The production of fast neutrons (1 MeV 1 GeV) in high energy muon-nucleus interactions is poorly understood, yet it is fundamental to the understanding of the background in many underground experiments. The aim of the present experiment (CERN NA55) was to measure spallation neutrons produced by 190 GeV/c muons scattering on carbon, copper and lead targets. We have investigated the energy spectr...

The Gaerttner LINAC Center at RPI uses a 60 MeV electron linear accelerator to produce short pulses of neutrons with duration of 5-5000 ns. The main research thrust at the Center is nuclear data for nuclear reactors and criticality safety applications. The Center includes several setups for time-of-flight measurements including neutron transmission, capture and scattering detectors, and a lead ...

Introduction: One of the concerns about using of high energy photons in radiotherapy is neutron contamination production. The threshold energy of photoneutron production in most materials with high atomic number is about 7MeV. Therefore, it seems to be logical that the main components with high atomic number elements used in the LINAC head have a large contribution to the neutr...

The application of activation techniques to the assay of the refractory metals niobium, molybdenum, tantalum and tunjsten for their trace element impurities is reviewed. Activation with reactor neutrons, fast neutrons, charged partides and photons in connection with both the non-destructive and the radiochemical performance is considered. The decisive contribution of activation techniques to th...

CALCULATIONS OF THE GIANT-DIPOLE-RESONANCE PHOTONEUTRONS USING A COUPLED EGS4-MORSE CODE J. C. Liu, W. R. Nelson, K. R. Kase and X. S. Mao Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, P. 0. Box 4349, Stanford, CA 94309 Abstract The production and transport of the photoneutrons from the giant-dipoleresonance reaction have been implemented in a coupled EGS4-MORSE code. The total neutron yield (including b...