论文标题
CERN N TOF附近用于天体物理学和与应用相关的中子激活测量值
The CERN n TOF NEAR station for astrophysics- and application-related neutron activation measurements
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论文摘要
一个新的实验区域,即近车站,最近在Cern N TOF设施中建造了距离散布目标(1.5 m)的距离。新区域以非常高通量的中子束为特征,其目的是为天体物理学和各种应用进行感兴趣的激活测量。光束通过屏蔽壁的一个孔从目标壁上的孔中从散布目标传输到近地点,在该孔中插入了直接仪的内部。新区域与配备高效率HPGE探测器的γ射线光谱实验室相辅相成,用于测量靠近站点中样品照射引起的活动。设想使用主持人/滤波器组件的使用,以在不同的热能下产生麦克斯韦形状的中子光束,这对于测量麦克斯韦平均天体物理兴趣的横截面所需的必要。还正在研究一种新的快速循环激活技术,以测量导致半衰期短的同位素的反应。
A new experimental area, the NEAR station, has recently been built at the CERN n TOF facility, at a short distance from the spallation target (1.5 m). The new area, characterized by a neutron beam of very high flux, has been designed with the purpose of performing activation measurements of interest for astrophysics and various applications. The beam is transported from the spallation target to the NEAR station through a hole in the shielding wall of the target, inside which a collimator is inserted. The new area is complemented with a γ-ray spectroscopy laboratory, the GEAR station, equipped with a high efficiency HPGe detector, for the measurement of the activity resulting from irradiation of a sample in the NEAR station. The use of a moderator/filter assembly is envisaged, in order to produce a neutron beam of Maxwellian shape at different thermal energies, necessary for the measurement of Maxwellian Averaged Cross Sections of astrophysical interest. A new fast-cycling activation technique is also being investigated, for measurements of reactions leading to isotopes of very short half life.