Sequences of antigenic determinants were identified by limited proteolysis of peptide antigens bound to an immobilized monoclonal antibody and direct molecular weight determination of the monoclonal antibody-bound peptide fragments by 252Cf plasma desorption mass spectrometry. The epitope peptides to the monoclonal antibody h453 [Burger, R., Zilow, G., Bader, A., Friedlein, A. & Naser, W. (1988...

The CARIBU (the CAlifornium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade) project at ATLAS is based on the creation of beams of neutron-rich nuclei produced as fission fragments from the 3% fission branch that occurs naturally in the decay of Cf-252. These fission fragments are thermalized in ultrapure helium gas and turned into a charged beam for use by the ATLAS accelerator or ‘stopped’ beam experiments. This re...

background: prompt gamma neutron activation analysis (pgnaa) is known as a non-invasive technique capable of measuring elemental concentration in voluminous samples in a short period of time. also it is a valuable diagnostic tool for total body elemental measurements. 252cf and 241am-be sources which are usually used in this method, generate not only neutrons, but also emit high-energy and unwa...

The prompt neutron and γ emission from primary fission fragments are calculated for thermal neutron induced fission of 235U and 239Pu and for spontaneous fission of 252Cf using a Monte Carlo Hauser-Feshbach approach for the evaporation of the excited fission fragments. Remaining free model parameters, such as excitation energy sharing and initial spin distribution, are determined by comparison ...

A new fission chamber was developed and built for prompt-fission-neutron spectra (PFNS) measurements in neutron-induced of actinides, is described Taieb et al. (2016). It allowed us to minimize incident- outgoing-neutron scattering, optimize both time resolution alpha fragment discrimination. The validated used 238U 252Cf PFNS measurements. In order measure samples with a natural activity the 1...