Saunders A, Makela M, Bagdasarova Y, Back HO, Boissevain J, Broussard LJ, Bowles TJ, Carr R, Currie SA, Filippone B, García A, Geltenbort P, Hickerson KP, Hill RE, Hoagland J, Hoedl S, Holley AT, Hogan G, Ito TM, Lamoreaux S, Liu CY, Liu J, Mammei RR, Martin J, Melconian D, Mendenhall MP, Morris CL, Mortensen RN, Pattie RW, Pitt M, Plaster B, Ramsey J, Rios R, Sallaska A, Seestrom SJ, Sharapov EI, Sjue S, Sondheim WE, Teasdale W, Young AR, VornDick B, Vogelaar RB, Wang Z, Xu Y. Performance of the Los Alamos National Laboratory spallation-driven solid-deuterium ultra-cold neutron source.
THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2013;
84:013304. [PMID:
23387639 DOI:
10.1063/1.4770063]
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Abstract
In this paper, we describe the performance of the Los Alamos spallation-driven solid-deuterium ultra-cold neutron (UCN) source. Measurements of the cold neutron flux, the very low energy neutron production rate, and the UCN rates and density at the exit from the biological shield are presented and compared to Monte Carlo predictions. The cold neutron rates compare well with predictions from the Monte Carlo code MCNPX and the UCN rates agree with our custom UCN Monte Carlo code. The source is shown to perform as modeled. The maximum delivered UCN density at the exit from the biological shield is 52(9) UCN/cc with a solid deuterium volume of ~1500 cm(3).
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