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creators_name: Durisi, E.
creators_name: Alikaniotis, Katia
creators_name: Borla, Oscar
creators_name: Bragato, F.
creators_name: Costagli, Mauro
creators_name: Giannini, Gianrossano
creators_name: Monti, Valeria
creators_name: Visca, L.
creators_name: Vivaldo, Gianna
creators_name: Zanini, Alba
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title: Design and simulation of an optimized e-linac based neutron source for {BNCT} research
ispublished: pub
subjects: QC
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: none
keywords: Nuclear physics; Photoneutron production; BNCT preclinical research
note: The 16th International Congress on Neutron Capture Therapy (ICNCT-16.
abstract: Abstract The paper is focused on the study of a novel photo-neutron source for {BNCT} preclinical research based on medical electron Linacs. Previous studies by the authors already demonstrated the possibility to obtain a mixed thermal and epithermal neutron flux of the order of 107 cm−2 s−1. This paper investigates possible Linac’s modifications and a new photo-converter design to rise the neutron flux above 5 107 cm−2 s−1, also reducing the gamma contamination.
date: 2015
date_type: published
publication: Applied Radiation and Isotopes
volume: 106
publisher: Elsevier
pagerange: 63 - 67
id_number: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.07.039
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0969-8043
official_url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804315301214
citation:   Durisi, E. and Alikaniotis, Katia and Borla, Oscar and Bragato, F. and Costagli, Mauro and Giannini, Gianrossano and Monti, Valeria and Visca, L. and Vivaldo, Gianna and Zanini, Alba  Design and simulation of an optimized e-linac based neutron source for {BNCT} research.  Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 106.  63 - 67.  ISSN 0969-8043      (2015)