Radon detection in conical diffusion chambers: Monte Carlo calculations and experiment

Rickards, J.; Golzarri, J. I.; Vázquez-López, C.

doi:10.1063/1.4927188

Title: Radon detection in conical diffusion chambers: Monte Carlo calculations and experiment

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The operation of radon detection diffusion chambers of truncated conical shape was studied using Monte Carlo calculations. The efficiency was studied for alpha particles generated randomly in the volume of the chamber, and progeny generated randomly on the interior surface, which reach track detectors placed in different positions within the chamber. Incidence angular distributions, incidence energy spectra and path length distributions are calculated. Cases studied include different positions of the detector within the chamber, varying atmospheric pressure, and introducing a cutoff incidence angle and energy.

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Rickards, J.; Golzarri, J. I.; Vázquez-López, C. ^[1]

Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN Ave. IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, México 07360, DF, México (Mexico)

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22488688

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1671; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 11. international symposium on radiation physics, Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), 4-6 Mar 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; ALPHA PARTICLES; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY SPECTRA; INCIDENCE ANGLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPERATION; PARTICLE TRACKS; PROGENY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADON; RANDOMNESS; SURFACES

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                    Rickards, J., Golzarri, J. I., Espinosa, G., E-mail: espinosa@fisica.unam.mx, and Vázquez-López, C. Radon detection in conical diffusion chambers: Monte Carlo calculations and experiment.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Rickards, J., Golzarri, J. I., Espinosa, G., E-mail: espinosa@fisica.unam.mx, & Vázquez-López, C. Radon detection in conical diffusion chambers: Monte Carlo calculations and experiment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927188

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                    Rickards, J., Golzarri, J. I., Espinosa, G., E-mail: espinosa@fisica.unam.mx, and Vázquez-López, C. 2015.  
        "Radon detection in conical diffusion chambers: Monte Carlo calculations and experiment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927188.

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@article{osti_22488688,

  title        = {Radon detection in conical diffusion chambers: Monte Carlo calculations and experiment},

  author       = {Rickards, J. and Golzarri, J. I. and Espinosa, G., E-mail: espinosa@fisica.unam.mx and Vázquez-López, C.},

  abstractNote = {The operation of radon detection diffusion chambers of truncated conical shape was studied using Monte Carlo calculations. The efficiency was studied for alpha particles generated randomly in the volume of the chamber, and progeny generated randomly on the interior surface, which reach track detectors placed in different positions within the chamber. Incidence angular distributions, incidence energy spectra and path length distributions are calculated. Cases studied include different positions of the detector within the chamber, varying atmospheric pressure, and introducing a cutoff incidence angle and energy.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4927188},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22488688},
  journal      = {AIP Conference Proceedings},

  issn         = {0094-243X},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 1671,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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