Advanced Nuclear Science and Technology Techniques Workshop

Session

Neutron physics and applications

17 May 2022, 12:00

Visitors Centre (NRF-iThemba LABS, Old Faure Road, Cape Town)

Conveners

Neutron physics and applications

• Milton van Rooy (US/iThemba LABS Student)

Neutron physics and applications

• Milton van Rooy (NMISA)

Contribution list Timetable

99. Magnetized dense neutron and neutron star matter

Dr Jacobus Diener (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)

17/05/2022, 12:00

Neutron Physics and Applications

Oral

A neutron star is one of the possible end states of a massive star. It is compressed by gravity and stabilized by the nuclear degeneracy pressure. Despite its name, the composition of these objects are not exactly known. However, from the inferred densities, neutrons will most likely compose a significant fraction of the star’s interior. While all neutron stars are expected to have a...

97. Evaluation of Nuclear Radiation Damage on Lutetium-Aluminium for Practical Applications Using Neutron Irradiation Technique

Mr Samuel Terungwa Temaugee (School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)

17/05/2022, 14:30

Oral

Materials exposed to a high radiation environment such as a nuclear reactor, high energy collider systems or in space can gradually degrade and weaken. Studies on radiation damage have become necessary to ascertain which materials are capable of withstanding the stress of these extreme radiation environments. This study is based on the evaluation of neutron radiation damage in...