Study of the Initiation of Nuclear Reactions in Boron-Containing Targets by a Beam of Deuterium Ions with Energy <50 keV at the HELIS Ion Accelerator

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Abstract

Experimental data on the yield of nuclear reaction products from boron-containing crystalline targets when irradiated with a beam of deuterium ions with an energy of <50 keV at the HELIS ion accelerator are presented. Natural boron and boron carbide (B4C) were used as targets. For comparison, experiments were carried out using the same installation to measure the yield of nuclear reaction products when boron-containing targets were irradiated with a neutron flux from a Ti converter target (99.99%). To register the products of nuclear reactions (charged particles and neutrons), semiconductor detectors, CR-39 track detectors, and neutron scintillation spectrometers were used. The possibility of initiating the nuclear reactions 10B + n → 7Li + α and p + 11B → 3α by a beam of deuterium ions with an energy of <50 keV has been demonstrated. However, the high background from the main products of nuclear reactions of (D + D) fusion did not allow quantitative assessments of the yield of alpha particles of nuclear reaction products from the capture of protons and neutrons by boron. The results obtained may be important in the field of radiation medicine for the purposes of proton-capture and neutron-capture therapy of oncological diseases.

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M. A Negodaev

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute RAS

Moscow, Russia

A. S Rusetskii

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute RAS

Email: ruseckijas@lebedev.ru
Moscow, Russia

A. V Oginov

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute RAS

Moscow, Russia

A. F Popovich

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute RAS

Moscow, Russia

K. V Shpakov

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute RAS

Moscow, Russia

G. E Sedov

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute RAS; D.V. Skobeltsin RINP MSU

Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia

M. A Kirsanov

NRNU MEPhI

Moscow, Russia

S. G Klimanov

NRNU MEPhI

Moscow, Russia

D. E Karmanov

D.V. Skobeltsin RINP MSU

Moscow, Russia

V. N Amosov

ITER Design Center, Rosatom

Moscow, Russia

S. A Meshchaninov

ITER Design Center, Rosatom

Moscow, Russia

N. B Rodionov

ITER Design Center, Rosatom

Moscow, Russia

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