Update on the Code Intercomparison and Benchmark for Muon Fluence and Absorbed Dose Induced by an 18 GeV Electron Beam After Massive Iron Shielding

Conference · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

OSTI ID:1340483

Fasso, A. ^[1]; Ferrari, A. ^[2]; Ferrari, A. ^[3]; Mokhov, N. V. ^[4]; Mueller, S. E. ^[3]; Nelson, W. R. ^[1]; Roesler, S. ^[2]; Sanami, t.; Striganov, S. I. ^[4]; Versaci, R. ^[5]

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1. SLAC
2. CERN
3. HZDR, Dresden
4. Fermilab
5. Unlisted, CZ

In 1974, Nelson, Kase and Svensson published an experimental investigation on muon shielding around SLAC high-energy electron accelerators [1]. They measured muon fluence and absorbed dose induced by 14 and 18 GeV electron beams hitting a copper/water beamdump and attenuated in a thick steel shielding. In their paper, they compared the results with the theoretical models available at that time. In order to compare their experimental results with present model calculations, we use the modern transport Monte Carlo codes MARS15, FLUKA2011 and GEANT4 to model the experimental setup and run simulations. The results are then compared between the codes, and with the SLAC data.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1340483
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-16-574-APC; 1510200
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13th Meeting of the task- force on Shielding aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities, Dresden, Germany, 10/10-10/12/2016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English