Pyroelectric crystal neutron production in a portable prototype vacuum system

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

Volumn 602, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-310

  Gillich, Don ^a   Kovanen, Andrew ^a   Herman, Bryan ^a   Fullem, Travis ^a   Danon, Yaron ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutrons; Nuclear fusion; Portable neutron generator; Pyroelectric crystal

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DEUTERIUM; EXPERIMENTS; IONIZATION OF GASES; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PYROELECTRICITY; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMOELECTRICITY; VACUUM;

A THERMALS; AMBIENT GAS; D-D FUSIONS; NEUTRON PRODUCTIONS; NEUTRON YIELDS; NUCLEAR FUSION; OPERATING PRESSURES; PORTABLE NEUTRON GENERATOR; PYROELECTRIC CRYSTAL; RENSSELAER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; THERMAL CYCLES; THERMO ELECTRIC MODULES; VACUUM ENVIRONMENTS; VACUUM SYSTEMS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 63149184703     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.12.239     Document Type: Article

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