V. Jakovlev, L. Lebedev and L. Solin V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute Neutron radiation hardness tests of silicon micro-strip detectors for CBM STS at KRI cyclotron V. Jakovlev, L. Lebedev and L. Solin V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute
Plan of the presentation Be-target neutron irradiations Reasons of replacement Be(p,n) reaction with D(d,n) one D2-gas target D(d,n) neutron spectra calculations Effect of D2-gas density reduction Neutron hardness tests of SMSD
KRI cyclotron (MGC-20) MGC-20 cyclotrons are manufactured by the Efremov Electro-Technical Institute. Beam types (external): Protons: 8 – 18 MeV, i < 50 mA; Deutrons: 4 – 10 MeV, Helium-3: 10 – 27 MeV, i < 25 mA; Helium-4: 10 – 20 MeV, i < 25 mA. Geography of MGC-20: St. Petersburg (Russia) – 3 Turku (Finland) Debrecen (Hungary) Cairo (Egypt) Somewheretown (North Korea).
Be-target neutron irradiations 9Be(p,n)9B, Q = -1.85 MeV, Tp = 2.06 MeV
Computer program (example)
Cross sections of NAA-reactions to monitor neutron flux
Table 3. Discrepancies of neutron flux for different NAA-reactions. Results Table 3. Discrepancies of neutron flux for different NAA-reactions. Reaction Threshold, MeV 27Al(n,p)27Mg 1.90 124 238U(n,2n)237U 6.18 - “ - 21 27Al(n,a)24Na 3.25 23 197Au(n,2n)197Au 8.11 36 93Nb (n,2n) 92Nb 8.93 6 140Ce(n,2n)139Ce 9.27 -11 142Nd(n,2n)141Nd 9.90 -21 63Cu (n,2n) 62Cu 11.03 10
Experimental and calculated Be-target neutron spectra [Lone et. al: “Thick target neutron yields and spectral distributions from the 7Li(p/d,n) and 9Be(p/d,n) reactions” NIM 143 (1977) 331]
Smoothed ratio of the experimental and calculated neutron spectra
Corrected neutron spectra
Types of neutron spectra Four types of neutron spectra: From 9Be(p,n)9B(g.s.) reaction From 9Be(p,n)9B* reaction From accompanying reactions: Background of neutrons scattered on walls and floor of experimental room 9Be + p 4He + 5Li + n – 3.5 MeV 8Be + p + n – 1.7 MeV 2 4He + p + n – 1.6 MeV
Drosg-2000 and ENDF/B-VII Data
Cross sections of the 9Be(p,n)9B* reactions [ http://t2.lanl.gov/data/proton7.html ]
D(d,n)3He reaction Q = 3.269 MeV [ http://t2.lanl.gov/data/deuteron.html ]
D2-gas target 7.75 MeV 3.79 MeV 4.77 MeV D2-gas pressure = 2.4 ÷ 3 atm Beam current = 8 ÷ 12 mA
Neutron spectrum program modified for gas target
Neutron spectra for Be-disk and D2-gas target systems
D2-gas density reduction - - - [S.-J. Heselius, Studies of Density Reduction in Gas Targets, Academic Dissertation, Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland, 1986]
Background neutron flux determination D2 was replaced with H2. Irradiation conditions, Al and Ti samples were the same as in D2-irradiation. Main part of background neutron flux belongs to natW(d,n) (Q = 2.6 ÷ 3.8 MeV) and 181Ta(d,n) (Q = 4.87 MeV) reactions going in the window and beam stopper materials. As result activities of samples were about 0.5% from the D2-irradiation respective values.
Neutron hardness tests of SMSD Table. Neutron fluxes for different detectors. Irradiation number Detector number Exposure, h 49-52 67, 68, 69 31.5 52 60,61-,61+ 18 49-54 64, 65, 66 42.5 52-54 40,41-,41+ 29 52-66 50,51-,51+ 150 Difference between Al and Ti NAA-monitors < 5% Neutron flux error ±10%
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Neutron spectra calculations
Derivative of solid angle with respect to reaction angle for the coaxial disks geometry
Noncoaxial geometries
Neutron spectra calculations in frame of ISTC-project No 176 (1995-1997)
Computer program (example)
Comparison with the Monte-Carlo method
Background neutrons Lone et. al: “Thick target neutron yields and spectral distributions from the 7Li(p/d,n) and 9Be(p/d,n) reactions” NIM 143 (1977) 331