D Petersen
University of California, Berkeley
6 Papers
32 Citations
D Petersen is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fissile material & Neutron. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Signals and interferences in the nuclear car wash
Jennifer Church,D Slaughter,S Asztalos,P. Biltoft,M.-A. Descalle,J.M. Hall,Thomas Luu,D. Manatt,J Mauger,Eric B. Norman,D Petersen,Stanley G. Prussin +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, β-delayed high-energy γ-rays following neutron-induced fission are utilized as this signal, and experiments are underway to investigate possible interferences, and to understand variations in the overall γray background.
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Nuclear car wash status report, August 2005
Stanley G. Prussin,D Slaughter,J. Pruet,M.-A. Descalle,Adam Bernstein,J.M. Hall,M.R. Accatino,O Alford,S Asztalos,J. A. Church,A Loshak,N Madden,D. Manatt,T Moore,Eric B. Norman,D Petersen +15 more
- 29 Jul 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new signature for detecting well-shielded nuclear SNM in containers, which is based on high-energy delayed neutrons produced by fission products following fission.
Nuclear Car Wash sensitivity in varying thicknesses of wood and steel cargo
J. A. Church,D Slaughter,S Asztalos,P. Biltoft,M.-A. Descalle,J Hall,D. Manatt,J Mauger,Eric B. Norman,D Petersen,S Prussin +10 more
- 05 Oct 2006
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of incident neutron attenuation on signal strengths in the Nuclear Car Wash has been observed experimentally for both wood and steel-pipe mock cargos, and measured decay curves are presented for {beta}-delayed high-energy {gamma}-rays and thermalized neutrons following neutroninduced fission of HEU through varying irradiation lengths.
Description of ALARMA: the alarm algorithm developed for the Nuclear Car Wash
Thomas Luu,P. Biltoft,J. A. Church,M.-A. Descalle,J Hall,D. Manatt,J Mauger,E B Norman,D Petersen,J Pruet,S Prussin,D Slaughter +11 more
- 28 Nov 2006
TL;DR: An alarm algorithm is developed that is user-intuitive and user-friendly so that port operators with little or no experience with detection algorithms may use it with relative ease and derive confidence limits on whether the existence of fissile materials is present in cargo containers.
A Monte Carlo Model for Interrogation of Thick Cargos for Clandestine Fissionable Materials; Tests with 14-MeV Neutrons
S Prussin,M.-A. Descalle,J Hall,J Pruet,D Slaughter,M.R. Accatino,O Alford,S Asztalos,A Bernstein,J. A. Church,Thomas B. Gosnell,A Loshak,N Madden,D. Manatt,G. Mauger,A. Meyer,T Moore,E B Norman,B Pohl,D Petersen,B. Rusnak,T.B. Sundsmo,W Tembrook,R.S. Walling +23 more
- 08 Jun 2006
TL;DR: In this article, a Monte Carlo model was developed for interrogation of fissionable material embedded in thick cargos when high-energy gamma rays are detected following neutron-induced fission.
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