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Neutron production from polyethylene and common spacecraft materials.

Authors :
Maurer RH
Roth DR
Kinnison JD
Jordan TM
Heilbronn LH
Miller J
Zeitlin CJ
Source :
IEEE transactions on nuclear science [IEEE Trans Nucl Sci] 2001 Dec; Vol. 48 (6), pp. 2029-33.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

We report experimental measurements of neutron production from collisions of neutron beams with polyethylene blocks simulating tissue at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Neutron Science Center and 1 GeV/amu iron nuclei with spacecraft shielding materials at the Brookhaven National Laboratory AGS.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0018-9499
Volume :
48
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
IEEE transactions on nuclear science
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
12033226
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/23.983167