Study of Off-Axis Radiation Energy Deposition from 100 MeV Electrons Traversing through Water, Liquid Nitrogen and Air.
Abstract
The measurements presented here show that calculations are able to predict the dose delivered in a medium in the vicinity of an electron beam. These calculations were done with the CYLTRAN code, but as the physical basis for these and other members of the Integrated TIGER Series is the same, the use of other codes is not expected to provide significant differences. The uncertainties in the physical arrangement in the measurement of the dose do not readily lend themselves to precision experiments, but since the data and calculation agree adequately over many orders of magnitude, any differences cannot be ascribed solely to an inadequacy in the computation. The radiation from the cascade shower of a 100 MeV electron beam in water and LN2 media has been measured. The measured dose agrees with calculation using the CYLTRAN computer code. Extrapolution to air have been made. Keywords: Radiation; Dose; Energy deposition in water; Liquid nitrogen; Air; CYLTRAN; Electron transport; and Cascade shower.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA166950
Entities
People
- F. R. Buskirk
- J. R. Neighbours
- P. F. Cromar
- R. D. Fitzpatrick
- X. K. Maruyama
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School