A DEUTERIUM/TRITIUM GAS TARGET FOR FAST NEUTRONS PRODUCTION WITH d-D AND d-T REACTIONS USING THE ASSOCIATED PARTICLE TECHNIQUE AND A TIME-ZERO DETECTOR

C. Cernigoi, G.V. Margagliotti, C. Tuniz

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-31100 Trieste, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Trieste, I-31100 Trieste, Italy

R. Cherubini, A. Varela

INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy

G. Moschini

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35100 Padova, Italy
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy

Main features of a deuterium/tritium gas target for fast tagged neutron production, with the d-D and d-T reaction and the associated particle technique is reported. It is described as an improved method in associated particle detection based on a time-zero detector.

KEYWORDS: gas target, d-D reaction, d-T reaction, Associated Particle Technique, time-zero detector, microchannel-plate detector