Development of an intense pulsed characteristic γ-ray source for active interrogation of special nuclear material

J. W. Schumer; R. J. Commisso; D. D. Hinshelwood; D. Mosher; D. P. Murphy; P. F. Ottinger; D. G. Phipps; S. J. Stephanakis; B. V. Weber; F. C. Young; G. Cooperstein; B. W. Blackburn; J. L. Jones; J. Johnson; N. O. Valles

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437187

Development of an intense pulsed characteristic γ-ray source for active interrogation of special nuclear material

J. W. Schumer
, R. J. Commisso
, D. D. Hinshelwood
, D. Mosher
, D. P. Murphy
, P. F. Ottinger
, D. G. Phipps
, S. J. Stephanakis
, B. V. Weber
, F. C. Young
, G. Cooperstein
, B. W. Blackburn
, J. L. Jones
, J. Johnson
, N. O. Valles

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Abstract

An intense source of characteristic y-rays is developed as a potential probe to identify special nuclear material. A pinch-reflex ion diode is operated on the Gamble II pulsed power generator to produce proton beams with 270-kA peak current and 2.0-MV peak voltage. These beams bombard a PTFE (Teflon) target to produce characteristic y-rays by the ¹⁹F(p,αγ) ¹⁶O reaction with energies of 6.13, 6.92, and 7.12 MeV and with an intensity of 3.1×10¹¹ γ-rays into 4π in a single 50-ns duration pulse. Simple ballistic transport is used to transport the proton beam one meter so that the γ-ray signal is separated in time and space from the diode bremsstrahlung pulse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
Pages	1026-1032
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437187
State	Published - 2007
Event	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC - Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: Oct 27 2007 → Nov 3 2007

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

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Conference	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu, HI
Period	10/27/07 → 11/3/07

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Schumer, J. W., Commisso, R. J., Hinshelwood, D. D., Mosher, D., Murphy, D. P., Ottinger, P. F., Phipps, D. G., Stephanakis, S. J., Weber, B. V., Young, F. C., Cooperstein, G., Blackburn, B. W., Jones, J. L., Johnson, J., & Valles, N. O. (2007). Development of an intense pulsed characteristic γ-ray source for active interrogation of special nuclear material. In 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC (pp. 1026-1032). Article 4437187 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record; Vol. 2). https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437187

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Schumer JW, Commisso RJ, Hinshelwood DD, Mosher D, Murphy DP, Ottinger PF et al. Development of an intense pulsed characteristic γ-ray source for active interrogation of special nuclear material. In 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC. 2007. p. 1026-1032. 4437187. (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437187

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