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Characterization of photo-neutrons produced by 150 MeV and 1 GeV electrons impinging on high Z-metallic targets for neutron resonance spectroscopy

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Monte Carlo calculations have been performed using MCNP code to study the generation, angular distribution and energy spectrum of photo-neutrons for 1 GeV and 150 MeV electron beam energies impinging on different thickness of Tungsten, Tantalum and Lead targets. It is noticed that the photo-neutron yield increases as the target thickness increases then saturates beyond an optimized thickness of the target. Moreover, the photo-neutron yield shows significant increase as the electron energy increases. At the optimized thickness, the angular distribution of photo-neutrons is found almost isotropic for 150 MeV electrons and anisotropic for 1 GeV electrons. Further, by increasing the electron energy and/or the target thickness the angular distribution is found to be forward peaked. The energy spectrum of photo-neutrons can be well described by a Maxwellian distribution for both electron energies. Such calculations can help in developing a photo-neutron source based time of flight facility (TOF) for elemental and isotopic identification via neutron resonance spectroscopy. Photo-neutron yields, angular distribution, mean energy, energy spectrum and nuclear temperature for 1 GeV and 150 MeV electron energies and different target materials are presented.

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10.21608/ajnsa.2019.3755.1088

Keywords

photo-neutron, angular distribution, Monte Carlo calculations, electron accelerator

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Fatma

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Ragab

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Mohamed

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Faculty of Women, Ain Shams UNI

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fatma_zena@yahoo.com

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ElTayeb

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Elsaady

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Uni

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e.elsaady@yahoo.com

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Hosnia

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Abuzeid

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UNi

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dr.hosnia.abuzeid@gmai.com

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Afaf

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Nada

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UNi

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afafhero_nada@yahoo.com

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Mustafa

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ElAshmawy

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Uni

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mostafa_ashmawy2002@yahoo.com

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52

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2

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4364

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2019-04-01

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2018-05-07

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2019-04-01

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162

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168

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1110-0451

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2090-4258

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Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

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22 Jan 2023