Sample to moderator volume ratio effects in neutron yield from a PGNAA setup

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• 作者：A.A. Naqvi ; Fazal-ur-Rehman ; M.M. Nagadi ; Khateeb-ur-Rehman
• 关键词：PGNAA ; Fast and thermal neutron yield measurement ; 2.8 MeV neutrons ; NTDs ; Monte Carlo simulations
• 刊名：Radiation Measurements
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：February 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：42
• 期：2
• 页码：241-244
• 全文大小：191 K

文摘

Performance of a prompt gamma ray neutron activation analysis (PGNAA) setup depends upon thermal neutron yield at the PGNAA sample location. For a moderator, which encloses a sample, thermal neutron intensity depends upon the effective moderator volume excluding the void volume due to sample volume. A rectangular moderator assembly has been designed for the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) PGNAA setup. The thermal and fast neutron yield has been measured inside the sample cavity as a function of its front moderator thickness using alpha particle tracks density and recoil proton track density inside the CR-39 nuclear track detectors (NTDs). The thermal/fast neutron yield ratio, obtained from the alpha particle tracks density to proton tracks density ratio in the NTDs, shows an inverse correlation with sample to moderator volume ratio. Comparison of the present results with the previously published results of smaller moderators of the KFUPM PGNAA setup confirms the observation.