Investigation of the energy accumulation rate in solid deuterium irradiated with fast electrons

Authors :: F. Thomas
S.A. Kulikov
Hans G. Börner
E. Kulagin
D. Bondoux
J.P. Gonzales
V. V. Melikhov
Eddy Lelièvre-Berna
V. Ermilov
Valery Nesvizhevsky
E. P. Shabalin
T. Soldner
Source :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 606:637-644
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2009.
Abstract: The feasibility studies for a new ultra cold neutron (UCN) source to be installed at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) are underway. One of these studies concerns a source using solid deuterium (SD2) as a neutron moderator. During source operation the SD2 would be exposed to intense γ-ray and neutron fluxes. These may result in radiolysis in SD2. Our work has shown that this effect—if it is produced—is not incompatible with a normal operation of the source.

Subjects :: Physics
Nuclear physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Neutron generator
Neutron cross section
Neutron poison
Neutron source
Neutron
Instrumentation
Fast fission
Neutron moderator
Neutron temperature

ISSN :: 01689002
Volume :: 606
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........5147d52795979551c4e2c357af021a20
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.04.026

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