Photoneutron yields from tungsten in the energy range of the giant dipole resonance

Akkurt, İskender; Adler, JO; Annand, JRM; Fasolo, F; Hansen, K; Isaksson, L; Karlsson, M; Lilja, P; Lundin, M; Nilsson, B; Ongaro, C; Reiter, A; Rosner, G; Sandell, A; Schroder, B; Zanini, A

doi:10.1088/0031-9155/48/20/006

Photoneutron yields from tungsten in the energy range of the giant dipole resonance

Akkurt I., Adler J., Annand J., Fasolo F., Hansen K., Isaksson L., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, cilt.48, sa.20, ss.3345-3352, 2003 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 20
Basım Tarihi: 2003
Doi Numarası: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/20/006
Dergi Adı: PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3345-3352
Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Photoneutron production on the nuclei of high-Z components of medical accelerator heads can lead to a significant secondary dose during a course of bremsstrahlung radiotherapy, However, a quantitative evaluation of secondary neutron dose requires improved data on the photoreaction yields. These have been measured as a function of photon energy, neutron energy and neutron angle for W-nat, using tagged photons at the MAX-Lab photonuclear facility in Sweden. This work presents neutron yields for W-nat(gamma, n) and compares these with the predictions of the Monte Carlo code MCNP-GN, developed specifically to simulate photoneutron production at medical accelerators.