DEMONSTRATION OF THE POTENTIAL AND DIFFICULTIES OF COMBINED TL AND OSL MEASUREMENTS OF TLD-600 AND TLD-700 FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE DOSE COMPONENTS IN COMPLEX NEUTRON-GAMMA RADIATION FIELDS

2020 ◽  
Vol 188 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-388
Author(s):  
L Oster ◽  
I Eliyahu ◽  
Y S Horowitz ◽  
G Reshes ◽  
A Shapiro ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Fast Neutrons ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Accelerator Facility ◽  
Radiation Fields ◽  
Ionization Density ◽  
High Ionization ◽  
Neutron Component ◽  
Calibration Coefficients

Abstract The results reported herein demonstrate the potential application of combined optically stimulated luminescence/thermoluminescent (OSL/TL) measurements in neutron-gamma discrimination dosimetry. The advantages of OSL/TL are two-fold: (i) The OSL and TL readout can be carried out on the same sample and (ii) the greater efficiency of OSL to high ionization density radiation due to F 2 and F3 excitation. The gamma/electron calibration coefficients for LiF:Mg, Ti (TLD-600 and TLD-700) were measured using a 90Sr/90Y source calibrated at the SARAF-SSDL nuclear facility. The estimation of the neutron calibration coefficients was carried out by irradiation with broad-spectrum beam of fast neutrons with median energy 5 MeV at the Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF) of Columbia University. Naturally cooled samples of TLD-600 and TLD-700 were dosed to levels of 29.8 Gy neutrons and 6.1 Gy gammas in air and KERMA calculations employed to transfer the levels of dose to6,7LiF. A figure of merit for fast-neutron/gamma ray discrimination was determined at 10.6 for TLD-700 in the current measurements. The use of combined TLD-600/TLD-700 allowed, as well, the determination of a considerable and somewhat unexpected thermal neutron component of 116 Gy in TLD-600.

The determination of the neutron component of cosmic radiation fields in spacecraft

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 439-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.T. Bartlett ◽  
L.G. Hager ◽  
R.J. Tanner
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Radiation ◽  
Radiation Fields ◽  
Neutron Component

scholarly journals Reactor rate modulation oscillation analysis with two detectors in Double Chooz

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Abrahão ◽  
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H. Almazan ◽  
J. C. dos Anjos ◽  
S. Appel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reactor Power ◽  
Background Model ◽  
Fast Neutrons ◽  
Mixing Angle ◽  
Oscillation Analysis ◽  
Central Value ◽  
Double Chooz ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
Best Fit

Abstract A θ13 oscillation analysis based on the observed antineutrino rates at the Double Chooz far and near detectors for different reactor power conditions is presented. This approach provides a so far unique simultaneous determination of θ13 and the total background rates without relying on any assumptions on the specific background contributions. The analysis comprises 865 days of data collected in both detectors with at least one reactor in operation. The oscillation results are enhanced by the use of 24.06 days (12.74 days) of reactor-off data in the far (near) detector. The analysis considers the $$ {\overline{\nu}}_e $$ ν ¯ e interactions up to a visible energy of 8.5 MeV, using the events at higher energies to build a cosmogenic background model considering fast-neutrons interactions and 9Li decays. The background-model-independent determination of the mixing angle yields sin2(2θ13) = 0.094 ± 0.017, being the best-fit total background rates fully consistent with the cosmogenic background model. A second oscillation analysis is also performed constraining the total background rates to the cosmogenic background estimates. While the central value is not significantly modified due to the consistency between the reactor-off data and the background estimates, the addition of the background model reduces the uncertainty on θ13 to 0.015. Along with the oscillation results, the normalization of the anti-neutrino rate is measured with a precision of 0.86%, reducing the 1.43% uncertainty associated to the expectation.

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