Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2012.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013
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| author | Harrington, Kathleen M |
| author2 | Simulated Liquid Argon Interactions and Kimberly J. Palladino. |
| author_facet | Simulated Liquid Argon Interactions and Kimberly J. Palladino. Harrington, Kathleen M |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2012. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/785132019-04-12T09:22:12Z Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons Harrington, Kathleen M Simulated Liquid Argon Interactions and Kimberly J. Palladino. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Physics. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78). The GEANT4 physics simulation program is known to have errors in how hadronic interactions are implemented. This has the potential to cause errors in the Monte Carlos used to determine the expected neutron backgrounds in the MiniCLEAN single phase liquid argon WIMP detector. Elastic and inelastic collisions between neutrons and argon nuclei as well as neutron captures were simulated independently in order to characterize the accuracy of the implementation by GEANT4.9.3.pOl and GEANT4.9.5. The effective cross sections, angular distributions, photons, decay schemes, energy conservation, and momentum conservation were determined through analysis of the neutron tracks created by GEANT4. A large proportion of the interactions behave as expected, however energy and momentum are not conserved by varying degrees of severity with some GEANT4.9.3.pOl inelastic collisions resulting in over twice the correct amount of energy. by Kathleen M. Harrington. S.B. 2013-04-12T19:31:21Z 2013-04-12T19:31:21Z 2012 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78513 836815338 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 78 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Harrington, Kathleen M Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons |
| title | Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons |
| title_full | Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons |
| title_fullStr | Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons |
| title_short | Simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons |
| title_sort | simulated liquid argon interactions with neutrons |
| topic | Physics. |
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