Computer simulation of an extracted beam for the neutron generator of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• Published in: Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics Vol. 74; no. 4; pp. 443 - 446
• Main Authors: Konobeevsky, E. S., Latysheva, L. N., Sobolevsky, N. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Allerton Press, Inc 01-04-2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 2009: Fundamental Problems and Applications of Nuclei Physics from Nanotechnology to Space” (LIX International Meeting on Nuclear Spectroscopy and the Structure of Atomic Nuclei); Beams (radiation); Bubbles; Collimation; Computer simulation; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Modernization; Monte Carlo simulation; Neutron beams; Neutron flux; Neutrons; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear research; Parameter estimation; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Proceedings of the International Conference “Nucleus; Shielding; Neutron Generator; Neutron Transfer; Experimental Hall; Neutron Flux; Breakup Reaction
• ISSN: 1062-8738; 1934-9432
• DOI: 10.3103/S1062873810040040

The NG-430 neutron generator at the Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, is being updated. The flux of neutrons produced by the
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. Modernization of the neutron generator involves moving it to a new accelerator hall. The generation of several extracted neutron beams is planned. After they pass through the collimator, the neutron fluxes are calculated by the Monte-Carlo method on the basis of the ABBN [4] neutron constants. The parameters of the biological shielding are estimated.