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Degree

Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Physics and Astronomy (Arts and Sciences), 2011.

Abstract

The branching ratio ³H(d,γ)⁵He/³H(d,n)α has been measured using a 500-keV pulsed deuteron beam incident on a stopping titanium tritide target, producing a cross-section-weighted average energy of 196 keV. The time-of-flight technique has been used to distinguish the γ-rays from the neutrons in the bismuth germinate γ-ray detector. Two stilbene scintillators and an NE-213 scintillator have been used to detect the neutrons using both the pulse-shape discrimination and time-of-flight techniques. The branching ratio has been measured to be (6.9±1.6)x10^-5.

Subject Headings

Nuclear Physics

Keywords

3H(d,γ)5He; tritium; fusion reaction; radiative capture; γ-ray spectroscopy

Committee / Advisors

Carl Brune, PhD (Advisor)
Nancy Sandler, PhD (Committee Chair)
Madappa Prakash, PhD (Committee Member)

Pages

88p.

Document number: ohiou1319834534
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