Development of a compact D-D neutron generator

作者：Huang, Z. -W.; Wang, J. -R.; Wei, Z.; Lu, X. -L.; Ma, Z. -W.; Ran, J. -L.; Zhang, Z. -M.; Yao, Z. -E.; Zhang, Y.^*

来源：Journal of Instrumentation, 2018, 13(01): P01013.

DOI：10.1088/1748-0221/13/01/P01013

• Instrumentation for neutron sources
• Accelerator Applications
• Instrumentation for particle accelerators and storage rings
• low energy (linear accelerators, cyclotrons, electrostatic accelerators)

A compact D-D neutron generator was developed at Lanzhou University, China. A duoplasmatron ion source was used to produce a higher-current deuteron beam. The deuteron beam could be accelerated up to 150 keV by a single accelerating gap, and bombarded on a pure molybdenum drive-in target to produce D-D fast neutron. A bias voltage between the target and the extraction-accelerating electrode was produced by a resistance to suppress the secondary electron from the target. The neutron generator has been operated for several hundred hours, and the performances were investigated. The available range of the deuteron beam current was 1.0-4.0 mA. EJ410 scintillator detector system was used to measure the fast neutron yields. D-D neutron yield could reach 2.48x10(8) n/s under the deuteron beam of 3 mA and 150 keV.

• 出版日期2018-1
• 单位兰州大学; 中国科学院近代物理研究所