The response of bonner spheres to neutrons from thermal energies to 17.3 MeV
Abstract
Neutron responses for Bonner spheres to 17.3 MeV have been calculated with the neutron cross-section library of DLC-41/VITAMIN-C using an adjoint transport technique. The calculations were performed for both 4 mm × 4 mm Ø and 12.7 mm × 12.7 mm Ø Lil detectors and for these detectors placed inside 5.08, 7.62, 12.7, 20.32, 25.40, 30.48, 38.10 and 45.72 cm diameter moderating spheres composed of 0.95 g/cm 3 polyethylene. The effects of wrapping the bare detectors and the 5.08, 7.62 and 12.7 cm diameter spheres with 0.762 mm of cadmium were explicitly calculated and found to increase the sensitivity of these detection systems above 1.0 MeV. The newly calculated responses are compared to other frequently used Bonner spectrometer responses.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- August 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0168-9002(85)90494-2
- Bibcode:
- 1985NIMPA.238..509H