title: Note: Proton irradiation at kilowatt-power and neutron production from a free-surface liquid-lithium target.
abstract: The free-surface Liquid-Lithium Target, recently developed at Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF), was successfully used with a 1.9 MeV, 1.2 mA (2.3 kW) continuous-wave proton beam. Neutrons (~2 × 10(10) n/s having a peak energy of ~27 keV) from the (7)Li(p,n)(7)Be reaction were detected with a fission-chamber detector and by gold activation targets positioned in the forward direction. The setup is being used for nuclear astrophysics experiments to study neutron-induced reactions at stellar energies and to demonstrate the feasibility of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy.
authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.affiliation: Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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authors.affiliation: Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel.
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