Note: Proton irradiation at kilowatt-power and neutron production from a free-surface liquid-lithium target

S. Halfon, A. Arenshtam, D. Kijel, M. Paul*, L. Weissman, O. Aviv, D. Berkovits, O. Dudovitch, Y. Eisen, I. Eliyahu, G. Feinberg, G. Haquin, N. Hazenshprung, A. Kreisel, I. Mardor, G. Shimel, A. Shor, I. Silverman, M. Tessler, Z. Yungrais

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Abstract

The free-surface Liquid-Lithium Target, recently developed at Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF), was successfully used with a 1.9 MeV, 1.2 mA (2.3 kW) continuous-wave proton beam. Neutrons (∼2 × 10 10 n/s having a peak energy of ∼27 keV) from the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction were detected with a fission-chamber detector and by gold activation targets positioned in the forward direction. The setup is being used for nuclear astrophysics experiments to study neutron-induced reactions at stellar energies and to demonstrate the feasibility of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number056105
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume85
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2014

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