Development of a quasi-monoenergetic neutron field using the 7 Li(p,n) 7Be reaction in the energy range from 250 to 390 MeV at RCNP

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Taniguchi, S ^a   Nakao, N ^b   Nakamura, T ^c   Yashima, H ^d   Iwamoto, Y ^e   Satoh, D ^e   Nakane, Y ^e   Nakashima, H ^e   Itoga, T ^c   Tamii, A ^f   Hatanaka, K ^f  

^a JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM 7; CARBON; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM 7; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; JAPAN; NEUTRON RADIATION; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROCESSING; RADIATION SHIELD; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; LITHIUM; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 52249085024     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm007     Document Type: Article

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