Open AccessNeutron production with particle accelerators
Author(s) -
Daniela De Luca,
L. Campajola,
Pierluigi Casolaro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1226/1/012021
Subject(s) - cyclotron , neutron , nuclear physics , physics , beam (structure) , particle accelerator , beamline , kinematics , nuclear engineering , optics , engineering , plasma , classical mechanics
Neutron beams have been produced at Laboratory of High Energy Physics (LHEP) of University of Bern. LEHP is equipped with an 18 MeV cyclotron with an external beam line. Simulations, analytical calculations and kinematics studies have been carried out, in order to produce several neutron beam configurations with characteristics suited for specific applications. Furthermore, a procedure for energy modulation has been developed to match the fixed cyclotron energy to the needed requirements. The technique described in this work is of general application and can be applied to more intense beams up to 10 10 pps.