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Photoneutron yields from tungsten in the energy range of the giant dipole resonance

Akkurt, I ; Adler, Jan-Olof LU ; Annand, JRM ; Fasolo, F ; Hansen, Kurt LU ; Isaksson, Lennart LU ; Karlsson, Martin LU ; Lilja, Per LU ; Lundin, Magnus LU and Nilsson, Björn LU , et al. (2003) In Physics in Medicine and Biology 48(20). p.3345-3352
Abstract
Photoneutron production on the nuclei of high-Z components of medical accelerator heads can lead to a significant secondary dose during a course of bremsstrahlung radiotherapy, However, a quantitative evaluation of secondary neutron dose requires improved data on the photoreaction yields. These have been measured as a function of photon energy, neutron energy and neutron angle for W-nat, using tagged photons at the MAX-Lab photonuclear facility in Sweden. This work presents neutron yields for W-nat(gamma, n) and compares these with the predictions of the Monte Carlo code MCNP-GN, developed specifically to simulate photoneutron production at medical accelerators.
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Physics in Medicine and Biology
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48
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20
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3345 - 3352
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IOP Publishing
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  • wos:000186584900006
  • pmid:14620062
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1361-6560
DOI
10.1088/0031-9155/48/20/006
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English
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  abstract     = {{Photoneutron production on the nuclei of high-Z components of medical accelerator heads can lead to a significant secondary dose during a course of bremsstrahlung radiotherapy, However, a quantitative evaluation of secondary neutron dose requires improved data on the photoreaction yields. These have been measured as a function of photon energy, neutron energy and neutron angle for W-nat, using tagged photons at the MAX-Lab photonuclear facility in Sweden. This work presents neutron yields for W-nat(gamma, n) and compares these with the predictions of the Monte Carlo code MCNP-GN, developed specifically to simulate photoneutron production at medical accelerators.}},
  author       = {{Akkurt, I and Adler, Jan-Olof and Annand, JRM and Fasolo, F and Hansen, Kurt and Isaksson, Lennart and Karlsson, Martin and Lilja, Per and Lundin, Magnus and Nilsson, Björn and Ongaro, C and Reiter, A and Rosner, G and Sandell, Anders and Schröder, Bent and Zanini, A}},
  issn         = {{1361-6560}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{20}},
  pages        = {{3345--3352}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Physics in Medicine and Biology}},
  title        = {{Photoneutron yields from tungsten in the energy range of the giant dipole resonance}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/48/20/006}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/0031-9155/48/20/006}},
  volume       = {{48}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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