Computational studies of neutron response function for a neutron spectrometer which uses Freon-12, -22, and -115 superheated liquids

Abstract

A Fortran code based on Seitz's radiation-induced nucleation theory is written to study the characteristics of the energy-dependent neutron response function of thermal- and intermediate-energy neutron superheated-drop detectors (SDDs). Three SDD liquids are studied: Freon-12, -22, and -115. The characteristic curves are akin to those of a threshold detector. The program is run for an incident neutron energy range of 0.0253 eV–4.1 MeV at …

Authors

Lim W; Wang CK

Journal

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 335, No. 1-2, pp. 243–247