Title of article
Validation of neutron data libraries by backscattered spectra of Pu–Be Neutrons
Author/Authors
Atif El-Agib، نويسنده , , I. and Csikai، نويسنده , , J.، نويسنده ,
Pages
6
From page
456
To page
461
Abstract
Elastically backscattered spectra of Pu–Be neutrons have been measured for SiO2, water, graphite, paraffin oil and Al slabs using a proton recoil spectrometer. The results were compared with the calculated spectra obtained by the three-dimensional Monte-Carlo transport code MCNP-4B and point-wise cross sections from the ENDF/B-V, ENDF/B-VI, JENDL-3.1 and BROND-2 data libraries. The good agreement between the measured and calculated results indicates that this procedure can be used for validation of different data libraries. This simple method renders possible the detection of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen in bulk samples.
Keywords
Neutron transport processes , Sources of neutrons , Neutron spectrometry , Nuclear data analysis
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2010142
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