The MARS15-based FermiCORD code system for calculation of the accelerator-induced residual dose

Grebe, A.; Leveling, A.; Lu, T.; Mokhov, N.; Pronskikh, V.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.055

Title: The MARS15-based FermiCORD code system for calculation of the accelerator-induced residual dose

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The FermiCORD code system, a set of codes based on MARS15 that calculates the accelerator-induced residual doses at experimental facilities of arbitrary configurations, has been developed. FermiCORD is written in C++ as an add-on to Fortran-based MARS15. The FermiCORD algorithm consists of two stages: 1) simulation of residual doses on contact with the surfaces surrounding the studied location and of radionuclide inventories in the structures surrounding those locations using MARS15, and 2) simulation of the emission of the nuclear decay gamma-quanta by the residuals in the activated structures and scoring the prompt doses of these gamma-quanta at arbitrary distances from those structures. The FermiCORD code system has been benchmarked against similar algorithms based on other code systems and showed a good agreement. In conclusion, the code system has been applied for calculation of the residual dose of the target station for the Mu2e experiment and the results have been compared to approximate dosimetric approaches.

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Grebe, A. ^[1]; Leveling, A. ^[2]; Lu, T. ^[3]; Mokhov, N. ^[2]; Pronskikh, V. ^[2]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS)

OSTI Identifier:: 1334778

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1495632

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1609.00417; FERMILAB-PUB-16-343-APC-ESH; MU2E-DOC-7238-V8; Mu2e-doc-7238-v8
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 1485106

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 877; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; Monte-Carlo; MARS15; Residual activation

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                    Grebe, A., Leveling, A., Lu, T., Mokhov, N., and Pronskikh, V. The MARS15-based FermiCORD code system for calculation of the accelerator-induced residual dose.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Grebe, A., Leveling, A., Lu, T., Mokhov, N., & Pronskikh, V. The MARS15-based FermiCORD code system for calculation of the accelerator-induced residual dose.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.055

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                    Grebe, A., Leveling, A., Lu, T., Mokhov, N., and Pronskikh, V. Tue .  
"The MARS15-based FermiCORD code system for calculation of the accelerator-induced residual dose".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.055.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1334778.

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  title        = {The MARS15-based FermiCORD code system for calculation of the accelerator-induced residual dose},

  author       = {Grebe, A. and Leveling, A. and Lu, T. and Mokhov, N. and Pronskikh, V.},

  abstractNote = {The FermiCORD code system, a set of codes based on MARS15 that calculates the accelerator-induced residual doses at experimental facilities of arbitrary configurations, has been developed. FermiCORD is written in C++ as an add-on to Fortran-based MARS15. The FermiCORD algorithm consists of two stages: 1) simulation of residual doses on contact with the surfaces surrounding the studied location and of radionuclide inventories in the structures surrounding those locations using MARS15, and 2) simulation of the emission of the nuclear decay gamma-quanta by the residuals in the activated structures and scoring the prompt doses of these gamma-quanta at arbitrary distances from those structures. The FermiCORD code system has been benchmarked against similar algorithms based on other code systems and showed a good agreement. In conclusion, the code system has been applied for calculation of the residual dose of the target station for the Mu2e experiment and the results have been compared to approximate dosimetric approaches.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.055},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 877,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Tue Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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