Naslov
Monte Carlo analysis of tagged neutron beams for cargo container inspection

Autori
Pesente, S. ; Lunardon, M. ; Nebbia, G. ; Viesti, G. ; Sudac, Davorin ; Valković, Vladivoj

Izvornik
Applied radiation and isotopes (0969-8043) 65 (2007), 12; 1322-1329

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
tagged neutron production ; non-destructive inspection

Sažetak
Fast neutrons produced via D+T reactions and tagged by the associated particle technique have been recently proposed to inspect cargo containers. The general characteristics of this technique are studied with Monte Carlo simulations by determining the properties of the tagged neutron beams as a function of the relevant design parameters (energy and size of the deuteron beam, geometry of the charged particle detector). Results from simulations, validated by experiments, show that the broadening of the correlation between the α -particle and the neutron, induced by kinematical as well as geometrical (beam and detector size) effects, is important and limits the dimension of the minimum voxel to be inspected. Moreover, the effect of the container filling is explored. The material filling produces a sizeable loss of correlation between α -particles and neutrons due to scattering and absorption. Conditions in inspecting cargo containers are discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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