Faster access than browser!
47 relations: Alpha particle, Americium, Beryllium, Bremsstrahlung, Californium, Dense plasma focus, Deuterium, Electric field, Electronvolt, Fusor, Giant resonance, H, Hydride, Inertial confinement fusion, Inertial electrostatic confinement, Internal conversion, Isotope, ITER, Joint European Torus, Lithium, Megavoltage X-rays, National Ignition Facility, Neutron, Neutron emission, Neutron flux, Neutron generator, Neutron imaging, Neutron temperature, Nuclear fission, Nuclear fusion, Phoenix (nuclear technology company), Photodisintegration, Photofission, Plutonium, Polonium, Proton, Radiation therapy, Radium, Science (journal), Spallation, Spontaneous fission, Startup neutron source, Transuranium element, Tritium, Uranium, X-ray, Z-pinch.
Alpha particle
Alpha particles consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus.
New!!: Neutron source and Alpha particle · See more »
Americium
Americium is a synthetic chemical element with symbol Am and atomic number 95.
New!!: Neutron source and Americium · See more »
Beryllium
Beryllium is a chemical element with symbol Be and atomic number 4.
New!!: Neutron source and Beryllium · See more »
Bremsstrahlung
Bremsstrahlung, from bremsen "to brake" and Strahlung "radiation"; i.e., "braking radiation" or "deceleration radiation", is electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle when deflected by another charged particle, typically an electron by an atomic nucleus.
New!!: Neutron source and Bremsstrahlung · See more »
Californium
Californium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Cf and atomic number 98.
New!!: Neutron source and Californium · See more »
Dense plasma focus
A dense plasma focus (DPF) is a type of plasma device originally developed as a fusion power device starting in the early 1960s.
New!!: Neutron source and Dense plasma focus · See more »
Deuterium
Deuterium (or hydrogen-2, symbol or, also known as heavy hydrogen) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen (the other being protium, or hydrogen-1).
New!!: Neutron source and Deuterium · See more »
Electric field
An electric field is a vector field surrounding an electric charge that exerts force on other charges, attracting or repelling them.
New!!: Neutron source and Electric field · See more »
Electronvolt
In physics, the electronvolt (symbol eV, also written electron-volt and electron volt) is a unit of energy equal to approximately joules (symbol J).
New!!: Neutron source and Electronvolt · See more »
Fusor
A fusor is a device that uses an electric field to heat ions to conditions suitable for nuclear fusion.
New!!: Neutron source and Fusor · See more »
Giant resonance
Giant resonance is a high-frequency collective excitation of atomic nuclei, as a property of many-body quantum systems.
New!!: Neutron source and Giant resonance · See more »
H
H (named aitch or, regionally, haitch, plural aitches)"H" Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "aitch" or "haitch", op.
New!!: Neutron source and H · See more »
Hydride
In chemistry, a hydride is the anion of hydrogen, H−, or, more commonly, it is a compound in which one or more hydrogen centres have nucleophilic, reducing, or basic properties.
New!!: Neutron source and Hydride · See more »
Inertial confinement fusion
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a type of fusion energy research that attempts to initiate nuclear fusion reactions by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium.
New!!: Neutron source and Inertial confinement fusion · See more »
Inertial electrostatic confinement
Inertial electrostatic confinement is a branch of fusion research that uses an electric field to elevate a plasma to fusion conditions.
New!!: Neutron source and Inertial electrostatic confinement · See more »
Internal conversion
Internal conversion is a radioactive decay process wherein an excited nucleus interacts electromagnetically with one of the orbital electrons of the atom.
New!!: Neutron source and Internal conversion · See more »
Isotope
Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number.
New!!: Neutron source and Isotope · See more »
ITER
ITER (Latin for "the way") is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject, which will be the world's largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment.
New!!: Neutron source and ITER · See more »
Joint European Torus
JET, the Joint European Torus, is the world's largest operational magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK.
New!!: Neutron source and Joint European Torus · See more »
Lithium
Lithium (from lit) is a chemical element with symbol Li and atomic number 3.
New!!: Neutron source and Lithium · See more »
Megavoltage X-rays
Megavoltage X-rays are produced by linear accelerators ("linacs") operating at voltages in excess of 1000 kV (1 MV) range, and therefore have an energy in the MeV range.
New!!: Neutron source and Megavoltage X-rays · See more »
National Ignition Facility
The National Ignition Facility, or NIF, is a large laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device, located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California.
New!!: Neutron source and National Ignition Facility · See more »
Neutron
| magnetic_moment.
New!!: Neutron source and Neutron · See more »
Neutron emission
Neutron emission is a mode of radioactive decay in which one or more neutrons are ejected from a nucleus.
New!!: Neutron source and Neutron emission · See more »
Neutron flux
The neutron flux is a scalar quantity used in nuclear physics and nuclear reactor physics.
New!!: Neutron source and Neutron flux · See more »
Neutron generator
Neutron generators are neutron source devices which contain compact linear accelerators and that produce neutrons by fusing isotopes of hydrogen together.
New!!: Neutron source and Neutron generator · See more »
Neutron imaging
Neutron imaging is the process of making an image with neutrons.
New!!: Neutron source and Neutron imaging · See more »
Neutron temperature
The neutron detection temperature, also called the neutron energy, indicates a free neutron's kinetic energy, usually given in electron volts.
New!!: Neutron source and Neutron temperature · See more »
Nuclear fission
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei).
New!!: Neutron source and Nuclear fission · See more »
Nuclear fusion
In nuclear physics, nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei come close enough to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).
New!!: Neutron source and Nuclear fusion · See more »
Phoenix (nuclear technology company)
Phoenix, formerly known as Phoenix Nuclear Labs, is a company specializing in neutron generator technology located in Monona, Wisconsin.
New!!: Neutron source and Phoenix (nuclear technology company) · See more »
Photodisintegration
Photodisintegration (also called phototransmutation) is a nuclear process in which an atomic nucleus absorbs a high-energy gamma ray, enters an excited state, and immediately decays by emitting a subatomic particle.
New!!: Neutron source and Photodisintegration · See more »
Photofission
Photofission is a process in which a nucleus, after absorbing a gamma ray, undergoes nuclear fission (splits into two or more fragments).
New!!: Neutron source and Photofission · See more »
Plutonium
Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number 94.
New!!: Neutron source and Plutonium · See more »
Polonium
Polonium is a chemical element with symbol Po and atomic number 84.
New!!: Neutron source and Polonium · See more »
Proton
| magnetic_moment.
New!!: Neutron source and Proton · See more »
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is therapy using ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator.
New!!: Neutron source and Radiation therapy · See more »
Radium
Radium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88.
New!!: Neutron source and Radium · See more »
Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
New!!: Neutron source and Science (journal) · See more »
Spallation
Spallation is a process in which fragments of material (spall) are ejected from a body due to impact or stress.
New!!: Neutron source and Spallation · See more »
Spontaneous fission
Spontaneous fission (SF) is a form of radioactive decay that is found only in very heavy chemical elements.
New!!: Neutron source and Spontaneous fission · See more »
Startup neutron source
Startup neutron source is a neutron source used for stable and reliable initiation of nuclear chain reaction in nuclear reactors, when they are loaded with fresh nuclear fuel, whose neutron flux from spontaneous fission is insufficient for a reliable startup, or after prolonged shutdown periods.
New!!: Neutron source and Startup neutron source · See more »
Transuranium element
The transuranium elements (also known as transuranic elements) are the chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 92 (the atomic number of uranium).
New!!: Neutron source and Transuranium element · See more »
Tritium
Tritium (or; symbol or, also known as hydrogen-3) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.
New!!: Neutron source and Tritium · See more »
Uranium
Uranium is a chemical element with symbol U and atomic number 92.
New!!: Neutron source and Uranium · See more »
X-ray
X-rays make up X-radiation, a form of electromagnetic radiation.
New!!: Neutron source and X-ray · See more »
Z-pinch
In fusion power research, the Z-pinch, also known as zeta pinch, is a type of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it (see pinch).
New!!: Neutron source and Z-pinch · See more »
Redirects here:
Cold neutron source, Cold source, NEUT.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_source
