Light-ion production from a thin silicon target bombarded by 175 MeV quasi mono-energetic neutrons

• Main Authors: S. Hirayama, Y. Watanabe, Y. Naitou, P. Andersson, R. Bevilacqua, C. Gustavsson, M. Österlund, S. Pomp, V. Simutkin, H. Sjöstrand, A. Hjalmarsson, A. Prokofiev, M. Tesinsky, U. Tippawan
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=80052208556&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50347
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Double-differential production yields of light ions (p, d, t,3He, and α) from a thin silicon target induced by 175 mev quasi mono-energetic neutrons were measured using the MEDLEY setup at the The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL) in Uppsala in order to benchmark evaluated nuclear data and nuclear reaction models. The MEDLEY is a conventional spectrometer system which consists of eight counter telescopes. Each telescope is composed of two silicon surface barrier detectors as the ΔE detectors and a CsI(Tl) scintillator as the E detector for particle identification. The telescopes are placed at angles from 20° to 160° in steps of 20°. The measured double-differential yields of light ions are compared with PHITS calculations using the following nuclear reaction options: the high-energy nuclear data library (JENDL/HE-2007), the quantum molecular dynamics (QMD) model, and the intra-nuclear cascade (INC) model.