Study of off-axis radiation-energy deposition from 100 MeV electrons traversing through water, liquid nitrogen, and air. Technical report

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5644682

Maruyama, X K; Buskirk, F R; Neighbours, J R; Fitzpatrick, R D; Cromar, P F

The measurements presented 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 LN/sub 2/ media was measured. The measured dose agrees with calculation using the CYLTRAN computer code. Extrapolation to air was made.

• Research Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5644682
• Report Number(s): AD-A-166950/6/XAB; NPS-61-86-010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ABSORPTION
AIR
BEAMS
DOSES
DOSIMETRY
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELEMENTS
EMISSION SPECTRA
ENERGY ABSORPTION
ENERGY RANGE
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LEPTON BEAMS
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 10-100
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE BEAMS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION TRANSPORT
SPECTRA
WATER