Title of article
Study of neutron-induced ionization in helium and argon chamber gases
Author/Authors
Indurthy، نويسنده , , D and Erwin، نويسنده , , A.R and Harris، نويسنده , , D.A and Kopp، نويسنده , , S.E and Proga، نويسنده , , M and Zwaska، نويسنده , , R.M، نويسنده ,
Pages
10
From page
731
To page
740
Abstract
We present studies of helium- and argon-filled ionization chambers exposed to intense neutron fluxes from PuBe neutron sources (En=1–10 MeV). The sources emit about 108 neutrons per second. The number of ion pairs in the chamber gas volume per incident neutron is derived. While limited in precision because of a large gamma ray background from the PuBe sources, our results are consistent with the expectation that the neutrons interact purely elastically in the chamber gas.
Keywords
Ionization chambers , Elastic scattering , neutron scattering , Electrical phenomena in gases
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2024095
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