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Circular polarization measurement for individual gamma rays in capture reactions with intense pulsed neutrons

遠藤 駿典; 安部 亮太*; 藤岡 宏之*; 猪野 隆*; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 河村 しほり*; 木村 敦; 北口 雅暁*; 小林 龍珠*; et al.

European Physical Journal A, 60(8), p.166_1 - 166_10, 2024/08

Measurements of $$gamma$$-ray circular polarization emitted from neutron capture reactions provide valuable information for nuclear physics studies. The spin and parity of excited states can be determined by measuring the circular polarization from polarized neutron capture reactions. Furthermore, the $$gamma$$-ray circular polarization in a neutron capture resonance is crucial for studying the enhancement effect of parity nonconservation in compound nuclei. The $$gamma$$-ray circular polarization can be measured using a polarimeter based on magnetic Compton scattering. A polarimeter was constructed, and its performance indicators were evaluated using a circularly polarized $$gamma$$-ray beam. Furthermore, as a demonstration, the $$gamma$$-ray circular polarization was measured in $$^{32}$$S(n,$$gamma$$)$$^{33}$$S reactions with polarized neutrons.

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Neutron capture cross-section measurements at TC-Pn in KUR for nuclides of concern in decommissioning

中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 芝原 雄司*

KURNS Progress Report 2023, P. 46, 2024/07

本研究は、生成放射能を評価するために、廃止措置で問題となる核種について熱中性子捕獲断面積を測定するものである。本件では、対象核種の中から$$^{58}$$Fe、$$^{170}$$Erおよび$$^{180}$$Hfを選定し、京大原子炉にて放射化法によりそれらの熱中性子捕獲断面積を測定した。今回、$$^{58}$$Fe(n,$$gamma$$)$$^{59}$$Fe反応について1.23$$pm$$0.03 barn、$$^{170}$$Er(n,$$gamma$$)$$^{171}$$Er反応について8.19$$pm$$0.35 barnを、そして$$^{180}$$Hf(n,$$gamma$$)$$^{181}$$Hf反応について13.57$$pm$$0.14 barnを得た。また、Hf試料の測定において副産物として、$$^{179}$$Hf(n,$$gamma$$)$$^{180m}$$Hf反応について0.427$$pm$$0.006 barnを得た。評価済みデータライブラリに採用されているデータは、今回得られた結果の不確かさ以上に違うことを明らかにした。

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Neutron capture cross section measurement of $$^{129}$$I and $$^{127}$$I using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the ANNRI beamline at J-PARC

Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 藤 暢輔; 瀬川 麻里子; 前田 亮; 片渕 竜也*

European Physical Journal A, 60(5), p.120_1 - 120_14, 2024/05

The neutron capture cross section of $$^{129}$$I and $$^{127}$$I were measured from the thermal to the keV energy region with the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument beamline in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. The neutron capture yield was determined by means of the total energy detection principle with the pulse-height weighting technique. The present cross section results for $$^{127}$$I were normalized using the saturated resonance method with a thick-enough $$^{197}$$Au and provide good agreement with JENDL-5 from thermal to about 500 keV. A resonance analysis with the REFIT code was performed and the resonance parameters for $$^{127}$$I below 310 eV are presented in this work. In the case of $$^{129}$$I, the three largest resonances of $$^{127}$$I were employed for the cross section normalization. The present results for $$^{129}$$I are the first experimental data for the neutron region between thermal and 20 eV. The present data display a different energy dependence than that in the JENDL-5 and JEFF-3.3 and much similar to that in ENDF/B-VIII.0. Notwithstanding, good agreement was found at the thermal region between the present measurement of 31.6 $$pm$$ 1.3 b and both evaluated and most experimental data.

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$$^{241}$$Am neutron capture cross section measurement using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the ANNRI beamline of J-PARC

Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(4), p.459 - 477, 2024/04

 被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The neutron capture cross-section of $$^{241}$$Am was measured from 10 meV to about 1 MeV using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer of the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline in the Materials and Life Science (MLF) facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The total energy detection principle was applied in conjunction with the pulse-height weighting technique to derive the neutron capture yield. The present cross-section results were normalized using a $$^{197}$$Au sample measurement by applying the saturated resonance method. The thermal cross section was measured to be 708 $$pm$$ 22 b, in agreement within uncertainties to the present evaluation in JENDL-5 of 709 b. Moreover, the results of a shape resonance analysis of the resolved resonance region are also provided in the present dissertation.

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Measurements of the neutron total and capture cross sections and derivation of the resonance parameters of $$^{181}$$Ta

遠藤 駿典; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 藤 暢輔; 瀬川 麻里子; 前田 亮

Nuclear Science and Engineering, 198(4), p.786 - 803, 2024/04

 被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:63.33(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The neutron transmission ratio and capture yield for $$^{181}$$Ta were measured in J-PARC MLF ANNRI to improve the accuracy of resonance parameters. The total cross section was determined from the transmission ratio in the energy range from 0.2 to 150 eV. The capture cross section was obtained from the capture yield using the pulse height weighting technique (PHWT) in the energy range from thermal to 150 eV. The obtained transmission ratio and capture cross-section were fitted by the resonance analysis code, REFIT, and the resonance parameters were determined below 150 eV. It was also discussed the correlations caused by fitting based on statistical uncertainty and correlations for systematic uncertainty based on sample thickness in the transmission measurements.

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Neutron capture cross section measurement of $$^{129}$$I and $$^{127}$$I using ANNRI at MLF/J-PARC

Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 藤 暢輔; 瀬川 麻里子; 前田 亮; 片渕 竜也*

JAEA-Conf 2023-001, p.74 - 79, 2024/02

Measurements to measure the neutron capture cross section of $$^{129}$$I and $$^{127}$$I were performed in the Accurate Neutron Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) at the Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF) of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The time-of-flight (TOF) methodology was employed to determine the neutron capture cross section from thermal to about 100 keV. The results from $$^{127}$$I were used to normalize the $$^{129}$$I cross section. Preliminary results of a resonance analysis below 100 eV for $$^{129}$$I are also presented.

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Measurements of neutron capture cross-sections for nuclides of interest in decommissioning; $$^{45}$$Sc, $$^{63}$$Cu, $$^{64}$$Zn, $$^{109}$$Ag, and $$^{113}$$In

中村 詔司; 芝原 雄司*; 遠藤 駿典; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 16 Pages, 2024/00

廃止措置においては、生成放射能の評価に資する核データとして、中性子捕獲断面積を整備する必要がある。本研究では、整備すべき対象核種のうち$$^{45}$$Sc, $$^{63}$$Cu, $$^{65}$$Zn, $$^{109}$$Ag及び$$^{113}$$Inを選定し、KURのTC-Pnを用いてそれらの熱中性子捕獲断面積測定を行った。その結果、熱中性子捕獲断面積の結果が、以下のとおり得られた:$$^{45}$$Sc(n, $$gamma$$)$$^{46}$$Sc反応は27.18$$pm$$0.28 barn、$$^{63}$$Cu(n, $$gamma$$)$$^{64}$$Cu反応は4.34$$pm$$0.06 barn、$$^{64}$$Zn(n, $$gamma$$)$$^{65}$$Zn反応は0.719$$pm$$0.011 barn、$$^{109}$$Ag(n, $$gamma$$)$$^{rm 110m}$$Ag反応は4.05$$pm$$0.05 barn、そして$$^{113}$$In(n, $$gamma$$) $$^{114}$$In$$^{m1+m2}$$反応は8.53$$pm$$0.27 barn。ScとZnの結果は、これまでに報告されている評価値を誤差範囲で支持するが、一方、他の核種については評価値と異なる結果となった。得られた結果は、生成量評価にはもちろん、これらの核種を中性束モニタとして利用する場合に用いることが考えられる。

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Measurements of neutron total and capture cross sections of $$^{139}$$La and evaluation of resonance parameters

遠藤 駿典; 河村 しほり*; 奥平 琢也*; 吉川 大幹*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之

European Physical Journal A, 59(12), p.288_1 - 288_12, 2023/12

 被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.02(Physics, Nuclear)

ランタン(La)-139の断面積と共鳴パラメータは、原子力分野への応用や基礎核物理の研究にとって重要である。本論文では、大強度陽子加速器施設(J-PARC)のANNRIにてLaの中性子全断面積と捕獲断面積を測定した。Negative共鳴を含む4つの共鳴の共鳴パラメータを、共鳴解析コードREFITを用いて求めた。その結果いくつかの共鳴パラメータにおいて、評価済み核データライブラリとの不一致が見られた。さらに全断面積を再現するために、スピン依存する散乱半径もフィットした。得られた散乱半径は、評価済み核データライブラリで記録されたものよりも大きいことがわかった。

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Neutron total and capture cross-section measurements of $$^{155}$$Gd and $$^{157}$$Gd in the thermal energy region with the Li-glass detectors and NaI(Tl) spectrometer installed in J-PARC$$cdot$$MLF$$cdot$$ANNRI

木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 原田 秀郎; 片渕 竜也*; 寺田 和司*; 堀 順一*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(6), p.678 - 696, 2023/06

 被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:48.47(Nuclear Science & Technology)

Neutron total and capture cross-section measurements of $$^{155}$$Gd and $$^{157}$$Gd were performed in the ANNRI at the MLF of the J-PARC. The neutron total cross sections were determined in the energy region from 5 to 100 meV. At the thermal neutron energy, the total cross sections were obtained to be 59.4$$pm$$1.7 and 251.9$$pm$$4.6 kilobarn for $$^{155}$$Gd and $$^{157}$$Gd, respectively. The neutron capture cross sections were determined in the energy region from 3.5 to 100 meV with an innovative method by taking the ratio of the detected capture event rate between thin and thick samples. At the thermal energy, the capture cross sections were obtained as 59.0$$pm$$2.5 and 247.4$$pm$$3.9 kilobarn for $$^{155}$$Gd and $$^{157}$$Gd, respectively. The present total and capture cross sections agree well within the standard deviations. The results for $$^{155}$$Gd were found to be consistent with the values in JENDL-4.0 and the experimental data given by Mastromarco et al. and Leinweber et al. within one standard deviation. Moreover, the present results for $$^{157}$$Gd agreed with the evaluated data in JENDL-4.0 and the experimental data by M${o}$ller et al. within one standard deviation and agreed with the data by Mastromarco et al. within 1.4 standard deviations. However, they disagree (11% larger) with the experimental result by Leinweber et al.

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$$^{241}$$Am neutron capture cross section in the keV region using Si and Fe-filtered neutron beams

Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(5), p.489 - 499, 2023/05

 被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:48.47(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The neutron capture cross-section of $$^{241}$$Am was measured in the keV neutron range using the recently implemented neutron filtering system of the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline in the Materials and Life Science (MLF) facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). Filter arrays consisting of 20 cm of $$^{nat}$$Fe and $$^{nat}$$Si were employed in separate measurements to provide filtered neutron beams with averaged neutron energies of 23.5 (Fe), 51.5 and 127.7 (Si) keV. The present $$^{241}$$Am results were obtained relative to the $$^{197}$$Au neutron capture yield by applying the total energy detection principle together with the pulse-height weighting technique. The $$^{241}$$Am neutron capture cross section was determined as 2.72 $$pm$$ 0.29 b at 23.5 keV, 2.14 $$pm$$ 0.26 b at 51.5 keV and 1.32 $$pm$$ 0.10 b at 127.7 keV with total uncertainties in the range of 8 to 12$$%$$, much lower in comparison to the latest time-of-flight experimental data available.

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Covariance of resonance parameters ascribed to systematic uncertainties in experiments

遠藤 駿典; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; Rovira Leveroni, G.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 281, p.00012_1 - 00012_5, 2023/03

In resonance analysis, experimental uncertainties affect the accuracy of resonance parameters. A resonance analysis code REFIT can consider the statistical uncertainty of the experimental data in evaluation of the resonance parameter uncertainty. On the other hand, since the systematic uncertainties of the sample thickness and normalization, which is proportional to the cross-section, are not independent at each measurement point, they must be treated differently from the statistical uncertainty. However, their treatment has not been discussed in detail so far. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the systematic uncertainties of experimental data on deduced resonance parameters by varying sample-thickness values used for the REFIT code. Covariance of resonance parameters ascribed to systematic uncertainties were evaluated from the neutron transmission data of natural zinc measured at the J-PARC MLF ANNRI. We will introduce this evaluation method and discuss the feature of obtained correlations.

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Fast-neutron capture cross section data measurement of minor actinides for development of nuclear transmutation systems

片渕 竜也*; 岩本 修; 堀 順一*; 木村 敦; 岩本 信之; 中村 詔司; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 遠藤 駿典; 芝原 雄司*; 寺田 和司*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 281, p.00014_1 - 00014_4, 2023/03

Long-lived minor actinides (MA) in nuclear waste from nuclear power plants are a long-standing issue to continue nuclear energy production. To solve the issue, researchers have suggested nuclear transmutation, in which long-lived radionuclides are transmuted into stable or shorter-life nuclides via neutron-induced nuclear reactions. Development of nuclear transmutation systems as an accelerator-driven system requires accurate neutron nuclear reaction data. The present research project entitled "Study on accuracy improvement of fast-neutron capture reaction data of long-lived MAs for development of nuclear transmutation systems" have been conducted as a joint collaboration, including Tokyo Tech, Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Kyoto University. This project focuses on the neutron capture reaction of MAs, especially $$^{237}$$Np, $$^{241}$$Am and $$^{243}$$Am, in the fast neutron energy region. The final goal of this project is to improve the accuracies of the neutron capture cross sections of $$^{237}$$Np, $$^{241}$$Am and $$^{243}$$Am employing a high-intensity neutron beam from a spallation source of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) that reduces uncertainties of measurement. To achieve the goal, a neutron beam filter system in J-PARC, sample characteristic assay, and theoretical reaction model study were developed. In this contribution, the overview and results of the project will be presented.

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Estimation of the total angular momentum of resonances using low-energy gamma-rays in $$^{181}$$Ta(n,$$gamma$$)$$^{182}$$Ta reaction

河村 しほり*; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 木村 敦; 北口 雅暁*; 中村 詔司; 奥平 琢也*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 清水 裕彦*; et al.

JAEA-Conf 2023-001, p.115 - 120, 2023/02

複合核共鳴における全角運動量は、核データを構成する1つの重要なパラメータである。しかしながら直接的な測定は、核編極標的を用いる必要があるなど難しい場合が多く、核データとして整備された値はランダムに割り振られた推定値であることが多い。本研究では共鳴から放出される複数のガンマ線のうち、2つの低エネルギーガンマ線の強度比を取る手法を用いて、実験結果に基づき$$^{182}$$Taの共鳴の全角運動量を推定した。実験はJ-PARC・MLF・ANNRIにて、Ge検出器を用いて行った。本発表では実験・解析の詳細および既存の核データの値や先行研究との比較について報告を行う。

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Development of a neutron beam monitor with a thin plastic scintillator for nuclear data measurement using spallation neutron source

中野 秀仁*; 片渕 竜也*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 児玉 有*; 寺田 和司*; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(12), p.1499 - 1506, 2022/12

 被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:27.23(Nuclear Science & Technology)

A neutron monitoring detection system was developed for neutron capture cross section measurement using a spallation neutron source. A combination of a plastic scintillator and a thin $$^{6}$$LiF foil was adopted for the detector. The detector system was tested to study the feasibility of the system. Neutron irradiation experiments were conducted with the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument in the Materials and Life Science facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. A neutron time-of-flight spectrum was successfully measured without significant count loss or detector paralysis. The statistical uncertainty reached 0.7% at neutron energies around 6 meV.

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$$^{241}$$Am neutron capture cross section measurement and resonance analysis

Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*

JAEA-Conf 2022-001, p.91 - 96, 2022/11

Neutron capture cross section measurements were performed in the Accurate Neutron Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) at the Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF) of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The time-of-flight (TOF) methodology was employed in a non-filter condition experiment to determine the neutron capture cross section from thermal to about 100 eV. Moreover, experiments were performed using the neutron filtering system to determine the neutron capture cross section at the energy of 23.5 keV using Fe as filter material. In this study, the preliminary results of the $$^{241}$$Am neutron capture cross section from 10 meV to about 100 eV determined in TOF experiments and at 23.5 keV from Fe filter experiments are presented. In the TOF experiments, the $$^{241}$$Am neutron capture cross section was normalized by means of the saturated resonance method using a Au sample with a mass of 1.5 g. In addition, for the Fe filter experiments, the capture cross section of $$^{241}$$Am at the energy of 23.5 keV was determined relative to the $$^{197}$$Au yield obtained from a measurement using the same Au sample. Moreover, early-stage results of a resonance analysis of the $$^{241}$$Am capture resonances are also presented.

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KeV-neutron capture cross-section measurement of $$^{197}$$Au with a Cr-filtered neutron beam at the ANNRI beamline of MLF/J-PARC

Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 片渕 竜也*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; 佐藤 八起*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(5), p.647 - 655, 2022/05

 被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:15.09(Nuclear Science & Technology)

Cr-filtered keV-neutron experiments were performed in the Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) beamline in the Materials and Life Science (MLF) facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) to measure the neutron capture cross-section of $$^{197}$$Au. The energy range of the neutron filtering system at ANNRI was extended through the use of 15 cm of $$^{nat}$$Cr as filter material to tailor quasi-monochromatic neutron peaks with averaged neutron energies of 133.4 and 45.0 keV. The performance of the $$^{nat}$$Cr filter assembly was evaluated by means of experimental capture and transmission analyses, together with the use of Monte-Carlo simulations. The present $$^{197}$$Au neutron capture cross-section results provide agreement within uncertainties with the JENDL-4.0 standard evaluated library and the IAEA standard data library further demonstrating the capabilities of the neutron filtering system at ANNRI.

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Neutron filtering system for fast neutron cross-section measurement at ANNRI

Rovira Leveroni, G.; 岩本 修; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 信之; 遠藤 駿典; 片渕 竜也*; 寺田 和司*; 児玉 有*; 中野 秀仁*; et al.

JAEA-Conf 2021-001, p.156 - 161, 2022/03

A neutron filtering system has been designed in order to bypass the double-timed structure of the beam. Filter materials were introduced into the rotary collimator of the ANNRI beamline in order to produce quasi-monoenergetic neutron filtered beams. Filter assemblies consisting of Fe with a thickness of 20 cm, and Si with thicknesses of 20 cm and 30 cm of Si were used separately to produce filtered neutron peaks with energies of 24 keV (Fe) and of 54 and 144 (Si). In this study, the characteristics and performance of the neutron filtering system at ANNRI using Fe and Si determined from both measurements and simulations are presented. The incident neutron flux was tested and analyzed by means of transmission and capture experiments. Moreover, simulations using the PHITS code were performed in order to determine the energy distribution of the integrated filtered peaks and assess the reliability of experimental results. Finally, preliminary results of the capture cross section of $$^{197}$$Au at the filtered energies of 24, 54 and 144 keV are also presented using the NaI(Tl) spectrometer alongside the neutron filtering system.

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A New method to reduce systematic uncertainties of capture cross section measurement using a sample rotation system

児玉 有*; 片渕 竜也*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 中野 秀仁*; 寺田 和司*; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典

JAEA-Conf 2021-001, p.162 - 165, 2022/03

Precise nuclear data for neutron-induced reactions are necessary for the design of nuclear transmutation systems. Nevertheless, current uncertainties of nuclear data for minor actinide (MA) does not achieve requirements for the design of transmutation facilities. The determination of an incident neutron flux for measurements of neutron capture cross section is one of the main causes that affect the final uncertainty of the cross section results. In the present work, we suggest a new method to reduce systematic uncertainties of capture cross section measurements. The method employs change of the self-shielding effect with sample rotation angle. In capture cross section measurements in ANNRI, a boron sample is placed to determine the incident neutron spectrum by counting 478 keV $$gamma$$-ray from the $$^{10}B(n,alphagamma)^{7}Li$$ reaction. In this method, the boron sample is tilted with respect to the neutron beam direction, thereby changing the effective area. This results in change of the shapes of time-of-flight (TOF) spectrum of 478 keV $$gamma$$-ray from the $$^{10}B(n,alphagamma)^{7}Li$$ reaction with the tilted angle. Comparing the difference of the TOF spectra at different angles and assuming the 1/v energy dependence of cross section of the $$^{10}B(n,alphagamma)^{7}Li$$ reaction, the area density of the boron sample can be determined without using the sample mass and area. Theoretical and experimental studies on the new method are ongoing. Calculation using Monte Carlo simulation code PHITS were carried out to study the feasibility of the present method. Test experiments using a sample rotation system at ANNRI were also performed.

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Development of a neutron beam monitor for nuclear data measurement using spallation neutron source

中野 秀仁*; 片渕 竜也*; Rovira Leveroni, G.*; 児玉 有*; 寺田 和司*; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典

JAEA-Conf 2021-001, p.166 - 170, 2022/03

In neutron capture cross section measurement, monitoring the number of the incident neutrons is necessary. However, in measurement with J-PARC/ANNRI, direct neutron monitoring system has not been employed. Conventional neutron detectors cannot be used as a beam monitor at ANNRI because of two reasons, high counting rate environment and gamma-flash. In general, a semiconductor detector or an inorganic scintillator, which is adopted for a neutron detector, has relatively longer response time and is unsuitable for beam monitoring at ANNRI. Therefore, a combination of a thin plastic scintillator and a $$^{6}$$LiF foil was selected as a detection system, whose fast response enabled detecting neutrons at a high counting rate. Low gamma ray sensitivity of a thin plastic scintillator allows measuring fast TOF region without count loss or detector paralysis. The geometry of the $$^{6}$$LiF foil, the plastic scintillator, and photomultiplier tube (PMT) was designed. The optimal thickness of the $$^{6}$$LiF foil was determined with simulation codes, SRIM and PHITS. The detector system was tested under the high neutron irradiation condition at J-PARC /ANNRI. A neutron TOF spectrum was successfully measured without significant count loss or detector paralysis. A neutron energy spectrum was driven from difference of TOF spectrum with and without $$^{6}$$LiF. The neutron spectrum was compared with a past neutron spectrum and good agreement was obtained. Statistic error was 0.68 $$%$$ at 6.0 meV even though measurement times in this study were short.

論文

Neutron capture and total cross-section measurements and resonance parameter analysis of niobium-93 below 400 eV

遠藤 駿典; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 寺田 和司*; 明午 伸一郎; 藤 暢輔; 瀬川 麻里子; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(3), p.318 - 333, 2022/03

 被引用回数:6 パーセンタイル:69.63(Nuclear Science & Technology)

In order to improve the accuracy of the cross-section and the resonance parameters of $$^{93}$$Nb, neutron capture and total cross-sections were measured using the J-PARC MLF ANNRI. The thermal-neutron capture cross-section was deduced as 0.97$$pm$$0.12 b. The resonance parameters of 11 resonances below 400 eV were determined from obtained capture cross-sections and transmission ratios by using the resonance analysis code, REFIT.

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