Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility

Jun-Yang Chen; Jian-Fei Tong; Zhi-Liang Hu; Xue-Fen Han; Bin Tang; Qian Yu; Rui-Qiang Zhang; Chong-Guang Zhao; Jun Xu; Shi-Nian Fu; Bin Zhou; Tian-Jiao Liang

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Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility

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- Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 33, Issue 1, Article number: 12(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100049, China
  2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, 100049, China
  3.Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, China
  4.Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Neutron Scattering Science and Technology, Dongguan 523803, China
- Author bio：
  
  binzhou@ihep.ac.cn (Bin Zhou);
  tjliang@ihep.ac.cn (Tianjiao Liang)
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- DOI：10.1007/s41365-022-00996-1
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Jun-Yang Chen, Jian-Fei Tong, Zhi-Liang Hu, et al. Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 33(1):12(2022)
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Jun-Yang Chen, Jian-Fei Tong, Zhi-Liang Hu, et al. Evaluation of neutron beam characteristics for D-BNCT01 facility. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 33(1):12(2022) DOI： 10.1007/s41365-022-00996-1.

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Abstract

An accelerator-based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT) experimental facility called D-BNCT01 has been recently completed and is currently able to generate a high-intensity neutron beam for BNCT related research. In this study, we perform several experiments involving water phantoms to validate the Monte Carlo simulation results and analyze the neutron beam characteristics. According to our measurements, D-BNCT01 may generate a neutron flux about 1.2×10,8, n/cm,2,/s at the beam port using a 5 kW proton beam. Our results, also show that the thermal neutron flux depth distribution inside the water phantom is in good agreement with simulations. We conclude that D-BNCT01 may be effectively employed for BNCT research.

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Neutron beamBoron Neutron Capture TherapyWater phantom

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