JAEA-Conf 2011-002 - 日本原子力研究開発機構
JAEA-Conf 2011-002 - 日本原子力研究開発機構
JAEA-Conf 2011-002 - 日本原子力研究開発機構
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eports of data of carbon-ion incident neutron-production double-differential cross sections<br />
(DDX) on biological elements are very few [4, 5]. The experimental cross sections<br />
of neutron-production are required to be simulated with high accuracy. Especially, the<br />
accurate data around neutron energy of several MeV is required because such an energy<br />
neutron has a large relative biological effectiveness (RBE). Therfore, we measured the<br />
neutron-production double-differential cross sections for 290 MeV/u oxygen ions incidence<br />
on a carbon target of natural isotopic composition. Because of diffculty in preparation of<br />
a oxygen target, we performed the natC( 16O, xn) DDX measurement to conduct inverse<br />
reaction analysis. The experimental data are compared with calculated results by the<br />
PHITS2 code [6].<br />
2. Experimental procedure<br />
NE213<br />
(φ12.7 cm×12.7 cm)<br />
NE102A<br />
(2 mm thick)<br />
60° 2.9 m<br />
2.6 m<br />
75°<br />
90°<br />
2.4 m<br />
45°<br />
3.5 m<br />
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Concrete Shield<br />
30°<br />
4.0 m<br />
Carbon Target<br />
(2.12 cm thick)<br />
Beam Pick Up<br />
(0.5 mm thick)<br />
15°<br />
4.0 m<br />
7.0 m<br />
Iron Shield<br />
Al Plate<br />
Beam Dump<br />
HIMAC PH2 Beam Line<br />
290 MeV/u Oxygen Ion<br />
Incidence<br />
Fig. 1: Illustration of experimental setup<br />
The experiment was carried out at the PH2 beam line at the heavy ion accelerator<br />
facility HIMAC of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan. A<br />
schematic view of the experimental arrangement is illustrated in Fig. 1. The 290 MeV/u<br />
oxygen ions were employed as incident particles and a carbon plate of natural isotopic<br />
composition was chosen as an irradiation target. The beam emerged from a vacuum duct<br />
through a 100 μm thick aluminum window. Before impinging on the target, the beam<br />
traversed a beam pick up detector, which was an NE102A plastic scintillator in front of<br />
the target. The beam pick up detector provided the signal for the time-of-flight (TOF)<br />
measurement and the number of incident particles. The detector was 3 cm in diameter<br />
and was 0.5 mm thick so as to reduce the energy loss of incident beam inside it. The<br />
beam irradiated the carbon target, having the dimension of 5 × 5 × 1.5 cm3 . A carbon<br />
plate was placed at an angle of 45◦ to the beam line as a target. The beam traveled in