MeV Neutron Production from Thermal Neutron Capture in 6Li Simulated with Geant4
(2016) In Journal of Physics: Conference Series 746(1).- Abstract
Various Li compounds are commonly used at neutron facilities as neutron absorbers. These compounds provide one of the highest ratios of neutron attenuation to y- ray production. Unfortunately, the usage of these compounds can also give rise to fast neutron emission with energies up to almost 16 MeV. Historically, some details in this fast neutron production mechanism can be absent from some modeling packages under some optimization scenarios. In this work, we tested Geant4 to assess the performance of this simulation toolkit for the fast neutron generation mechanism. We compare the results of simulations performed with Geant4 to available measurements. The outcome of our study shows that results of the Geant4 simulations are in good... (More)
Various Li compounds are commonly used at neutron facilities as neutron absorbers. These compounds provide one of the highest ratios of neutron attenuation to y- ray production. Unfortunately, the usage of these compounds can also give rise to fast neutron emission with energies up to almost 16 MeV. Historically, some details in this fast neutron production mechanism can be absent from some modeling packages under some optimization scenarios. In this work, we tested Geant4 to assess the performance of this simulation toolkit for the fast neutron generation mechanism. We compare the results of simulations performed with Geant4 to available measurements. The outcome of our study shows that results of the Geant4 simulations are in good agreement with the available measurements for 6 Li fast neutron production, and suitable for neutron instrument background evaluation at spallation neutron sources.
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- Santoro, Valentina ; Dijulio, Douglas D. LU and Bentley, Phillip M. LU
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- 2016-10-10
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Journal of Physics: Conference Series
- volume
- 746
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 012012
- publisher
- IOP Publishing
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- wos:000409470900012
- scopus:84994234250
- ISSN
- 1742-6588
- DOI
- 10.1088/1742-6596/746/1/012012
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- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{<p>Various Li compounds are commonly used at neutron facilities as neutron absorbers. These compounds provide one of the highest ratios of neutron attenuation to y- ray production. Unfortunately, the usage of these compounds can also give rise to fast neutron emission with energies up to almost 16 MeV. Historically, some details in this fast neutron production mechanism can be absent from some modeling packages under some optimization scenarios. In this work, we tested Geant4 to assess the performance of this simulation toolkit for the fast neutron generation mechanism. We compare the results of simulations performed with Geant4 to available measurements. The outcome of our study shows that results of the Geant4 simulations are in good agreement with the available measurements for <sup>6</sup> Li fast neutron production, and suitable for neutron instrument background evaluation at spallation neutron sources.</p>}},
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title = {{MeV Neutron Production from Thermal Neutron Capture in <sup>6</sup>Li Simulated with Geant4}},
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