Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron
Lithium 8 is a short lived beta emitter producing a high energy anti-neutrino, which is very suitable for making several measurements of fundamental quantities. It is proposed to produce Lithium 8 with a commercially available 60 MeV cyclotron using protons or alpha particles on a Beryllium 9 target...
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| author | Bungau, Adriana Barlow, Roger Shaevitz, Michael Conrad, Janet Spitz, Joshua B. |
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| description | Lithium 8 is a short lived beta emitter producing a high energy anti-neutrino, which is very suitable for making several measurements of fundamental quantities. It is proposed to produce Lithium 8 with a commercially available 60 MeV cyclotron using protons or alpha particles on a Beryllium 9 target. We have used the GEANT4 program to model these processes, and calculate the anti-neutrino fluxes that could be obtained in a practical system. We also calculate the production of undesirable contaminants such as Boron 8, and show that these can be reduced to a very low level. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/884032022-10-01T04:58:30Z Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron Bungau, Adriana Barlow, Roger Shaevitz, Michael Conrad, Janet Spitz, Joshua B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Conrad, Janet Spitz, Joshua B. Lithium 8 is a short lived beta emitter producing a high energy anti-neutrino, which is very suitable for making several measurements of fundamental quantities. It is proposed to produce Lithium 8 with a commercially available 60 MeV cyclotron using protons or alpha particles on a Beryllium 9 target. We have used the GEANT4 program to model these processes, and calculate the anti-neutrino fluxes that could be obtained in a practical system. We also calculate the production of undesirable contaminants such as Boron 8, and show that these can be reduced to a very low level. 2014-07-15T12:18:02Z 2014-07-15T12:18:02Z 2012-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper arXiv:1205.5790 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88403 Bungau, Adriana, Roger Barlow, Michael Shaevitz, Janet Conrad, and Joshua Spitz. "Target Studies for the Production of Lithium8 for Neutrino Physics Using a Low Energy Cyclotron." The 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 20-25, 2012. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438 en_US http://cds.cern.ch/record/1452142?ln=en Proceedings of the 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf IPAC arXiv |
| spellingShingle | Bungau, Adriana Barlow, Roger Shaevitz, Michael Conrad, Janet Spitz, Joshua B. Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron |
| title | Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron |
| title_full | Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron |
| title_fullStr | Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron |
| title_full_unstemmed | Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron |
| title_short | Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron |
| title_sort | target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88403 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438 |
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