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Tsutomu Iijima, Shoji Nomoto
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 22 | Number 1 | May 1965 | Pages 102-110
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE65-A19767
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A new method for determining the angular and energy distributions of an anisotropic fast-neutron flux by using nuclear emulsions based on the proton-recoil method is proposed. The relation between the distributions of neutron flux and proton-recoil tracks is analyzed, and formulas for obtaining the angular distribution and energy spectrum of the neutron flux from the measurement of proton-recoil tracks are derived. Measurements were made to investigate the accuracy of this method with the emulsion plate, which was irradiated inside a natural uranium system. The experimental results show that the measurement of the anisotropic component, which hitherto could not be measured, is possible.