Total reaction cross sections in CEM and MCNP6 at intermediate energies

Kerby, Leslie M.; Mashnik, Stepan G.

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2015.04.057

Title: Total reaction cross sections in CEM and MCNP6 at intermediate energies

Journal Article · Thu May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.04.057· OSTI ID:1224044

Kerby, Leslie M. ^[1]; Mashnik, Stepan G. ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Accurate total reaction cross section models are important to achieving reliable predictions from spallation and transport codes. The latest version of the Cascade Exciton Model (CEM) as incorporated in the code CEM03.03, and the Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code (MCNP6), both developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), each use such cross sections. Having accurate total reaction cross section models in the intermediate energy region (50 MeV to 5 GeV) is very important for different applications, including analysis of space environments, use in medical physics, and accelerator design, to name just a few. The current inverse cross sections used in the preequilibrium and evaporation stages of CEM are based on the Dostrovsky et al. model, published in 1959. Better cross section models are now available. Implementing better cross section models in CEM and MCNP6 should yield improved predictions for particle spectra and total production cross sections, among other results.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1224044

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1246207

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-29371; PII: S0168583X15004371

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 356-357, Issue C; ISSN 0168-583X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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