Neutron production from polyethylene and common spacecraft materials

Authors :: Maurer, Richard H.
Roth, David R.
Kinnison, James D.
Jordan, Thomas M.
Heilbronn, Lawrence H.
Miller, Jack
Zeitlin, Cary J.
Source :: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Dec, 2001, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p2029, 5 p.
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. Index Terms--High-energy neutrons, neutron moderation, polyethylene.