Update of the code intercomparison and benchmark for muon fluence and absorbed dose induced by a 18 GeV electron beam after massive iron shielding


Update of the code intercomparison and benchmark for muon fluence and absorbed dose induced by a 18 GeV electron beam after massive iron shielding

Müller, S. E.; Fassò, A.; Ferrari, A.; Ferrari, A.; Mokhov, N. V.; Nelson, W. R.; Roesler, S.; Sanami, T.; Striganov, S. I.; Versaci, R.

Abstract

In 1974, Nelson, Kase, and Svensson published an experimental investigation on muon shielding around SLAC high energy electron accelerators (NIM 120 (1974) 413). They measured muon fluence and absorbed dose induced by 14 and 18 GeV electron beams hitting a copper/water beamdump and attenuated in a thick steel shielding. In their paper, they compared the results with the theoretical models available at that time.

In order to compare their experimental results with present model calculations, we use the modern transport Monte Carlo codes MARS15, FLUKA2011 and GEANT4 to model the experimental setup and run simulations. The results are then compared between the codes, and with the SLAC data. Updated results from this campaign are reported in the presentation.

  • Vortrag (Konferenzbeitrag)
    SATIF13 - 13th Meeting of the task- force on Shielding aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities, 10.-12.10.2016, Dresden, Germany
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    SATIF13 - 13th Meeting of the taskforce on Shielding aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities, 10.-12.10.2016, Dresden, Germany
    Proceedings of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Working Group for S hielding Aspects of Accelerator, Target and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-13) Nuclear Science NEA/NSC/R(2018)2 September 2018, 304-314

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