• Title of article

    Characterisation of a gold foil-based Bonner sphere set and measurements of neutron spectra at a medical accelerator

  • Author/Authors

    Thomas، نويسنده , , D.J. and Bardell، نويسنده , , A.G. and Macaulay، نويسنده , , E.M.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    31
  • To page
    35
  • Abstract
    The characteristics of a Bonner sphere set with gold foils as the thermal neutron sensor are described. To illustrate the application of this neutron spectrometer in a pulsed field with an intense photon component, the results of measurements at a hospital electron accelerator are presented.
  • Keywords
    Bonner spheres , Neutron contamination at medical accelerators
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2018001