Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study of the secondary radiation fields at the laser-driven ion source LION.

ABSTRACT: At the Center for Advanced Laser Applications (CALA), Garching, Germany, the LION (Laser-driven ION Acceleration) experiment is being commissioned, aiming at the production of laser-driven bunches of protons and light ions with multi-MeV energies and repetition frequency up to 1 Hz. A Geant4 Monte Carlo-based study of the secondary neutron and photon fields expected during LION's different commissioning phases is presented. Goal of this study is the characterization of the secondary radiation environment present inside and outside the LION cave. Three different primary proton spectra, taken from experimental results reported in the literature and representative of three different future stages of the LION's commissioning path are used. Together with protons, also electrons are emitted thro

SUBMITTER: Tisi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8709851 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature