Neutron energy and time-of-flight spectra behind the lateral shield of a high energy electron accelerator beam dump. Part I: Measurements

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 503, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 595-605

  Taniguchi, S ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Nunomiya, T ^b   Iwase, H ^b   Yonai, S ^b   Sasaki, M ^b,e   Rokni, S H ^c   Liu, J C ^c   Kase, K R ^c   Roesler, S ^d  

^a JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concrete shielding; Deep penetration; Electron accelerator; Neutron spectrum; Organic liquid scintillator; TOF spectrum

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON ACCELERATORS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0037512407     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01002-7     Document Type: Article

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