Commissioning of miniBELEN-10A, a moderated neutron counter with a flat efficiency for thick-target neutron yields measurements

Authors :: Mont-Geli, N
Tarifeño-Saldivia, A
Fraile, L M
Viñals, S
Perea, A
Pallàs, M
Cortés, G
Garcia, G
Nácher, E
Tain, J L
Alcayne, V
Alonso-Sañudo, O
Algora, A
Balibrea-Correa, J
Benito, J
Borge, M J G
Briz, J A
Calviño, F
Cano-Ott, D
De Blas, A
Domingo-Pardo, C
Fernández, B
Garcia, R
Gómez-Camacho, J
González-Romero, E M
Guerrero, C
Lerendegui-Marco, J
Llanos, M
Martínez, T
Martínez-Nouvilas, V
Mendoza, E
Murias, J R
Orrigo, S E A
de Rada, A Pérez
Pesudo, V
Plaza, J
Quesada, J M
Sánchez, A
Sánchez-Tembleque, V
Santorelli, R
Tengblad, O
Udías, J M
Villamarín, D
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: miniBELEN-10A is a modular and transportable moderated neutron counter with a nearly flat detection efficiency up to 8 MeV. The detector was designed to carry out measurements of (alpha, n) reactions in the context of the Measurement of Alpha Neutron Yields (MANY) project. In this work we present the results of the commissioning of miniBELEN-10A using the relatively well-known thick-target neutron yields from 27Al(alpha, n)30P.

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