P. Ren

Fast neutron scattering on Gallium target at 14.8 MeV

Abstract Benchmarking of evaluated nuclear data libraries was performed for ∼14.8 MeV neutrons on Gallium targets. The experiments were performed at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). Solid samples of natural Gallium (3.2 cm and 6.4 cm thick) were bombarded by ∼14.8 MeV neutrons and leakage neutron energy spectra were measured at 60° and 120°. The measured spectra are rather well reproduced by MCNP-4C simulations with the CENDL3.1, ENDF/B-VII and JENDL-4.0 evaluated nuclear data libraries, except for the inelastic contributions around E n = 10 – 13 MeV . All three libraries significantly underestimate the inelastic contributions. The inelastic contributions are further studied, using the Talys simulation code and the experimental spectra are reproduced reasonably well in the whole energy range by the Talys calculation, including the inelastic contributions.

Measurement of leakage neutron spectra from graphite cylinders irradiated with D-T neutrons for validation of evaluated nuclear data

A benchmark experiment for validation of graphite data evaluated from nuclear data libraries was conducted for 14MeV neutrons irradiated on graphite cylinder samples. The experiments were performed using the benchmark experimental facility at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). The leakage neutron spectra from the surface of graphite (Φ13cm×20cm) at 60° and 120° and graphite (Φ13cm×2cm) at 60° were measured by the time-of-flight (TOF) method. The obtained results were compared with the measurements made by the Monte Carlo neutron transport code MCNP-4C with the ENDF/B-VII.1, CENDL-3.1 and JENDL-4.0 libraries. The results obtained from a 20cm-thick sample revealed that the calculation results with CENDL-3.1 and JENDL-4.0 libraries showed good agreements with the experiments conducted in the whole energy region. However, a large discrepancy of approximately 40% was observed below the 3MeV energy region with the ENDF/B-VII.1 library. For the 2cm-thick sample, the calculated results obtained from the abovementioned three libraries could not reproduce the experimental data in the energy range of 5-7MeV. The graphite data in CENDL-3.1 were verified for the first time and were proved to be reliable.

Reconstructed primary fragments and symmetry energy, temperature and density of the fragmenting source in Zn64+Sn112 at 40 MeV/nucleon

Abstract Symmetry energy, temperature and density at the time of the intermediate mass fragment formation are determined in a self-consistent manner, using the experimentally reconstructed primary hot isotope yields and anti-symmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) simulations. The yields of primary hot fragments are experimentally reconstructed for multifragmentation events in the reaction system Zn 64 + Sn 112 at 40 MeV / nucleon . Using the reconstructed hot isotope yields and an improved method, based on the modified Fisher model, symmetry energy values relative to the apparent temperature, a sym / T , are extracted. The extracted values are compared with those of the AMD simulations, extracted in the same way as those for the experiment, with the Gogny interaction with three different density-dependent symmetry energy terms. The a sym / T values change according to the density-dependent symmetry energy terms used. Using this relation, the density of the fragmenting system is extracted first. Then symmetry energy and apparent temperature are determined in a self consistent manner in the AMD model simulations. Comparing the calculated a sym / T values and those of the experimental values from the reconstructed yields, ρ / ρ 0 = 0.65 ± 0.02 , a sym = 23.1 ± 0.6 MeV and T = 5.0 ± 0.4 MeV are evaluated for the fragmenting system experimentally observed in the reaction studied.

A Module Test of CCDA: an Array to Select the Centrality of Collisions in Heavy Ion Collisions

A test result of a module for the collision centrality detector array (CCDA), a simple detector array for the event classification of the centrality, is presented. The CsI(Tl) module has PMTs on both ends to read out signals. The beam test results indicate that it provides a good light charged particles (LCP) identification and a reasonable energy resolution. The energy spectra of LCPs are compared with the GEANT simulation.