Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5492904 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2017 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper discusses an experimental study of the spallation reaction 27Al(p,3pn)24Na in Al foils exposed to 24 GeV c−1 protons, in the context of monitoring the intensity of multi-GeV proton beams through foil activation techniques. Since this reaction is sensitive to secondary neutrons and other energetic secondary hadrons, it is important to evaluate the impact of the foil thickness on the calculation of the beam intensity. This effect is determined experimentally using a stack of Al foils of varying thickness. The experimental results are then compared to Monte Carlo simulations.

Keywords
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Instrumentation
Authors
, , , , , , , ,