Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Reliable information about the outputs of bremsstrahlung photons and secondary photoneutrons from converters on electron accelerators with mandatory consideration of their technical characteristics is necessary for optimizing the process of sample irradiation and predicting the results of experimental studies. The results of modeling the de- pendence of photon and photoneutron yields and their ratios on the thickness of the tantalum converter (thickness – 0.04; 0.4; 1.0; 4.0; 10.0 mm) are presented at fixed energies of the initial electron beam – 10.0, 12.5, 14.5, 17.5, and 20 MeV. Calculations were carried out for the electron accelerator of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the M-30 microtron, taking into account its technical characteristics (electron discharge node). The GEANT4 toolkit was used for computer simulation.
Institution: Institute of Electron Physics
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4404176436