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Description
The University of Birmingham’s High-Flux Accelerator-Driven Neutron Facility (HF-ADNeF) currently operates using the p−7Li reaction to produce intense, fast neutron beams for experimental studies. However, the accelerator could accelerate deuterons onto the lithium target instead, enabling neutron production up to energies of 17 MeV, covering the D-T fusion neutron spectrum peak at 14.1 MeV. Such a high-flux neutron field would be of considerable interest for detector benchmarking, neutron damage assessment, high-energy reaction studies and cross-section data validation.
The aim of the project is to realise a well-defined, high-energy neutron beam, enabling a range of future experimental nuclear science investigations at HF-ADNeF. This contribution will present the motivation, strategy, and current progress towards establishing the d−Li operating mode, with a focus on the modelling of the neutron spectrum and experimental validation approaches.