NEUTRON AND SECONDARY GAMMA-RAY TRANSPORT IN INFINITE HOMOGENEOUS AIR

Abstract

The detailed energy, angular, and spatial distribution of neutrons and their secondary gamma rays is given for nine source energy groups, a fission spectrum, and a typical thermonuclear spectrum. Results for ranges to 2000 meters for the eleven sources are supplemented with results to 5000 meters for a fission and 12.2- to 15-MeV source. In addition to the detailed description of the radiation field, the angular distributions of Henderson dose, Snyder-Neufeld dose, tissue kerma, mid-phantom dose, concrete kerma, air kerma, ionizing silicon kerma, and non-ionizing silicon kerma are given for neutrons, and the Henderson dose, concrete kerma, air kerma, and silicon kerma are given for secondary gamma rays. Some comparisons with air-over-ground results are made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0697901

Entities

People

  • E. A. Straker
  • M. L. Gritzner

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beyond Visual Range Missiles
  • Concrete
  • Detectors
  • Energy
  • Energy Bands
  • Fast Neutrons
  • Gamma Rays
  • Laser Diodes
  • Molecular Orbital Theory
  • Neutron Capture
  • Neutron Scattering
  • Neutrons
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Scattering
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Solar Physics