Estimation of d-²H Breakup Neutron Energy Distributions From d-³He

Abstract

A method is described to estimate deuteron-on-deuterium breakup neutron distributions at 0 deg using deuteron bombardment of ³He. Breakup neutron distributions are modeled with the product of a Fermi-Dirac distribution and a cumulative logistic distribution function. Four measured breakup neutron distributions from 6.15- to 12.0-MeV deuterons on ³He are compared with 13 measured distributions from 6.83- to 11.03-MeV deuterons on deuterium. Model parameters that describe d-³He neutron distributions are used to estimate neutron distributions from 6- to 12-MeV deuterons on deuterium.

Keywords:

• Neutron
• cross section
• light nuclei