SEE Flux and Spectral Hardness Calibration of Neutron Spallation and Mixed-Field Facilities

The approach of calibrating neutron environments through well-known Single Event Upset (SEU)-based SRAM memories is applied to a neutron spallation and mixed-field facility. Implications on the Soft Error Rate (SER) induced by intermediate energy neutrons are evaluated comparing operational environm...

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Published inIEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. 66; no. 7; pp. 1532 - 1540
Main Authors Cecchetto, Matteo, Fernandez-Martinez, Pablo, Alia, Ruben Garcia, Ferraro, Rudy, Danzeca, Salvatore, Wrobel, Frederic, Cazzaniga, Carlo, Frost, Christopher D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.07.2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Atmospheric measurements
Calibration
CHARM
ChipIr
Computer simulation
Detectors
Energy
Ground level
Hardness
intermediate energy neutrons
Latch-up
mixed-field facility
Monitoring
Neutron flux
Neutrons
Nuclear Experiment
Particle beams
Physics
Radiation effects
Single event upsets
Soft errors
Spallation
spallation facility
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Summary:The approach of calibrating neutron environments through well-known Single Event Upset (SEU)-based SRAM memories is applied to a neutron spallation and mixed-field facility. Implications on the Soft Error Rate (SER) induced by intermediate energy neutrons are evaluated comparing operational environments, such as ground level and accelerator shielded areas, with those reproducible by facilities. Moreover, the energy hardness of the spectra is assessed through Single Event Latch-up (SEL) measurements with commercial components and FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.2019.2908067