Research activities on neutrorics under ASTE collaboration at AGS/BNL

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 1155-1160

  Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Takada, Hiroshi ^a   Kasugai, Yoshimi ^a   Meigo, Shin Ichiro ^a   Maekawa, Fujio ^a   Kai, Tetsuya ^a   Konno, Chikara ^a   Ikeda, Yujiro ^a   Oyama, Yukio ^a   Watanabe, Noboru ^a   Arai, Masatoshi ^b   Kawai, Masayoshi ^b   Numajiri, Masa Haru ^b   Ino, Takashi ^b   Sato, Setsuo ^b   Takahashi, Kazutoshi ^b   Kiyanagi, Yoshiaki ^c   Neef, Ralf ^d   Filges, Detlef ^d   Conrad, Harald ^d   Stechemesser, Horst ^d   Spitzer, Harald ^e   Bauer, Guenter ^e   Ierde, Eric ^f   Glasgow, David ^f   Haines, John ^f   Gabriel, Tony ^f   Montanez, Paul ^g   Carroll, Alan ^g   Ludewig, Hans ^g   Hastings, Jerome ^g   more..

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation method; Alternating Gradient Synchrotron; Current mode Time of Flight method; GeV proton beam; Induced radioactivity; Lead reflector; Mercury spallation target; Neutron spatial and energy distribution; Spallation products; Steel and concrete shield; Water moderator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010509556     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875307     Document Type: Article

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