Neutron capture
Development of LINAC-Based Neutron Source for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in University of Tsukuba
... Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a next- generation particle radiotherapy against intractable can- cer such as malignant brain tumors [1]. BNCT is a bi- nary system, based on the nuclear reaction ...
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Boron neutron capture therapy – redefining radiotherapy
... a neutron beam causing boron ( 10 B) to be transformed into 11 B, which would disintegrate releasing an α particle and 7Li, which have high linear energy transfer (LET), thus killing the cancer cells with almost ...
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Neutron capture experiments with 4π DANCE Calorimeter
... on neutron capture experiments that have been performed at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center ...Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments ...
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Thermal neutron Relative Biological Effectiveness factors for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy from in vitro irradiations
... cold neutron beam line at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) ...for neutron irradiation of culture cells has been described elsewhere ...thermal neutron beam because the energy delivered in the ...
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Stellar neutron capture rates and the s process
... slow neutron capture process in massive stars contributes substantially to the element abun- dances in the mass region between Fe and ...by neutron production via 22 Ne(α, n) reactions during the ...
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Stellar neutron capture rates – key data for the s process
... main neutron-capture processes responsible for the formation of the nuclei between iron and the ...the neutron capture times are much slower than decay on ...on neutron density and ...
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Study of Astrophysical s-Process Neutron Capture Reactions at the High-Intensity SARAF-LiLiT Neutron Source
... the neutron-induced nucleosynthesis paths, namely the so-called slow neutron capture process (s- process) [3, ...of neutron captures, each occurring over a mean time longer than or ...
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Studies of certain nuclear processes in stars I Neutron capture chains in heavy element synthesis II A search for excited states in N^(14) pertaining to the synthesis of C^(13)
... The next five isotopes are produced by neutron capture at a slow rate s-process and exhibit the regularity expected for this process-decreasing capture cross section, hence increasing ab[r] ...
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Validating (d,pγ) as a Surrogate for Neutron Capture
... Neutron capture reactions on unstable nuclei are of broad interest due to their importance to interpretations of r - process abundance patterns [1] and applications to nuclear security and nuclear ...the ...
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Determination of the neutron-capture rate of 17C for r-process nucleosynthesis
... Elements heavier than iron are mainly created in reac- tions in the slow (s-) and rapid (r-) neutron capture pro- cesses [1, 2] that are not suppressed by the Coulomb bar- rier at low energies [3]. The ...
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A History of 20th-Century Boron Neutron-Capture Therapy
... Moritz Goldhaber was an undergraduate student of theoretical physics at Berlin University in January, 1933, when the Nazis seized power in Germany. Goldhaber asked for and received recommendations from his renowned ...
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Evaluation of Boron Content Liposome Modified Protein- Transduction Domains for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
... The role of radiation therapy as a treatment for malignant tumors becomes greater every year, but radiation therapy-resistant tumors still exist, and are known as convalescence delinquents. Boron neutron ...
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Neutron-capture cross sections from indirect measurements
... to neutron capture is certainly compelling, as capture cross sections play an important role in many applications, such as nuclear energy and nuclear astro- ...require capture cross sections ...
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Hemorrhage in mouse tumors induced by dodecaborate cluster lipids intended for boron neutron capture therapy
... Abstract: The potential of boron-containing lipids with three different structures, which were intended for use in boron neutron capture therapy, was investigated. All three types of boron lipids contained ...
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A realistic appraisal of boron neutron capture therapy as a cancer treatment modality
... Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a binary therapeutic modality based on the nuclear capture and fission reac- tions that occur when the stable isotope boron-10 is irradiated with neutrons to ...
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Boron delivery agents for neutron capture therapy of cancer
... Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a binary radiotherapeutic modality based on the nuclear capture and fission reactions that occur when the stable isotope, boron-10, is irradiated with neutrons ...
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Neutron Capture Nucleosynthesis and the Chemical Evolution of Globular Clusters
... slow neutron-capture process (s-process) in the globular clusters M4 (NGC 6121) and M22 (NGC ...and neutron-capture elements, but the entire cluster is enhanced in s -process elements (Sr, Y, ...
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THE THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS SECTION AND THE RESONANCE CAPTURE INTEGRAL OF i24Xe EUR 551 e
... The thermal neutron capture crosssection of 124Xe, its resonance capture integral from 0.5 eV to 00 and its effective capture crosssection in a reflector position of the Ispra 1 reacto[r] ...
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Photon strength function deduced from photon scattering and neutron capture
... the neutron separation energy experiments using the method of nuclear resonance fluores- cence (NRF) have proven their usage as a tool to determine the cross section in this ...highest neutron separation ...
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Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) - Low-Energy Neutron Spectrometer for Neutron Field Characterization -
... boron neutron capture therapy ...strong neutron source and re- lies only on available experimental nuclear ...based neutron source (ABNS) is under investigation, because ABNS can be ...
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