A new method for determining the neutron response function of "neutron insensitive" dosimeters. Method and preliminary determinations.
Charged-particle bombardment of thick beryllium targets produces a neutron yield varying with angle, and an isotropic gamma component. Differences in detector response in such a field are due to neutrons alone. With accurate neutron spectral distributions and measurements of detector response, a computer code can be used to determine the neutron sensitivity of the detector as a function of energy.
D003201:Computers; D005720:Gamma Rays; D009502:Neutrons; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011874:Radiometry