Authors: E. Durisi,K. Alikaniotis,O. Borla,F. Bragato,M. Costa,G. Giannini,V. Monti,L. Visca,G. Vivaldo,A. Zanini,
Journal: Applied Radiation and Isotopes
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.07.039
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 107cm−2s−1. This paper investigates possible Linac’s modifications and a new photo-converter design to rise the neutron flux above 5 107cm−2s−1, also reducing the gamma contamination.
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