Neutron inelastic cross section measurement on 28 Si
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Neutron inelastic cross section measurement on 28Si
Alexandru Negret
Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering,Bucharest, ROMANIA
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A. Negret - Neutron inelastic cross section measurement on 28Si
Summary
Introduction
Experimental setup
Analysis
Results
Conclusion
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A. Negret - Neutron inelastic cross section measurement on 28Si
Introduction
Introduction
Experimental setup
Analysis
Results
Conclusion
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Neutron data
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Neutron inelastic scattering
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NEA High priority list – 28Si
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A. Negret - Neutron inelastic cross section measurement on 28Si
Experimental setup
Introduction
Experimental setup
Analysis
Results
Conclusion
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Overview of the experimental procedure
Neutron source
200 m flight path
FP3/200 cabin; GAINS + FC
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GELINA neutron source
•Electron linac (150 MeV) + 238U target
•Pulse width ~1 ns
•Repetition rate: 800 Hz
•Energy range: 0 – 25 MeV
•Gamma flash from
bremsstrahlung
•Flight path: 200m
(~20 neutrons/burst)
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GAINS
8 HPGe detectors @ 110° & 150° (Accurate integration of angular distribution up to the sixth order of Legendre polynomials)
• TOF technique:Amplitude gamma energyTime neutron energy
• Digitizer-based acquisition (Acqiris DC440, 420 MS/s, 12 bits)
• Beam monitoring: 235U Fission chamber
Gamma Array for Inelasic Neutron Scattering
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The digitizer-based acquisition
DC440 Acqiris digitizers:• 420 MS/s (2.38 ns/sample)
• 12 bits (4096 amplitude channels)
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Experimental problems
The gamma flash
Time resolution
Long time measurements
Distance from the neutron source : FP = 200m
Small neutron flux
Stability of the electronics
Simplification of the acquisition system
The digitizer-based acquisition
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A. Negret - Neutron inelastic cross section measurement on 28Si
Analysis
Introduction
Experimental setup
Analysis
Results
Conclusion
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Overview of the data analysis
8 x HPGE yield FC yield
Efficiency: Monte-Carlo simulation
Multiple scattering correction:Monte-Carlo simulation
Gamma Production cross sections
NDS: level scheme
Total inelastic cross sectionLevel cross sections
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Efficiency simulation: MCNP vs GEANT4
MCNP simulation by C. BorceaGEANT4 sumulation by D. Deleanu
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From gammas to level cross sections
L0
L1
L2
L3
10
21 20
32 31 30100%
100%
100%
15%
20% 10%
10
21
31
(10), (21), 31)
total inelastic = (L0) = = (10) + (21)*0.15 + (31)*0.10
L0
(L2) = (21)*1.15 - (31)*0.20L2
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Limitations
• Imprecise Level Scheme (Nuclear Data Sheets)
• Isomers in the level scheme
• Energy range
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Results
Introduction
Experimental setup
Analysis
Results
Conclusion
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What did we see?
28Si + n
28Si+n
29Si
28Al + p25Mg +
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Gamma production cross sections in 28Si
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Total inelastic cross section
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Level production cross sections
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Gamma cross sections for other channels
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Conclusions
Introduction
Experimental setup
Analysis
Results
Conclusions
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Conclusions 1/3. We measured:
• 4 gamma production cross sections for 28Si(n,n’)28Si
• total cross section for 28Si(n,n’)28Si accurate up to 6.2 MeV
• 4 level cross sections from 28Si(n,n’)28Si
• 1 gamma production cross sections from 28Si(n,p)28Al
• 1 gamma production cross sections from 28Si(n,)25Mg
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Conclusions 2/3. Efficiency procedure
We verified the procedure used in the calculation of the efficiencyof the HPGe detectors for the extended target:
MCNP GEANT
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Conclusions 3/3: New validation of the method
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Thanks
Arjan Plompen EC-JRC-IRMM
Catalin Borcea IFIN-HH
Dana Deleanu IFIN-HH