Title :
Total and Partial Fragmentation Cross-Section of 500 MeV/nucleon Carbon Ions on Different Target Materials
Author :
Alpat, Behcet ; Pilicer, Ercan ; Blasko, Sandor ; Caraffini, Diego ; Di Capua, Francesco ; Postolache, Vasile ; Saltanocchi, Giorgio ; Menichelli, M. ; Desorgher, Laurent ; Durante, M. ; Pleskac, R. ; La Tessa, C.
Author_Institution :
Sezione di Perugia, Ist. Naz. di Fis. Nucleare, Perugia, Italy
Abstract :
By using an experimental setup based on thin and thick double-sided microstrip silicon detectors, it has been possible to identify the fragmentation products due to the interaction of very high energy primary ions on different targets. Here we report total and partial cross-sections measured at GSI (Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung), Darmstadt, for 500 MeV/n energy 12C beam incident on water (in flasks), polyethylene, lucite, silicon carbide, graphite, aluminium, copper, iron, tin, tantalum and lead targets. The results are compared to the predictions of GEANT4 (v4.9.4) and FLUKA (v11.2) Monte Carlo simulation programs.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; nuclear fragmentation; nuclei with mass number 150 to 189; nuclei with mass number 190 to 219; nuclei with mass number 20 to 38; nuclei with mass number 39 to 58; nuclei with mass number 59 to 89; nuclei with mass number 6 to 19; nuclei with mass number 90 to 149; 12C beam; Al(12C,X); C(12C,X); Cu(12C,X); Darmstadt; FLUKA v11.2 Monte Carlo simulation program; Fe(12C,X); GEANT v4.9.4 Monte Carlo simulation program; GSI; Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung; Pb(12C,X); Sn(12C,X); Ta(12C,X); aluminium target; carbon ions; copper target; fragmentation products; graphite target; high energy primary ions; iron target; lead target; lucite target; partial fragmentation cross-section; polyethylene target; silicon carbide target; tantalum target; thick double-sided microstrip silicon detectors; thin double-sided microstrip silicon detectors; tin target; Detectors; Ionization; Ions; Monte Carlo methods; Silicon; Simulation; Charge-changing; FLUKA; GEANT4; heavy ions; nuclear fragmentation cross-section; shielding materials;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2013.2284855
