Validation of Geant4’s G4NRF module against nuclear resonance fluorescence data from 238U and 27Al

Vavrek, Jayson R.; Henderson, Brian S.; Danagoulian, Areg

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2019.08.034

Title: Validation of Geant4’s G4NRF module against nuclear resonance fluorescence data from ²³⁸U and ²⁷Al

Journal Article · Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.08.034· OSTI ID:1572870

Vavrek, Jayson R. ^[1]; Henderson, Brian S. ^[1];

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering

G4NRF [1, 2] is a simulation module for modeling nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) inter- actions in the Geant4 framework [3]. In this work, we validate G4NRF against both absolute and relative measurements of three NRF interactions near 2.2 MeV in 238U and 27Al using the transmission NRF data from the experiments described in Ref. [4]. Agreement between the absolute NRF count rates observed in the data and predicted by extensive Geant4+G4NRF modeling validate the combined Geant4+G4NRF to within 15{20% in the 238U NRF transitions and 8% in 27Al, for an average 13% discrepancy across the entire study. The difference between simulation and experiment in relative NRF rates, as expressed as ratios of count rates in various NRF lines, is found at the level of .4%, and is statistically identical to zero. Inverting the analysis, approximate values of the absolute level widths and branching ratios for 238U and 27Al are also obtained.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; NA0002534

OSTI ID:: 1572870

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1776888; OSTI ID: 1798659

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 459, Issue C; ISSN 0168-583X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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