developed as a target for charged-particle beams to produce monoenergetic neutrons via the reactions ¹H(t,n), ²H(d,n), ²H(t,n), ³H(p,n), and ³H(d,n). An intense monoenergetic neutron source results when this cell is equipped with a rugged entrance foil and pressurized to 1 MPa, and when a prolific source reaction such as ¹H(t,n) is chosen. Neutron flux levels of typically 4 × 10⁹ cm^-2 ·s^-1 between E_n = 8 and 12 MeV are being used to measure activation cross sections.