Formation of Ge-71 via Thermal Neutron Capture
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Hays, Thomas
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Abstract
- In this work, the formation rate of 71Ge for a pure germanium sample given a typical environmental neutron flux is examined. This was done using two different methods. The first method involved Monte Carlo simulations of a HPGe PPC detector known as MALBEK interacting with background thermal neutrons. The second method involved an analysis of experimental 71Ge activity data obtained using MALBEK with an estimation of the number of thermal neutrons that MALBEK was exposed to over a 68 hour period. The two 71Ge formation rate values for the first and second methods were found to be 8.2 ± 0.8 x 10[-37]1Ge/s.kg and 7.3 ± 3.6 x 10[-37]1Ge/s.kg respectively.
- Date of publication
- spring 2014
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- Advisor
- Henning, Reyco
- Degree
- Bachelor of Science
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- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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