Characterisation of the 9Be(d,n)10B reaction as a source of neutrons employing commercially available radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) linacs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2867, Issue , 1996, Pages 509-512

  Guzek, J ^a   Tapper, U A S ^a   McMurray, W R ^b   Watterson, J I W ^c  

^a De Beers Diamond Research Laboratory   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

9Be(d,n)10B reaction; RFQ linacs; Time of flight technique

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; DEUTERIUM; GAMMA RAYS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; NEUTRON SOURCES;

DEUTERON ENERGIES; GAMMA SPECTRUM; HIGH CURRENTS; NEUTRON PRODUCTION; RADIO FREQUENCY QUADRUPOLES; RFQ LINACS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUES; ^9BE(D,N)^10B REACTION;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 85077777515     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.267963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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