Neutron measurements around a beam dump bombarded by high energy protons and lead ions

Authors
Agosteo, S Birattari, C Para, AF Silari, M Ulrici, L
Citation
S. Agosteo et al., Neutron measurements around a beam dump bombarded by high energy protons and lead ions, NUCL INST A, 459(1-2), 2001, pp. 58-65
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
459
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
58 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20010221)459:1-2<58:NMAABD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Measurements of the spectral fluence and the ambient dose equivalent of sec ondary neutrons produced by 250 GeV/c protons and 158 GeV/c per nucleon lea d ions were performed at CERN around a thick beam dump. The experimental re sults obtained with protons were compared with calculations performed with the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. As the available Monte Carlo codes do not trans port particles with mass larger than one atomic mass unit, it is shown that for high energy heavy ions, estimates can be carried out by scaling the re sult of a Monte Carlo calculation for protons by the projectile mass number . (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.