MONTE CARLO CALCULATION OF THE SPECTRUM OF GAMMA RADIATION FROM A COLLIMATED CO-60 SOURCE

Abstract

A Monte Carlo calculation of the energy spectrum emitted by a collimated, Co-60 source is reported. The collimator assumed is very similar to one currently being used in experimental shielding studies at the University of Illinois. Radiation emerging from the collimator is classified into 13 equal- length energy intervals between 0.1 and 1.4 MeV, and into 3 direction intervals for angles relative to the collimator axis between 0 and 90 deg. Comparisons are made with experimental and theoretical work reported by others.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0669120

Entities

People

  • A. B. Chilton
  • E. E. Morris

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Agreements
  • Attenuation
  • Birds
  • Civil Defense
  • Detectors
  • Gamma Rays
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Pair Production
  • Probability
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Production
  • Radiation Shielding
  • Scattering
  • Shielding
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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