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$^{239}$ Pu($n,f$)反应中的瞬发Fission中子

Prompt Fission Neutrons in the $^{239}$Pu($n,f$) Reaction

P. Marini, J. Taieb, B. Laurent, G. Belier, A. Chatillon, D. Etasse, P. Morfouace, M. Devlin, J. A. Gomez, R. C. Haight, K. J. Kelly, J. M. O'Donnel, K. T. Schmitt

摘要:

在洛斯阿拉莫斯中子科学中心的武器中子研究设施(WNR)测量了入射中子能量从$0.7$到$700\,$ MeV的$^{239}$ Pu($n,f$)的瞬发裂变中子谱。一个新设计的高效裂变室被耦合到高度分段的Chi-Nu阵列,以探测裂变事件中发射的中子。利用双飞行时间技术计算了入射中子能量和出射中子能量。对$^{252}$ Cf的瞬发裂变中子能谱进行了测量,测量了低至$200\,$ keV和高至约$12\,$ MeV的所有入射中子能量的瞬发裂变中子能谱(PFNS),其典型不确定度远低于$2\%$,高至约$10\,$ MeV的出射中子能量。PFNS的总体趋势在JAPAN 3.3和ENDF-B PDMATHAMV.0评价中得到了很好的再现。然而,观察到的光谱的低能量部分,其中评估高估了发射的中子的数量不一致。中子多重性和平均动能作为入射中子能量的函数的实验获得的报告不确定度低于$0.4\%$。中子多重性不同意$6\,$ MeV以上的一些旧的数据集,表明需要使用高效的裂变探测器,这不会使数据产生偏差。测得的平均动能与最新数据一致。评估公平地再现了趋势,但未能再现其不确定性范围内的实验值。

英文摘要:

Prompt fission neutron spectra from $^{239}$Pu($n,f$) were measured for incident neutron energies from $0.7$ to $700\,$MeV at the Weapons Neutron Research facility (WNR) of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. A newly designed high-efficiency fission chamber was coupled to the highly segmented Chi-Nu array to detect neutrons emitted in fission events. The double time-of-flight technique was used to deduce the incident-neutron energies from the spallation target and the outgoing-neutron energies from the fission chamber. Prompt fission neutron spectra (PFNS) were measured with respect to $^{252}$Cf spontaneous fission down to $200\,$keV and up to about $12\,$MeV for all the incident neutron energies with typical uncertainties well below $2\%$ up to about $10\,$MeV outgoing-neutron energy. The general trend of PFNS is well reproduced by JEFF3.3 and ENDF-B\VIII.0 evaluations. Discrepancies were however observed for the low-energy part of the spectra, where evaluations overestimate the number of emitted neutrons. Neutron multiplicities and average kinetic energies as a function of incident-neutron energy are obtained experimentally with reported uncertainties below $0.4\%$. Neutron multiplicities disagree with some older datasets above $6\,$ MeV, indicating the need of using a high-efficiency fission detector, which does not bias the data. The measured mean kinetic energies agree with the most recent data. Evaluations fairly reproduce the trend, but fail to reproduce the experimental values within their uncertainties.

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