Feasibility study of a neutron source at the daΦne beam test facility, using Monte Carlo codes

Author

Quintieri, L. ; Bedogni, R. ; Buonomo, B. ; De Giorgi, M. ; Esposito, A. ; Mazzitelli, G. ; Valente, P.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Nucl. Phys., Lab. Naz. di Frascati, Frascati, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009

Firstpage

2081

Lastpage

2086

Abstract

In this paper we report the feasibility study of a photo-neutron source at the DaΦne Beam Test Facility. In particular we describe the Monte Carlo simulation results and the comparison of these ones with some important semi-empirical correlations. In the preliminary phase of this project only the FLUKA code has been used, but an extensive use of GEANT4 has been also planned together with MCNPX, to investigate the effect coming from different implementation of the photo-nuclear physics. Finally, we report the expected neutron flux, when high energy electron (510 MeV) beam from the DaΦne Linac is sent onto a suitable target at the nowadays maximum admissible rate (5 Â· 10¹¹e_-/s). The status of the overall design is described.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; neutron flux; neutron sources; DaΦne beam test facility; FLUKA code; GEANT4; MCNPX; Monte Carlo codes; high energy electron beam; maximum admissible rate; neutron flux; photo-neutron source; photo-nuclear physics; semi-empirical correlations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3961-4

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402115

Filename

5402115