Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL code
In organic scintillators, the energy distribution of gamma rays and neutrons is indirectly measured by the pulse height distribution of light output produced through gamma ray and neutron reactions in the detectors. Accurate estimate of the interaction of gamma and neutrons in the detector and produ...
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| description | In organic scintillators, the energy distribution of gamma rays and neutrons is indirectly measured by the pulse height distribution of light output produced through gamma ray and neutron reactions in the detectors. Accurate estimate of the interaction of gamma and neutrons in the detector and produce charged secondary particles and subsequent scintillation light produced in the calculation of the response function is the most important. Although,, the complexity of the light generation on these scintillators makes modeling their response function difficult with standard Monte Carlo method. The paper reports generate the response function of an NE102 plastic scintillator when exposed to gamma rays and response function of a BC501A liquid scintillator to mono-energetic and Am-Be neutrons using the EVENTBIN card of the FLUKA code and the PTRAC card of the MCNPX code. The comparison between simulated and experimental response functions show that both FLUKA and MCNPX codes generated distributions are in good agreement with corresponding experimental results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f4ccd30010342809462527424c991892022-12-21T18:50:33ZengIsfahan University of TechnologyIranian Journal of Physics Research1682-69572345-36642018-02-01175635645Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL codeM tajik0H Yousefnia1 Damghan University Technology Research Institute In organic scintillators, the energy distribution of gamma rays and neutrons is indirectly measured by the pulse height distribution of light output produced through gamma ray and neutron reactions in the detectors. Accurate estimate of the interaction of gamma and neutrons in the detector and produce charged secondary particles and subsequent scintillation light produced in the calculation of the response function is the most important. Although,, the complexity of the light generation on these scintillators makes modeling their response function difficult with standard Monte Carlo method. The paper reports generate the response function of an NE102 plastic scintillator when exposed to gamma rays and response function of a BC501A liquid scintillator to mono-energetic and Am-Be neutrons using the EVENTBIN card of the FLUKA code and the PTRAC card of the MCNPX code. The comparison between simulated and experimental response functions show that both FLUKA and MCNPX codes generated distributions are in good agreement with corresponding experimental results.http://ijpr.iut.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2026-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1Keywords: neutrons response function organic scintillators FLUKA MCNPX. |
| spellingShingle | M tajik H Yousefnia Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL code Iranian Journal of Physics Research Keywords: neutrons response function organic scintillators FLUKA MCNPX. |
| title | Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL code |
| title_full | Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL code |
| title_fullStr | Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL code |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL code |
| title_short | Monte Carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using FLUKA, MCNPX and SCINFUL code |
| title_sort | monte carlo simulation of response function of organic scintillators to gamma rays and neutrons using fluka mcnpx and scinful code |
| topic | Keywords: neutrons response function organic scintillators FLUKA MCNPX. |
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