High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 12, 126003(2024)

Neutron spectrum unfolding based on the detection of Bonner multi-sphere spectrometer

Shuo Zhang1... Jieqing Fan1, Fang Zhang2,*, Qiang Zhao2, Jianhong Hao1 and Zhiwei Dong2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
  • 2Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
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    Simulation model diagram (sectional view, ① concrete, ② air, ③ Bonner ball, ④ neutron source)
    Model diagram of Bonner spectrometer (sectional view, ① polyethylene layer, ② aluminum shell, ③ LiI scintillator)
    Spectral solution result of MAXED
    Results of Monte Carlo method with different precision
    The results of MAXED spectral decomposition under different prefabricated spectra
    Comparison of spectral results between MAXED and GRAVEL
    • Table 1. Composition of material elements

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      Table 1. Composition of material elements

      namedensity/(g/cm3)element (weight fraction)
      concrete2.30H(2.2%), C(0.3%), O(57.5%), Na(1.5%), Mg(0.1%), Al(2%), Si(30.5%), K(1%), Ca(4.3%), Fe(0.6%)
      polythene0.95C(86%), H(14%)
      Al shell2.70Al(100%)
      LiI scintillator3.846Li(5%), I(95%)
      air1.20×10−3C(0.01%), N(76.52%), O(23.47%)
    • Table 2. The proportion of reliable results under different random particle numbers

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      Table 2. The proportion of reliable results under different random particle numbers

      random particle populationpercentage of credible results/%
      2.2×10734.92
      2.2×10852.38
      3.0×10855.56
      5.0×10860.32
      1.0×10974.60
    • Table 3. χ2-PDF values of GRAVEL solution results under different iterations

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      Table 3. χ2-PDF values of GRAVEL solution results under different iterations

      iterationsχ2-PDF
      501.34
      1001.18
      1501.08
      2070.99
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    Shuo Zhang, Jieqing Fan, Fang Zhang, Qiang Zhao, Jianhong Hao, Zhiwei Dong. Neutron spectrum unfolding based on the detection of Bonner multi-sphere spectrometer[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2024, 36(12): 126003

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    Received: May. 11, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 14, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 15, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhang Fang (zhang_fang@iapcm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202436.240156

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