First experiments on neutron detection on the accelerator-based source for boron neutron capture therapy

Pleiades Publishing Ltd - Tập 35 - Trang 346-348 - 2009
A. S. Kuznetsov1,2,3, G. N. Malyshkin1,2,3, A. N. Makarov1,2,3, I. N. Sorokin1,2,3, Yu. S. Sulyaev1,2,3, S. Yu. Taskaev1,2,3
1Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
2All-Russia Research Institute of Technical Physics, State Nuclear Research Center of the Russian Federation, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia
3Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Tóm tắt

A pilot accelerator-based source of epithermal neutrons, which is intended for wide application in clinics for boron neutron capture therapy, has been constructed at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Novosibirsk). A stationary proton beam has been obtained and near-threshold neutron generation regime has been realized. Results of the first experiments on neutron generation using the proposed source are described.

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