Abstract
dc:description.abstractA fast neutron spectrometer was designed and constructed using a proton-recoil telescope. Recoil protons from a thin foil of polyethylene were detected with a silicon surface-barrier diode. The output pulse from the detector is proportional to the energy of the protons and hence the energy of the incident neutrons. The spectrometer was used to obtain pulse height spectra from various sources of fast neutrons including the V.P.I. reactor and the d-d reaction using the Cockroft-Walton accelerator. Results obtained indicate that for high intensity sources the spectrometer is capable of providing high resolution energy spectra although modification is necessary in some cases to reduce background. The compactness of the instrument and its simplicity make it ideal for investigating sources that are not readily amenable to other techniques.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1962
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Carpenter, William B.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
-
- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en_US
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71041
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71041