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- Andersson, Pernilla, et al.
(författare)
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An upgrade of the SCANDAL facility for neutron scattering measurements at 175 MeV
- 2009
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The experimental setup SCANDAL (SCAttered Nucleon Detection AssembLy) at the The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL), previously used for measurements of the differential cross section of elastic and inelastic neutron scattering in the 50 – 130 MeV range, has recently been upgraded with new Na doped CsI scintillating detectors for measurements at 175 MeV. The performance of the new setup is described and illustrated by the early steps in the analysis of the first experimental campaign, carried out in January and February 2009.
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- Andersson, P., et al.
(författare)
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An upgrade of the SCANDAL setup for measurements of elastic neutron scattering at 175 MeV
- 2010
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Ingår i: RADIATION MEASUREMENTS. - : Elsevier BV. ; 45:10, s. 1142-1144
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The experimental setup SCANDAL used for measurements of the differential cross section for elastic and inelastic neutron scattering, has recently been upgraded with larger CsI scintillating detectors to enable measurements at energies up to 175 MeV. Measurements on Fe. Bi and Si have been carried out using the quasi mono-energetic neutron beam at the The Svedberg Laboratory, and data is under analysis. The experimental setup can be used for measurements on a wide range of target nuclei, including C and O, which are important for dosimetry applications. SCANDAL can also run in proton mode, for measurements of the (n,p) reaction. This paper describes the new experimental setup, and reports on its properties, such as energy resolution.
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- Bevilacqua, Riccardo, et al.
(författare)
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Light-Ion Production in the Interaction of 175 MeV Neutrons with Iron and Bismuth
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of the Korean Physical Society. - : Korean Physical Society. - 0374-4884 .- 1976-8524. ; 59:2, s. 1701-1704
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have measured double-differential (angle and energy) cross sections for light-ion (p, d, t, (3)He, and a) production in the interaction of quasi-monoenergetic 175 MeV neutrons with iron and bismuth. Measurements have been performed at the The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala (Sweden), using the Medley setup which allows low-energy thresholds and wide energy and angular ranges. Medley is a spectrometer system consisting of eight three-element telescopes placed at angles from 20 degrees to 160 degrees, in steps of 20 degrees. Each telescope is composed of two silicon surface barrier detectors and a CsI(Tl) scintillator, to perform particle identification, fully stop the produced light-ions and measure their kinetic energy. The time-of-flight was used to reduce the contribution from the low energy tail in the accepted incident neutron spectrum. We report double-differential production cross sections for protons, deuterons, tritons, (3)He and alpha particles and compare them with model calculations with TALYS-1.2.
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- Bevilacqua, Riccardo, 1974-, et al.
(författare)
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Light-ion production in the interaction of 175 MeV neutrons with iron and bismuth
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Korean Physical Society.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have measured double-differential (angle and energy) cross sections for light-ion (p, d, t, 3He and α) production in the interaction of quasi-monoenergetic 175 MeV neutrons with iron and bismuth. Measurements have been performed at the The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala (Sweden), using the Medley setup which allows low-energy thresholds and wide energy and angular ranges. Medley is a spectrometer system consisting of eight three-element telescopes placed at angles from 20◦ to 160◦, in steps of 20◦. Each telescope is composed of two silicon surface barrier detectors and a CsI(Tl) scintillator, to perform particle identification,fully stop the produced light-ions and measure their kinetic energy. The time-of-flight was used to reduce the contribution from the low energy tail in the accepted incident neutron spectrum. We report double-differential production cross sections for protons, deuterons, tritons, 3He and α particles and compare them with model calculations with TALYS-1.2.
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- Bevilacqua, Riccardo, et al.
(författare)
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Neutron induced light-ion production from iron and bismuth at 175 MeV
- 2010
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Ingår i: RADIATION MEASUREMENTS. - : Elsevier BV. ; 45:10, s. 1145-1150
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have measured light-ion (p, d, t, He-3 and alpha) production in the interaction of 175 MeV neutrons with iron and bismuth with low-energy thresholds and for a wide angular range (from 20 degrees to 160 degrees, in steps of 20 degrees). Measurements have been performed with the Medley setup, semi-permanently installed at the The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala (Sweden), where a quasi-monoenergetic neutron beam is available and well characterized. Medley is a conventional spectrometer system and consists of eight telescopes, each of them composed of two silicon surface barrier detectors, to perform particle identification, and a CsI(Tl) scintillator to fully measure the kinetic energy of the produced light-ions. We report preliminary double-differential cross sections for production of protons, deuterons and tritons in comparison with model calculations using TALYS-1.0 code. These show better agreement for the production of protons, while the theoretical calculations seem to overestimate the experimental production of deuterons and tritons.
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- Bevilacqua, Riccardo, 1974-
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Neutron-Induced Light-Ion Production from Iron and Bismuth at 175 MeV
- 2011
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Radioactive waste management is one of the key issues in sustainability of nuclear energy production. Geological repositories represent today the most appropriate solution to long-term management of high-level radioactive waste. Strategies such as Partitioning and Transmutation of spent nuclear fuel may offer a positive impact on geological repositories, by reducing the mass of transuranium elements to be disposed and the time scale for their radiotoxicity. In this scenario, Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) may play a relevant role as dedicated burners towards sustainable nuclear energy. The NEXT project at Uppsala University contributes to a European effort to improve nuclear data knowledge for transmutation, providing the first experimental neutron induced data in the 100 to 200 MeV energy region. This thesis presents measurements of double-differential cross sections for production of light-ions in the interaction of 175 MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutrons with Fe and Bi. Results are compared with model calculations obtained with state-of-the-art nuclear reaction codes; TALYS-1.2, a modified version of JQMD, and MCNP6. Special focus in this work is given to pre-equilibrium emission of composite light-ions. A new energy dependence in the mechanisms described by the Kalbach systematics used in TALYS to account for composite particle emission in the pre-equilibrium stage is proposed. Data show also the need to include multiple pre-equilibrium emission of composite particles, a mechanism now included in TALYS only for protons and neutrons. The JQMD code was recently modified to include a surface coalescence model in the quantum molecular dynamics description of the formation of composite particles. Comparisons of the measured data with results from this modified JQMD code confirm the importance of coalescence mechanisms for the description of the emission spectra of composite particles. Finally, the neutron-induced data are compared with MCNP6 calculations, to contribute to the process of validation and verification of the code.
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- Bevilacqua, Riccardo, 1974-, et al.
(författare)
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Study of pre-equilibrium emission of light complex particles from Fe and Bi induced by intermediate energy neutrons
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics, Conference Series. - : IOP Publishing. - 1742-6588 .- 1742-6596. ; 312:SECTION 8, s. 082013-, s. 082013-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have measured double differential cross sections (DDX) for emission of hydrogen- and helium-isotopes in the interaction of 175 MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutrons with Fe and Bi using the Medley setup at the The Svedberg Laboratory (Uppsala, Sweden). We compared experimental DDX with calculations with the TALYS code, which includes exciton model and Kalbach systematics; the code fails to reproduce the emission of complex light ions, generally overestimating it. We propose an correction for the application of the Kalbach phenomenological model in the TALYS code by introducing a new energy dependence for the nucleon transfer mechanism in the pre-equilibrium emission region. Our results suggest also evidence for multiple pre-equilibrium emission of composite particles at 175 MeV.
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- Blideanu, V., et al.
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Nucleon-induced reactions at intermediate energies : New data at 96 MeV and theoretical status
- 2004
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Ingår i: Physical Review C. Nuclear Physics. - 0556-2813 .- 1089-490X. ; 70:1, s. 014607-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Double-differential cross sections for light charged particle production (up to A=4) were measured in 96 MeV neutron-induced reactions, at the TSL Laboratory Cyclotron in Uppsala (Sweden). Measurements for three targets, Fe, Pb, and U, were performed using two independent devices, SCANDAL and MEDLEY. The data were recorded with low-energy thresholds and for a wide angular range (20°–160°). The normalization procedure used to extract the cross sections is based on the np elastic scattering reaction that we measured and for which we present experimental results. A good control of the systematic uncertainties affecting the results is achieved. Calculations using the exciton model are reported. Two different theoretical approaches proposed to improve its predictive power regarding the complex particle emission are tested. The capabilities of each approach is illustrated by comparison with the 96 MeV data that we measured, and with other experimental results available in the literature.
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- Blomgren, Jan, et al.
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How Strong is the Strong Interaction?
- 2004
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the InternationalWorkshop on Nuclear Data for the Transmutation of Nuclear Waste. - 3000122761
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)
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- Gustavsson, Cecilia, et al.
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Inelastic neutron scattering from carbon, iron, yttrium and lead
- 2012
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Ingår i: CNR*11. - : EDP Sciences. ; , s. 03004-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Double-differential cross sections and angular distributions of inelastic neutron scattering on C-12, Fe-56, Y-89 and Pb-208 have been measured at 96 MeV at The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden. Results on elastic neutron scattering at 96 MeV from these nuclei have been reported previously [1-3]. To obtain the inelastic cross sections, a forward-folding technique has been applied. A physically reasonable trial spectrum has been folded with the response function of the detector system and the output has been compared with the experimental data. To create the trial spectrum, a Gaussian has been used for the elastic part and the PRECO code [4-7] for the inelastic part. Other models were tested for the pre-equilibrium contribution and the method was found to be model independent. The response function of the detector setup has been obtained experimentally at the smallest possible angle, in this case at 9 deg. The resulting preliminary inelastic scattering data cover an excitation energy range up to 45 MeV and the angular intervals 28 to 58 degrees for C-12, 26 to 65 degrees for Fe-56 and 26 to 52 degrees for Y-89 and Pb-208. The preliminary results are discussed and compared to several model codes as well as existing experimental data for (n,n'x), (n,p'x) and (p,p'x). Possible improvements of the analysis are also discussed.
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