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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 />

<strong>JAEA</strong>-<strong>Conf</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>002</strong><br />

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

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