We need more intense thermal‐neutron beams

DEC 01, 1968

Most experiments have now reached sensitivity limits. If this unique probe is to continue exploration of atomic and nuclear forces, its operators should have bigger fluxes than are now available.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034644

Robert M. Brugger

NEW SCHEMES FOR producing neutrons can dramatically increase thermal fluxes. One proposed method would produce short, intense pulses (figure 1) while another would make steady fluxes at a greater average intensity than sources that now exist.

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Robert M. Brugger. Idaho Nuclear Corp..