Development of MCNPX-ESUT computer code for simulation of neutron/gamma pulse height distribution

被引:12
作者
Hosseini, Seyed Abolfazl [1 ]
Vosoughi, Naser [1 ]
Zangian, Mehdi [2 ]
机构
[1] Sharif Univ Technol, Dept Energy Engn, Tehran 863911365, Iran
[2] Shahid Beheshti Univ, Dept Nucl Engn, GC, Tehran, Iran
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Scintillation photon; Organic scintillator; Neutron/gamma; Pulse height distribution; Monte Carlo; MCNPX-ESUT; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; PHOTRACK HYBRID CODE; NUCLEAR-MATERIALS; CALIBRATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.027
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
In this paper, the development of the MCNPX-ESUT (MCNPX-Energy Engineering of Sharif University of Technology) computer code for simulation of neutron/gamma pulse height distribution is reported. Since liquid organic scintillators like NE-213 are well suited and routinely used for spectrometry in mixed neutron/gamma fields, this type of detectors is selected for simulation in the present study. The proposed algorithm for simulation includes four main steps. The first step is the modeling of the neutron/gamma particle transport and their interactions with the materials in the environment and detector volume. In the second step, the number of scintillation photons due to charged particles such as electrons, alphas, protons and carbon nuclei in the scintillator material is calculated. In the third step, the transport of scintillation photons in the scintillator and lightguide is simulated. Finally, the resolution corresponding to the experiment is considered in the last step of the simulation. Unlike the similar computer codes like SCINFUL, NRESP7 and PHRESP, the developed computer code is applicable to both neutron and gamma sources. Hence, the discrimination of neutron and gamma in the mixed fields may be performed using the MCNPX-ESUT computer code. The main feature of MCNPX-ESUT computer code is that the neutron/gamma pulse height simulation may be performed without needling any sort of post processing. In the present study, the pulse height distributions due to a monoenergetic neutron/gamma source in NE-213 detector using MCNPX-ESUT computer code is simulated. The simulated neutron pulse height distributions are validated through comparing with experimental data (Gohil et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 664 (2012) 304-309.) and the results obtained from similar computer codes like SCINFUL, NRESP7 and Geant4. The simulated gamma pulse height distribution for a Cs-137 source is also compared with the experimental data. (C) 2015 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.
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页码:112 / 119
页数:8
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