A mathematical method to calculate efficiency of BF₃ detectors

A mathematical method to calculate efficiency of BF 3 detectors 1 corresp first-author Corresponding author. E-mail address: sifenni@gmail.com Corresponding author. E-mail address: sifenni@gmail.com sifenni@gmail.com 1 1 Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China In order to calculate absolute efficiency of the BF 3 detector, MCNP/4C code is applied to calculate relative efficiency of the BF 3 detector first, and then absolute efficiency is figured out through mathematical techniques. Finally an energy response curve of the BF 3 detector for 1~20 MeV neutrons is derived. It turns out that efficiency of BF 3 detector are relatively uniform for 2~16 MeV neutrons. BF 3 detector Absolute efficiency Relative efficiency Energy response curve References Kushneriuk S A . Canadian Journal of Physics , 1952 , 30 ( 5 ): 402 - 411 . Canadian Journal of Physics DING Dazhao , YE Chuntang , ZHAO Zhixiang , et al . Nutron Phys . 2 nd Ed. Beijing : Atomic Energy Press . 2005 : 129 - 168 (in Chinese) . Nutron Phys Pszona S . Nucl Instr and Meth , 1998 , 402 ( 1 ): 139 - 142 . Nucl Instr and Meth Kim G N , Lee Y S , Son D . Pohang Neutron Facility Based on 100-MeV Electron Linac . In: Proceedings of the second Asian Particle Accelerator Conference . Beijing , 2001 . Pohang Neutron Facility Based on 100-MeV Electron Linac ZHANG Guohui , CHEN Jinxiang . At Energy Sci Technol , 2007 , 41 ( 1 ): 22 - 25 (in Chinese) . At Energy Sci Technol XU Shuyan . Application of Monte Carlo method in experimental nuclear physics . 2 nd Ed. Beijing : Atomic Energy Press . 2006 : 1 - 18 (in Chinese) . Application of Monte Carlo method in experimental nuclear physics Chien-Yi Chen , Chien Chung . Nucl Instr Meth , 1997 , 395 ( 2 ): 195 - 201 . Nucl Instr Meth Hason A O , Mckibben J L . Phys Rev , 1947 , 72 ( 8 ): 673 - 677 . Phys Rev X-5 Monte Carlo Team . MCNP5—A General Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code , Version 5 . USA : Los Alamos National Laboratory . 2003 : 1 - 19 . MCNP5—A General Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code Keller S E , Heuser B J , Carpenter J M . Physica B , 1997 , 241 : 30 - 32 . Physica B Bourva L C A , Croft S , Ottmar H , et al . Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res Part A , 1999 , 426 ( 2-3 ): 503 - 517 . Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res Part A Takeda N , Kudo K , Toyokawa H , et al . Nucl Instrum Methods , 1999 , 422 ( 1-3 ): 600 - 605 . Nucl Instrum Methods Nasrabadi M N , Jalali M , Mohammadi A . Nucl Instrum Methods , 2007 , 263 ( 2 ): 473 - 476 . Nucl Instrum Methods Iki E , Besshou S , Ogata K . Fusion Eng Des , 1997 , 34 : 603 - 606 . Fusion Eng Des 10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.20.181-183 2008-06-30 2009-06-20 2021-01-19 2009 Nuclear Science and Techniques 03 20