Calculated neutron energy dependence of the dose-response of large recombination chamber

Tymińska, Katarzyna; Gryziński, Michał A.; Maciak, Maciej

doi:10.2478/nuka-2019-0015

Abstract

A model of REM-2-type chamber was modeled with MCNPX code to study the dose-response to monoenergetic neutrons in wide energy range from thermal to 20 MeV for various compositions of gas in the chamber. The energy dependence of the total dose absorbed in the filling gas was compared with the energy dependence of ambient absorbed dose D*(10) and with experimental data. The results of the studies will be useful for designing new, improved generation of recombination chambers.

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Calculated neutron energy dependence of the dose-response of large recombination chamber

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