Calibration of a Mn-activation detector for intense pulsed energetic neutron sources
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 53 (8), 1228-1230
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1137138
Abstract
A simple Mn‐activation detector for pulsed MeV neutron sources with intensities exceeding 1011 neutrons/pulse is described. Absolute calibration of the detector using neutrons from the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction is determined as a function of the distance from the source.Keywords
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