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Lump correction and identification in the combined thermal/epithermal neutron (CTEN) method
The authors present a model for self shielding in lumps of fissile material in active-neutron assays. The model combines the formula for self-attenuation of gamma-ray in lumpy sources with the multi-group analysis techniques used in neutron transport calculations. Models for thin foils and for spheres are examined in terms of error multiplication in determining lump corrections and the basic accuracy of the model
A POLARIMETER FOR PROTONS BETWEEN 100 AND 800 MeV
A carbon polarimeter has been built and used for protons with energies between 100 and 800 MeV. The polarimeter accepts scatters in the carbon analyzer up to 30~ab, with negligible instrumental asymmetries. Drift chambers 60 cm square were used with a system for resolving the left-right ambiguity inherent in drift chambers. A hardware system for rejecting small angle scatters is described. The polarimeter is routinely used to measure spin transfer parameters with a typical precision of ±0.03 in about eight hours of low-duty LAMPF beam
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Advances in nuclear instrumentation for safeguards
This paper describes detectors, instrumentation, and analytical methods under development to address the above issues. The authors will describe work underway on room-temperature semiconductors including attempts to model the response of these detectors to improve spectrum analysis procedures and detector design. Computerized tomography is used in many medical and industrial applications; they are developing both gamma-ray and neutron tomography for improved measurements of waste and direct-use materials. Modern electronics and scintillation detectors should permit the development of fast neutron coincidence detectors with dramatically improved signal-to-noise ratios. For active measurements, they are studying several improved neutron sources, including a high-fluence, plasma-based, d-t generator. New analysis tools from information theory may permit one to better combine data from different measurement systems. This paper attempts to briefly describe a range of new sensors, electronics, and data analysis methods under study at Los Alamos and other laboratories to promote discussion of promising technology that they may bring to bear on these important global issues
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Photofission-Based, Nuclear Material Detection: Technology Demonstration
The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and the Advanced Research and Applications Corporation (ARACOR) [Sunnyvale, California] performed a photonuclear technology demonstration for shielded nuclear material detection during August 21–22, 2002, at the LANL TA-18 facility. The demonstration used the Pulsed Photonuclear Assessment Technique (PPAT) that focused on the application of a photofission-based, nuclear material detection method as a viable complement to the ARACOR Eagle inspection platform. The Eagle is a mobile and fully operational truck and cargo inspection system that uses a 6-MeV electron accelerator to perform real-time radiography. This imaging is performed using an approved “radiation-safe” or “cabinet safe” operation relative to the operators, inspectors, and any stowaways within the inspected vehicles. While the PPAT has been primarily developed for active interrogation, its neutron detection system also maintains a complete and effective passive detection capability
Chiral perturbation theory calculation for pn -> dpipi at threshold
We investigate the reaction pn -> dpipi in the framework of Chiral
Perturbation Theory. For the first time a complete calculation of the leading
order contributions is presented. We identify various diagrams that are of
equal importance as compared to those recognized in earlier works. The diagrams
at leading order behave as expected by the power counting. Also for the first
time the nucleon-nucleon interaction in the initial, intermediate and final
state is included consistently and found to be very important. This study
provides a theoretical basis for a controlled evaluation of the non-resonant
contributions in two-pion production reactions in nucleon-nucleon collisions.Comment: 24 pages, 3 figures, 3 table
Zero-Crossing Angle in the Np Analyzing Power at Medium Energies and its Relation to Charge Symmetry
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