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Title: MCNP6 simulation of light and medium nuclei fragmentation at intermediate energies

Journal Article · · EPJ Web of Conferences (Online)
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Fragmentation reactions induced on light and medium nuclei by protons and light nuclei of energies around 1 GeV/nucleon and below are studied with the Los Alamos transport code MCNP6 and with its CEM03.03 and LAQGSM03.03 event generators. CEM and LAQGSM assume that intermediate-energy fragmentation reactions on light nuclei occur generally in two stages. The first stage is the intranuclear cascade (INC), followed by the second, Fermi breakup disintegration of light excited residual nuclei produced after the INC. CEM and LAQGSM account also for coalescence of light fragments (complex particles) up to sup>4He from energetic nucleons emitted during INC. We investigate the validity and performance of MCNP6, CEM, and LAQGSM in simulating fragmentation reactions at intermediate energies and discuss possible ways of further improving these codes.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/LANL
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1212639
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-26649
Journal Information:
EPJ Web of Conferences (Online), Vol. 117; Conference: The 12th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2015) ; 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-26 ; Catania, Italy; ISSN 2100-014X
Publisher:
EDP SciencesCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 1 work
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