https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023901016
Measurement of the angular distribution of neutrons scattered from deuterium below 3 MeV
1 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
2 European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel, Belgium
* e-mail: elisa.pirovano@ptb.de
Published online: 30 September 2020
The differential cross section of neutron scattering on deuterium was investigated in the energy range from 400 keV to 2.5 MeV using the recoil detection method, irradiating with monoenergetic neutrons a proportional counter filled with deuterated gases. Comparing simulations of the transport of neutrons and recoil nuclei in the detector to the experimental pulse-height distribution, it was possible to establish a procedure for the determination of the coefficients of the Legendre expansion of the n-d angular distribution.
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