A fast neutron spectrometer

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dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, William B.en
dc.contributor.departmentNuclear Science and Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-23T14:57:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-05-23T14:57:23Zen
dc.date.issued1962en
dc.description.abstractA fast neutron spectrometer was designed and constructed using a proton-recoil telescope. Recoil protons from a thin foil of polyethylene were detected with a silicon surface-barrier diode. The output pulse from the detector is proportional to the energy of the protons and hence the energy of the incident neutrons. The spectrometer was used to obtain pulse height spectra from various sources of fast neutrons including the V.P.I. reactor and the d-d reaction using the Cockroft-Walton accelerator. Results obtained indicate that for high intensity sources the spectrometer is capable of providing high resolution energy spectra although modification is necessary in some cases to reduce background. The compactness of the instrument and its simplicity make it ideal for investigating sources that are not readily amenable to other techniques.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent61 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71041en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22568958en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1962.C366en
dc.subject.lcshSpectrometer -- Researchen
dc.subject.lcshFast neutronsen
dc.titleA fast neutron spectrometeren
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineNuclear Science and Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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