MONTE CARLO CODE FOR THE CALCULATION OF RESPONSE FUNCTIONS OF GAMMA-RAY SCINTILLATION DETECTORS. Paper 7 of PAPERS FROM SEVENTH SEMIANNUAL SHIELDING INFORMATION MEETING, OCTOBER 14-15, 1959

Technical Report · Mon Oct 30 23:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4096476

Zerby, C D

A Monte Carlo code was written for the IBM-704 computer for calculations of the gamma -ray response functions of NaI and xylene scintillation counters. The counter geometry can be either a right cylinder or a right cylinder with one conical end. The source is restricted to a monoenergetic source of arbitrarily chosen energy of 0.005 to 10.0 Mev. The treatment of the primary incident radiation takes into account Compton scattering, pair production, and the photoelectric effect. The secondary bremsstrahlung and annihilation radiation are considered in the case of a NaI crystal. The particular Monte Carlo method used is designed for minimum statistical error in the so-called "Compton tall" of the spectrum. (auth)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
• NSA Number: NSA-15-010326
• OSTI ID: 4096476
• Report Number(s): TID-6302(Paper 7)
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
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COMPTON EFFECT
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CROSS SECTIONS
CYLINDERS
ELECTRONS
EMISSION
ENERGY
ENERGY RANGE
ERRORS
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SOURCES
HYDROGEN
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MEASURED VALUES
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PHOTOPRODUCTION
PHYSICS
PIONS
PIONS-MINUS
RADIATIONS
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SODIUM IODIDES
SPECTRA
SPECTROMETERS
STATISTICS
SYNCHROTRONS
TARGETS
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