MATĚJ, Zdeněk, Michal KOŠŤÁL, Evžen NOVÁK, Petr ALEXA, Radim UHLÁŘ, Filip MRAVEC, Aleš JANČÁŘ, František CVACHOVEC, Václav PŘENOSIL and Petr JANČÁŘ. CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARSION OF NEUTRON GENERATORS OF IEC AND LINEAR D-T BY THE SPECTROMETRIC SYSTEM NGA-01. Online. In Ieuan Davies. PHYSOR2020 conference proceedings. Cambridge: Nuclear Energy research Group, 2021, p. 1-8. ISBN 978-1-5272-6447-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124718004.
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Original name CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARSION OF NEUTRON GENERATORS OF IEC AND LINEAR D-T BY THE SPECTROMETRIC SYSTEM NGA-01
Authors MATĚJ, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Michal KOŠŤÁL (203 Czech Republic), Evžen NOVÁK (203 Czech Republic), Petr ALEXA (203 Czech Republic), Radim UHLÁŘ (203 Czech Republic), Filip MRAVEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Aleš JANČÁŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), František CVACHOVEC (203 Czech Republic), Václav PŘENOSIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr JANČÁŘ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Cambridge, PHYSOR2020 conference proceedings, p. 1-8, 8 pp. 2021.
Publisher Nuclear Energy research Group
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 10304 Nuclear physics
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14330/21:00120652
Organization unit Faculty of Informatics
ISBN 978-1-5272-6447-2
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124718004
Keywords in English Linear neutron generator; IEC neutron generator
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Abstract
This article focuses on description of two different neutron fields from linear and cylindrical Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) neutron generators. Both of these generators are well defined and commonly used. They use a deuterium-tritium reaction that produces neutrons with energies in the range 13 – 16 MeV, depending on the direction and the energy of the incoming deuterium nucleus. Two-parametric spectrometric system for neutron/gamma mixed fields NGA-01 was used to characterize neutron spectra in the proximity of generators. The cylindrical 45x45 mm stilbene scintillator was connected to this device using an active voltage divider. This way, we were able to measure neutron energies in the range 1 - 15 MeV while filtering out gamma radiation, even when counts per second is high. For the neutron spectrum calculation recoil spectra using deconvolution through maximum likelihood estimation was used. Measured neutron spectra have been compared with simulations realized via MCNP6. According to the theoretical prediction, these two types of generators produce different neutron fields. In case of the linear generator the target is very close to point located tritium bombarded by deuterons. Thus the neutron spectrum varies depending on the angle between the detector axis and the axis of the generator. Both experimental results and simulation show a shift of the neutron energy peak in pulse height histogram. For IEC type generators the neutron spectrum is more complicated. The shape and the position of the neutron energy peak depend heavily on the position of the detector. The most prominent effect is in the position in the plane perpendicular to the generator axis. In this case, the peak splits into two peaks that can be measured and distinguished. These results were verified by the diamond detector which was also used for characterization of the IEC type generator.
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