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Validation of neutron-induced reactions on natural carbon using an active target at neutron energies up to 22 MeV at LANSCE

  • S. A. Kuvin
  • , H. Y. Lee
  • , B. Digiovine
  • , A. Georgiadou
  • , S. Mosby
  • , D. Votaw
  • , M. White
  • , L. Zavorka

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    Abstract

    A single crystal chemical vapor deposited (sCVD) diamond detector is used as an active target to measure neutron-induced reactions on natural carbon using the neutrons produced by spallation, with a broad energy spectrum at LANSCE. The neutron-induced reactions are detected in the diamond as low as En=400 keV and up to approximately 100 MeV. Relative cross sections for C12(n,α0), C12(n,p0), C12(n,d0+p1), and C13(n,α0) are reported up to En=22 MeV and comparisons on detected pulse-height spectra and detector response of scattering reactions are made with GEANT4 simulations using the ENDF/B-VIII.0 evaluated nuclear data library up to 20 MeV. The results are compared with past experimental data, including other works that incorporate diamond detectors as an active carbon target. In addition, R-matrix calculations for the C13 + n system are presented.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number014603
    JournalPhysical Review C
    Volume104
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jun 2021

    Funding

    This work benefits from the LANSCE accelerator facility and is supported by the US Department of Energy under Contract No. 89233218CNA000001, by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program of Los Alamos National Laboratory under Project No. 20180228ER, and by the US Nuclear Data Program under the Office of Science of US Department of Energy. The authors would like to thank Dr. R. J. deBoer from the University of Notre Dame for the AZURE help and Dr. T. N. Massey from the Ohio University for sharing past () data.

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