A facility for measurements of nuclear cross sections for fast neutron cancer therapy

A facility for measurements of neutron-induced double-differential light-ion production cross-sections, for application within, e.g., fast neutron cancer therapy, is described. The central detection elements are three-detector telescopes consisting of two silicon detectors and a CsI crystal. Use of...

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Vydáno v:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Ročník 452; číslo 3; s. 484 - 504
Hlavní autoři: Dangtip, S, Ataç, A, Bergenwall, B, Blomgren, J, Elmgren, K, Johansson, C, Klug, J, Olsson, N, Carlsson, G.Alm, Söderberg, J, Jonsson, O, Nilsson, L, Renberg, P.-U, Nadel-Turonski, P, Brun, C.Le, Lecolley, F.-R, Lecolley, J.-F, Varignon, C, Eudes, Ph, Haddad, F, Kerveno, M, Kirchner, T, Lebrun, C
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2000
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ISSN:0168-9002, 1872-9576, 1872-9576
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Shrnutí:A facility for measurements of neutron-induced double-differential light-ion production cross-sections, for application within, e.g., fast neutron cancer therapy, is described. The central detection elements are three-detector telescopes consisting of two silicon detectors and a CsI crystal. Use of Δ E–Δ E– E techniques allows good particle identification for p, d, t, 3He and alpha particles over an energy range from a few MeV up to 100 MeV. Active plastic scintillator collimators are used to define the telescope solid angle. Measurements can be performed using up to eight telescopes at 20° intervals simultaneously, thus covering a wide angular range. The performance of the equipment is illustrated using experimental data taken with a carbon target at E n=95 MeV. Distortions of the measured charged-particle spectra due to energy and particle losses in the target are corrected using a newly developed computer code. Results from such correction calculations are presented.
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ISSN:0168-9002
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1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00455-1