Target studies for the production of lithium8 for neutrino physics using a low energy cyclotron
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Bungau, Adriana
Barlow, Roger
Shaevitz, Michael
Conrad, Janet
Spitz, Joshua B.
Date Issued
May 2012
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference
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IPAC
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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.
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Abstract
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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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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