Measurement of D-T Neutron Source Flux by SelfNeutron Activation Analysis with a LaBr3 Detector
Conclusions: • Decay of 78Br produced from the 79Br(n,2n) reaction in LaBr3 is present in the spectrum plotted in the time domain. • The neutron production rate reconstructed from preliminary LaBr3 estimate is smaller than the generator output. • Generator characterization may become more routine if a simple and robust method is made available for applications. Ongoing work: • Implementing bootstrapping to improve error estimates. • Examining threshold and edge effects of LaBr3
Authors
- M. S. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-4099)
Publication Details
- Journal
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Type
- article
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- National Nuclear Security Administration