The distribution of the count rate of neutrons (per second) near the Earth’s surface for two directions: towards the Earth and away from it, is studied using the experimental data, obtained in Moscow during 1996. The analysis shows that the mathematical approximation of the neutron count rate distribution can be described by a sum of two functions: a Poison distribution and a log-normal distrib...

The average angular distributions of neutron emissions have been measured in the Fuego Nuevo II (FN-II) dense plasma focus device (5kJ) by means of CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors. When pure deuterium is used as the filling gas, the data can be adjusted to a Gaussian function, related to anisotropic emission, superposed on a constant pedestal, related to isotropic emission. When deuterium...

Prediction of neutron flux at the irradiation devices of a research reactor facility is essential for the design and evaluation of experiments involving material irradiations. A computational model of the Greek Research Reactor (GRR-1) was developed using the Monte Carlo code MCNP with continuous energy neutron cross-section data evaluations from ENDF/B-VI library. The model included detailed g...

It is found from Maxwell's equations that the magnetic field lines are good analogues of relativistic strings. It is shown that the super-conducting current in the neutron star's interior causes local rotation of magnetic flux tubes carrying quantized flux.

Poly(L-lactic acid) microspheres loaded with holmium-166 acetylacetonate (166Ho-PLLA-MS) are a novel microdevice for intra-arterial radio-embolization in patients with unresectable liver malignancies. The neutron activation in a nuclear reactor, in particular the gamma heating, damages the 166Ho-PLLA-MS. The degree of damage is dependent on the irradiation characteristics and irradiation time i...

Neutrons are primarily produced at large international facilities using either spallation reactions or nuclear fission. There is a demand for small scale neutron production for use at hospitals and borders for a variety of applications. Isolated fission sources and sealed tube deuterium-tritium fusors are able to provide a reliable neutron flux at small scale but are impractical due to the asso...

Introduction: For this investigation we have used neutron spectroscopy data gathered with HEND/GRS instrument onboard Mars Odyssey. Starting from 2002 this mission passed through primary and several extended phases accumulating enormous data volume. During this mission one has been proved that orbital mapping of neutron flux from martian surface (instruments HEND, NS and GRS) is powerful method...

At INFN LNL (Legnaro Italy) it has been built a high intensity Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) structure, able to produce a 5 MeV proton beam of 30 mA. Coupled with a Be target such a beam can generate a neutron flux of 1014 n/s, with a spectrum centred in the MeV region (that has been recently characterized in detail at LNL accelerators). This neutron flux can be moderated to generate a therm...

The neutron Time of Flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN is a high flux neutron source obtained by the spallation of 20 GeV/c protons onto a solid lead target. The proton beam beam is delivered by the Proton Synchrotron (PS) at CERN capable of providing up to four sharp bunches (6 ns) with an intensity of 7 10^ 12 protons per bunch within a 14.4s supercycle. The outstanding characteristics of this f...

Multielements in a typical Japanese diet certified reference material prepared at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) of Japan, in collaboration with the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) of Japan were determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Five samples (ca. 510-1000 mg) and comparative standards were irradiated for a short time (10 s...