Comparison of Bonner sphere responses calculated by different Monte Carlo codes at energies between 1 MeV and 1 GeV - Potential impact on neutron dosimetry at energies higher than 20 MeV

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-34

  Ruhm W ^a   Mares, V ^a   Pioch, C ^a   Agosteo, S ^b   Endo, A ^c   Ferrarini, M ^d   Rakhno, I ^e   Rollet, S ^f   Satoh, D ^c   Vincke, H ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy   (Italy)

^e FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bonner sphere spectrometry; Intra nuclear cascade models; Neutron transport calculations

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COUNTING CIRCUITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON FLUX; POLYETHYLENES; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETER; BONNER SPHERES; CASCADE MODEL; CROSS SECTION DATA; NEUTRON ENERGY RANGE; NEUTRON TRANSPORT CALCULATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

SPHERES;

EID: 84902438753     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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