Charged-particle spectrometry using a pencil-beam DT neutron source for double-differential cross-section measurement

Kondo, Keitaro; Murata, Isao*; Ochiai, Kentaro; Miyamaru, Hiroyuki*; Kubota, Naoyoshi; Takagi, Satoshi*; Shido, Shoichi*; Takahashi, Akito*; Nishitani, Takeo

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 568(2), p.723 - 733, 2006/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.086

Deuteron-tritium (DT) neutron induced charged-particle emission double-differential cross section (DDXc) is quite important to estimate nuclear heating, material damages for a fusion reactor. In order to realize the accurate measurement of the DDXc data especially for light nuclei, we propose a unique spectrometer system and a data processing method in this paper. The spectrometer overcomes the fundamental difficulty of the DDXc measurement with a pencil-beam neutron source and a counter telescope consisting of silicon surface barrier detectors. A superior S/N ratio, fine energy and angular resolutions, a wide detection energy range, and a excellent particle discrimination are realized. In order to confirm the validity of the spectrometer, measurements of the emitted -particle from Al() reaction and the recoiled proton from H() reaction are carried out. Based on the results, we conclude the validity and the superiority of the present spectrometry technique.