Caresana M, Agosteo S, Campi F, Ferrarini M, Porta A, Silari M
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano, via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2007;126(1-4):310-3. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncm064. Epub 2007 May 22.
Bonner sphere spectrometers (BSS) are being used widely in neutron spectrometry since 1960. The response to neutrons of these moderating detectors spans over a broad energy range. This work discusses the measurement of the sensitivity of an extended range BSS hosting a CR39 nuclear track detector coupled to a boron converter. Two kinds of boron converters were tested, the first made by natural boron and a second one enriched in (10)B. The BSS response functions were calculated with Monte Carlo simulation using the MCNPX 2.4.0. and the FLUKA codes.
自1960年以来,邦纳球谱仪(BSS)一直在中子能谱测量中得到广泛应用。这些慢化探测器对中子的响应跨越很宽的能量范围。本文讨论了一种扩展量程的BSS的灵敏度测量,该BSS配备了一个与硼转换器耦合的CR39核径迹探测器。测试了两种硼转换器,第一种由天然硼制成,第二种富含硼-10。使用MCNPX 2.4.0和FLUKA代码通过蒙特卡罗模拟计算了BSS响应函数。